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Armor/AFV: Axis - WWII
Armor and ground forces of the Axis forces during World War II.
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Panther Fiul tracks
Grypho
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New South Wales, Australia
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Posted: Friday, June 10, 2005 - 07:32 PM UTC
Hey All,

Just picked up a set of Fruil (ATL-08) for my Jagdpanther.....(guess the wife won't be seeing me for a while!).

Quick question, how many for each side !!

Thanks
DutchBird
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Posted: Friday, June 10, 2005 - 09:38 PM UTC
I have 82 and 83 on mine... what I did was simply use the kit tracks as a guide. They touch the roadwheels at the 4th roadwheel.

Had roughly 1.00 - 1.30 hours of work per track (including cleaning the links).

Don't worry, you'll have enough for spares...

Hope this helps,

Harm.
ekke
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Posted: Friday, June 10, 2005 - 10:16 PM UTC
86 links on each side were used in reality, but you should try how many you need, rather than making the tracks too long for the model.
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Posted: Friday, June 10, 2005 - 10:43 PM UTC
Thanks Harm,

The way things are going, I feel like you're almost building it for me !!
Grypho
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Posted: Friday, June 10, 2005 - 10:49 PM UTC
Thanks Harm,

The way things are going, I feel like you're almost building it for me !!
DutchBird
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Posted: Friday, June 10, 2005 - 11:22 PM UTC

Quoted Text

86 links on each side were used in reality, but you should try how many you need, rather than making the tracks too long for the model.



IIRC the Tamiya track has 88 thing is, if you put then next to eacother, the Friul links are slightly bigger...

This is also the reason I have heared/read from some modellers that they prefer for example MK tracks on smaller vehicles.
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