England - North West, United Kingdom
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Posted: Monday, November 28, 2005 - 08:46 PM UTC
can these tracks be fitted to a british firefly?
i hope so as am not looking forward to the dragon indy tracks
cheers karl
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Texas, United States
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Posted: Monday, November 28, 2005 - 08:56 PM UTC
heh, so you are gonna go Allie huh?
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WC
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Posted: Monday, November 28, 2005 - 09:04 PM UTC
ben dont worry nothing can replace my love for german armour :-)
karl
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United Kingdom
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Posted: Monday, November 28, 2005 - 09:19 PM UTC
Yes they are ok for a firefly, just make sure the set has enough links for the M4A4 hull.
British units preferred metal tracks on their shermans, as these gave better traction, but the rubber chevron tracks were still fairly common.
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England - North West, United Kingdom
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Posted: Monday, November 28, 2005 - 09:25 PM UTC
thanks joe,but after doing some reserch they are the same as the dragon tracks.so ill have to pullmy hair out and assemble the kit tracks
karl
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Posted: Monday, November 28, 2005 - 09:40 PM UTC
They are a similar design, but the end connectors are longer and much easier to make than the dragon tracks.
if you want something easy go for accurate armour trackpax. The do a british steel chevron set (same type as the kit tracks).
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"Remember that you are an Englishman, and have consequently won the lottery of Life" Cecil Rhodes
England - South West, United Kingdom
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Posted: Monday, November 28, 2005 - 11:38 PM UTC
Go with Joe's suggestion and use Trackpax. They are soft resin which can be heated with steam or hairdryer to simply shape around the sprocket/idlers. Find the Trackpax
here .
These are Trachpax on my Firefly

Cheers
Henk
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