One more problem, well maybe not to a lot of you people, but I'm a little confused. When using Dragon magic tracks, do you paint the links one by one or pre-assemble in sections and then paint? Also. how and where do make the final joint. It's a tight fit around those wheels. Bonus prize for the best answer (no, I'm not telling you what it is) lol. Thanks all and a Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays.
How would blood pressure lower by getting fruils? I would just pickup a set of LionMarc's resin tracks that have the holes pre drilled and the pins pre cut. Looks just a nice without the labor and cheaper to get.
I'm back...Thaks to all. I will now feel more at ease when I out this thing together. No pain, no gain...Dragon and co should maybe consider using metal, the Magic Tracks are well designed so, the next logical step...if you could mold plastic you should be able to mold metal??? Different technology, but at their volume, the price should not go to hight. Again, THANK YOU all and Happy Hollidays.I'm back...Thaks to all. I will now feel more at ease when I out this thing together. No pain, no gain...Dragon and co should maybe consider using metal, the Magic Tracks are well designed so, the next logical step...if you could mold plastic you should be able to mold metal??? Different technology, but at their volume, the price should not go to hight. Again, THANK YOU all and Happy Hollidays.
Claude
Metal is much harder and expensive to cast than styrene. it requires a very hight temperature and the equipment to do so( foundery equipment) And working in a shop that uses steel as its capital good i can say there is a seriouse shortage of metal as many plants have closed down and it would be to expensive for companys to re-open them. less suplly with the same demand means a price increase... like gas.Actually Francois, I'm not sure it would be that much more expensive. True, you do need metal pots & a centrifuge to cast in metal, but for the application I'd expect a solder or white metal to be used, which puts it in the "cottage industry" class, rather like metal figures (we're only talking about 250 deg C here, & some solders are fluid at less than this, e.g. KA, No 17 etc). There is no comparison with the cost of tooling up for plastic production with the cost of the dies etc., since the moulds are silicon rubber. Incidentally, this is still the most cost effective way of casting "short run" stuff, a track link is a comparatively simple part, so mould life would be quite high. With half a dozen centrifuges, Dragon could rattle off all the track links they needed. Also wouldn't be a problem casting holes in the track teeth, in prototypical fashion. After all this is how Fruils must do it. Having worked in the industry, I'd say it would be a doddle for Dragon, if they could be bothered.
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