John Kettler Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 Found this while chasing down info on radios in American halftracks for Brent Pollock. Looked like it might be helpful to keep the Weasel and other goodies going and cheaply at that. Hope this doesn't get me into trouble, but all it is an article on a novel technical approach. http://www.robertsarmory.com/track.htm Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted August 20, 2008 Author Share Posted August 20, 2008 Bumping this so that the newly reappeared Steve might see it. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Thanks for the link John. Fortunately, there are now a couple of guys making replacement pads for US WW2 heavy armor and even a couple making Weasel tracks now. The engineering has finally come down in cost enough to produce viable products at "reasonable" prices. Still stupidly expensive, but good things usually are There have also been some new do-it-yourself materials that have come out since that article was written. Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted August 22, 2008 Author Share Posted August 22, 2008 Steve, You're welcome! Didn't know if it was applicable to you or not, but I figured you should at least see it. Regarding price, at least in your world the tracks go on a working vehicle. Try comparing the Friulissimmo individual track link sets to the 1/35th scale kits they're intended for. That gave me sticker shock. I remember when track guards were made from toothpaste tubes, other items were bashed together from the parts box, and Tamiya tanks (and my SU-100) had rubber band tracks. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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