My Tamiya Panther ausf A
Discussion
Looks good. It's worth tying the top track run down to the roadwheel axles to get the correct sag and a better sense of weight: on a Panther the track should just lift clear of the second row of roadwheels.
Tank tracks typically weigh a couple of tons or more apiece and that has a big effect on the way they sit on the vehicle.
Tank tracks typically weigh a couple of tons or more apiece and that has a big effect on the way they sit on the vehicle.
That looks very good, the B&W makes a great image
What always gets newer modellers is the weight
Although this doesn't add owt to what Kenny and Ironingman say
Literally everything on a tank is awesomely heavy and always shows its weight in service, tracks sag to the nearest available high spot below. Panzer and Tiger tanks get the tops of the running wheels, those like the Pz111 get the upper idlers to run on
As Kenny mentions those heavy tow rope hawsers, they are made of very heavy gauge wire rope, not very flexible at the outset but soon finding a flat level to drop down to and rest on when hung along the tank shell
And the tank itself will soon begin to hide its tracks in softer ground (and grind the concret/tarmac dusty if it rides across metalled road surfaces)
As for the modelling, very nice, I like the zimmerrit effect, is it an etch product or a resin skin? Whichever it has worked wonders on the model as has your handling of the camo materials too
A very fine piece of work
nice one
b
What always gets newer modellers is the weight
Although this doesn't add owt to what Kenny and Ironingman say
Literally everything on a tank is awesomely heavy and always shows its weight in service, tracks sag to the nearest available high spot below. Panzer and Tiger tanks get the tops of the running wheels, those like the Pz111 get the upper idlers to run on
As Kenny mentions those heavy tow rope hawsers, they are made of very heavy gauge wire rope, not very flexible at the outset but soon finding a flat level to drop down to and rest on when hung along the tank shell
And the tank itself will soon begin to hide its tracks in softer ground (and grind the concret/tarmac dusty if it rides across metalled road surfaces)
As for the modelling, very nice, I like the zimmerrit effect, is it an etch product or a resin skin? Whichever it has worked wonders on the model as has your handling of the camo materials too
A very fine piece of work
nice one
b
Hi Prolex, I've just re-visited this thread and realised that you got the right hand track spot on (from your first photo). Just do the same to the left and it'll be fine.
One at a time, I'd use liquid Zap Ca cyanoacrylate to apply a drop on the top of each relevant wheel then use a cocktail stick to push the track down- it will adhere very quickly.
Bingo, you then have the illusion of weight that Perdu so rightly alluded to.
One at a time, I'd use liquid Zap Ca cyanoacrylate to apply a drop on the top of each relevant wheel then use a cocktail stick to push the track down- it will adhere very quickly.
Bingo, you then have the illusion of weight that Perdu so rightly alluded to.
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