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:-p Sorry!
Thank you very much though for counting. Man, that's going to be expensive!
I figured I'd buy 10 sets just to be safe. Approx. $60 will give me enough
for two tanks or so!
The guy that sits next to me at work is a big time scale modeler. Does a lot
of WWII diorama's. I showed him your pics, and even he was amazed! Lego
modeling will get it's due by the rest of the modeling world before we know it!
Eric
In lugnet.build, Carl Greatrix writes:
> Eric, You've made me sit here and count them!! On the Tiger there are 64 links
> on each side, however, the Challenger has 74. Obviously, different wheel
> arangements will call for more or less links. Buying 200 links will give you
> enough deffy. "grin" the german insignia is self adhesive vinyl on the turret
> only. It is Lego on the body. I forgot to take the decal off for the
> photographs..:)
>
> In lugnet.build, Eric Brouwer writes:
> > Let me start out by saying that your models make me want to shelve my castle
> > project! Seeing your models, coupled with seeing Saving Private Ryan
> > recently, has given me some inspiration!
> >
> > A couple of questions...
> >
> > 1) I know where to get the links you used for the tread, but how MANY does it
> > take for each side?
> >
> > 2) How did you accomplish the German insignia on the tank? Sometimes they
> > look like Lego, but in some pics they look like decals.
> >
> > Great work! The street scene is amazing...
> >
> > Eric
> >
> > In lugnet.build, Carl Greatrix writes:
> > > I have just posted pics of my most recent model at
> > > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=carl there are pics of the
> > > tank and pics of a ww2 street..I hope you like :)
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| All right, I've been following this part with some curiosity .... Where can you get these tank treads? I looked at the LEGO Dacta link that Larry posted, and I'm not convinced that they are the same as the ones Carl used. In fact, I'm pretty sure (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| Eric, You've made me sit here and count them!! On the Tiger there are 64 links on each side, however, the Challenger has 74. Obviously, different wheel arangements will call for more or less links. Buying 200 links will give you enough deffy. "grin" (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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