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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 they're not ... they don't have the wide plastic band with
punched circular holes in them, and they don't have the central track that fits a
24t gear perfectly. Compare the two:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2158
http://www.pitsco-legodacta-store.com/pld5/itm_src.icl?orderidentifier=ID9514301140624A665D&passidentifier=W779852&eflag=0&oneortwo=1&searchformat=all&searchnumber=1&srcdoc=index.icl%3Forderidentifier%3DID9514301140624A665D&searchstring=chain&curpos=1&itempos=1&orderstring=name
So, that being said, where else can you get the right type of tread? I have some
of them from who knows how long ago, but not NEARLY enough. And I need them ... :)
thanks in advance ...
shaun
leggomylego wrote:
> :-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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| (...) Larry (...) In (...) with (...) fits a (...) some (...) ... :) (...) You were Oh so close though. Try this: (URL) not sure if the address line-wrapped or not, but look for the conveyor links, not the chain links. -Duane (27 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| (...) Larry (...) In (...) with (...) fits a (...) some (...) them ... :) (...) lot (...) it! (...) links (...) you (...) turret (...) castle (...) does it (...) the (...) (27 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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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. (...) (27 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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