rockpaperscissor said:Charlie, that looks fantastic! Very realistic. Appears to be labor intensive, but I'm sure much less so than building each link individually. Thank you for the post. It's going in my favorites so I can refer to it when I tackle the tracks on my Modelik Panzer II (thread is in here somewhere, eventually I will finish it).
Regards,
Don
Thank you all for the positive responses.
It isn't as labour intensive as you might think. I found that if you do the same cutting out task repetitively you get very fast and accurate at it and the only challenge then is handling the boredom. It's quite important to hone the #11 blade used frequently - the cutting out becomes hard work when the blade loses its edge.
This technique certainly beats trying to piece together individual links and has the advantage that adding surface detail on the outside of the track doesn't require a lot of rework of each link. I have seen people on this forum saying they'll never do another tank because of the time and effort required with individual links.
If someone attempts to build tracks with this technique please report your experience - it will help to improve the technique to handle different track designs.
Regards,
Charlie