M46, 6th Tank Battalion, 1951. The Patton Project Pt.I

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BlackSheep214 wrote:Nice subject. Following this one. :shoutout: :shoutout: :shoutout:
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Takes a lot of work but in the end look better than vinal or that Dragon DS stuff they was doing for awhile that would go bad in the box before you ever got to them.
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Let your weapons slash and tear This is no place for fear
Hold the lines! Move as one! In unity our victory's won
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Floki wrote:Takes a lot of work but in the end look better than vinal or that Dragon DS stuff they was doing for awhile that would go bad in the box before you ever got to them.
Very true! I think the best happy solution is link and length tracks. Especially around the sprockets and idlers. Especially with American built armor as they have live tracks which don’t sag.
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Today’s update... more tracks... I completed the upper and lower flat run lengths... without center guide teeth. I figure at least another two days bench sessions before these tracks are completed...

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Adding the center guides is gonna be the tedious part...
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That is done beautifully! I have to work through the steps in my head every time I read your posts, mate—the degree of concentration is off the charts to me. Great job to date!
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Just want to quote an old German phrase here:
Das ist eine Arbeit für Jemanden, der Vater und Mutter erschlagen hat.
That's a job for someone who killed father and mother.
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speedgraflex wrote:That is done beautifully! I have to work through the steps in my head every time I read your posts, mate—the degree of concentration is off the charts to me. Great job to date!
Thank you Bruce. I get in a zone and just do one after another after another...
mostrich wrote:Just want to quote an old German phrase here:
Das ist eine Arbeit für Jemanden, der Vater und Mutter erschlagen hat.
That's a job for someone who killed father and mother.
:giggles: I think that applies here... forced hard labor! (not really, but...)
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Doing tracks is a all day job. Sometimes more than that.
March as one, Don't look back
Odin's sons... Attack!
Unleash hell! Do not repent! Warfare grants us no lament
Let your weapons slash and tear This is no place for fear
Hold the lines! Move as one! In unity our victory's won
Our shields will form a mighty wall
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In this case, several days... :headbang:
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Very interesting. I'll have to follow along as well. I've never done an armor subject with tracks. :hmm:
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