RE: tracks from tires

["Steve Tyng" <stevet-at-stcharlesmd.com>]

Paul,

Your inconsistent track spacing (over the scarf joint) will really irk the scale 
guys when they notice it, AND you know they will!  ;-)


   Steve "If it looks like a tank, its good enough to shoot at" Tyng


> Subject: RE: tracks from tires
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> Steve
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> If you think that was ' ass-backwards' thinking then you
> don't want to know what I did !
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> I guessed a spacing for the treads [ turned out the
> teeth/bells were scale distance/number ! ] but didn't worry
> at all as I had no idea how long my tracks were going to be ,
> as they were near scale I counted how many would be needed to
> cover the scarf joint and then stopped building tracks when
> near that limit. I then put the tracks on the tank with the
> tensioning wheels in the correct place [ matched prototype ]
> I then marked the other end of the scarf joint and cut it ,
> then I just divided up the rest of the gap and got in how
> ever many treads would fit!
>
> Paul [ Heath Robinsons grandson ] Needham
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