MASTERCLUB METAL TRACKS "HOW TO" GUIDE
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- Another "How To" guide from Scale War Machines.
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This time we show how to install Masterclub after-market metal tracks to your scale models. You will soon be able to get these tracks from Historex Agents (Coming December 2016).
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We see them installed on a Revell SU-100 SPG in 1:35th Scale which we picked up reduced for under £10 (GBP) - but the tracks cost £26 (GBP) in 2014 - so nearly three times as much. Given the low purchase cost of the kit, this build was all about the track detail...
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Just bought a set to use on my Tamiya Panzer 3 I am doing now. Hope they turn out well, I like how you have pins on both sides as with other after market metal track you don't get that.
just bought a set for my t-90,how would you rate each make from fruil,easy and master? as in alround quality and finish?
We'd be tempted to rate them as follows - Friul, Masterclub, Easy Tracks. The resin pins are good on the Masterclubs but it is still pretty time consuming & wire is quicker. Though you can also use wire on the Masterclub tracks too.
Scale War Machines im half way through the second track, ive now abandoned the pins and started on staples!!! i have bought the fruil tracks for the takom king tiger so will get a chance to try when i pluck up courae to start it(i bought it at telford show and am waiting till i have faith to do it justice paint wise!).all in all the metal tracks are really straight forward, and i am a definate newbie to the hobby, definately add greatly to the look, even as im still building it!.
From what I've seen (still haven't built any Masterclub tracks yet but have a couple of sets in the stash for future projects) they seem to be more cleanly cast and have better detail than a lot of the Fruil sets I've dealt with. I find that the Fruil castings can on occasion be a bit on the rough side and the wire for the pins is sometimes a bit unsightly. The resin pins seem to offer a greater degree of detail and finesse. Having said that the Fruil sets are probably easier to build, if you don't mind spearing your thumb with the pin wire; I never fail to do that at least twice per set of Fruils!
@@scalewarmachines Is the criteria in modelling a realistic look, or speed of building ?
Life really is too short!
And when you have finished the work cover everything with mud and dirt! :P
Ahh, but we know what lies beneath all that mud / dirt!
Thanks for the video!
One minor thing though, you've put the tracks on pointing in the wrong direction. The rounded pin heads should be on the inside. The soviets designed their T-34 to be as simple as possible, so they didn't actually fix the pins on the tracks. Instead, they put a slope on the tank that would drive in any pins that stick out while the tank is driving.
Thanks for the info - should have checked the references!
great video. nice track.
I think this would just drive me insane! I'm sure the effect is great but it just seems such an intricate process not sure I could cope
Can you imagine that people who build paper models do not just join together pre-made track links. They have to assemble links (ranging from several to a dozen or so parts each) first.
Does the pins need glue? Dont they just slip apart when you rotate the track ?
No - they are a tight fit & they don't fall out.
I am wondering between King Tiger fruild model and master club.
Can you help me out? Also i have no Idea how to weather metal tracks.
Just built my first set of Masterclub tracks for the Trumpeter KV-1. Managed to snap a few pins, but there are always a few spares. You can even push the pin into the track with a knife point, then glue the broken off bit back on. Also had one pin spring out of the tweezers and stick to my eyeball. That was fun to fish out, but at least I didn't lose it!
great video. Can we share their videos with us on the facebook page?
Tried some of these and they are great, must say the lack ofmusic is a great bonus , thank for doing that .Made a jig and stood mine on end , allowing the pins to "drop " in . By far the best vidoes on the web .Regards John .
The music is still there but we've just toned it all down a bit for the How To videos as you suggested. Thanks for following. Good idea about vertical assembly.
I like most of MasterClubs Resin tracks, especially their Panther tracks which just clicked together like a dream, but putting those pins in, nope. Just used wire instead, made it a lot easier for me. Those darn pins flew all over when I tried it!
Yeah, that's right. I also used wire instead of the pins for my BMP-tracks.
I wonder how the resin pins will look after burnishing which many people do with these types of tracks.
We've tried it with AK burnishing fluid & it has zero effect on the resin. You can see the burnished track in the video & the resin pins are visible too. They were bathed in the fluid & came out fine.
i was thinking, they look okay when getting them out of the fluid, they look like their original color, gray. do you paint the pin heads individually after burnishing? cz that seems annoying
how did you guys paint the su-100 at the end? it looks amazing!
Video coming soon!
Yes!!
excuse me ,Where is the video? ^^
I've still avoided buying these metal track sets, bloody intimidating I tell u
And then you paint it afterwards? Or just make it dirty?