1/35 Soviet T26 Tank and a Zvezda M72 Motor cycle and side car .

[JR]

Wow just had one hell of rain storm, lightening, thunder right over your house ! and hail
At least it will be hopefully cooler .




Not all on the level,but hoping the base can be made to suit.


Those pins on the inner side of the ring were a troublesome addition. Also the pin length for the drive wasn't long enough to even go into the hike in the sprocket. Either me or they got it wrong . I check several times to see if the assembly was correct

[rtfoe]

Wow just had one hell of rain storm, lightening, thunder right over your house ! and hail
At least it will be hopefully cooler .

Ooh! The wet kind of pyromania with sound effects. We get that very often due to the hot weather build up.
Hope your mojo returns John...I'm feeling some withdrawal symptoms from the recent event. I didn't know there was a kit of a Russian side car.

Cheers,
Wabble

[JR]

Hey John,is that the kit with the Pig option?!!
As you know, I've many of the 1/35 motorcycle Combi kits,done a few,got a few on the shelf of doom also !!

Hi Andy , no not a pig insight. The Germans had taken them by then.
Interesting point about the Russian made engine in the bike it was based on the BMW one .

Sounds interesting, I'll grab a chair while I can


No wonder. A courier might have been quicker :tongue-out2:

Andy don't let 570 remarks from that old wood butcher influence you .

Don't you be shouting at me. A bit of respect for the elderly, if you please.......

Oi, 570 would I ever do that to you :blow-kiss:

Looking forward to this John. Those 1/35 scale motor bikes are very fiddly. Good luck with the tracks.

Thanks Jim, not really looked at it yet, honestly It cant be any harder then the Hobby Boss.--------- or can it !

I'll take a seat sharing your preference for Friul tracks.

Thanks Andrea, can't beat then except for the price. For me it's really the only option

Not surprised you needed a break after the intensity of the last epic, John, no need to apologise my friend.

That's very kind Neil, I felt really drained last week , what with my eyes playing up with hay fever a constant itching as well . Luckily I remembered vaseline around the eyes gives relief .

I'm sure using Fruils is the way to go. Not only will they look better but you'll save your sanity.
Hope the mojo kicks in and we can enjoy watching another JR masterpiece come together.

Sure they will Jim, in fact there will be fire , the remains of a farm house in the back ground. It's been too long since I burnt some buildings. :smiling2::smiling2:.

I'll take a pew ready for your build JR

Hi Mick , your very welcome .

The idea is that you leave part of the sprue attached to the pin, so you can use it as a handle. Cut or break it off where the sprue thins:

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Hold onto that part to push the pin into the track link and then cut off the sprue.

The author of the instructions doesn’t seem to have realised this, though, looking at the picture you posted of that …

Yes after a previous fiasco with these type of tracks, I'd cut them off first ! Mike told me that way as well.
The trouble is the hole in the track and the over thickness of the pins .As Dave has rightly said it just doesn't work .Sure some of you might manage it , but for me it's just not worth attempting . Trust me If Dave has had problems attempting it , it says it all .

Ooh! The wet kind of pyromania with sound effects. We get that very often due to the hot weather build up.
Hope your mojo returns John...I'm feeling some withdrawal symptoms from the recent event. I didn't know there was a kit of a Russian side car.

Cheers,
Wabble

I remember the typhoons in HK Wibble , now that was something !

Perfectly surmised , just one of those unfortunately things. Hopefully behind me now.
John .

[Guest]

All well and good Jakko but unless the the parts are lined up precisely and I mean precisely there's no way that the pin will click into place

That’s what the assembly jig in the kit is there to ensure. I also had no problems with this happening when I assembled Trumpeter’s T66 Sherman tracks that work the same way but have no jig supplied. Of course, it’s easily possible that these particular tracks aren’t as well-engineered.

Still find it hard to belive that with all of today's know how they can't produce a decent band track. Dave

Decent as in: that doesn’t result in curved links going over the idler and/or drive sprocket?

[JR]

That’s what the assembly jig in the kit is there to ensure. I also had no problems with this happening when I assembled Trumpeter’s T66 Sherman tracks that work the same way but have no jig supplied. Of course, it’s easily possible that these particular tracks aren’t as well-engineered.


Decent as in: that doesn’t result in curved links going over the idler and/or drive sprocket?

Can't answer for Dave, but I don't imagine Hobby Boss are as well engineered as Trumpeters Jakko .

The plastic is very soft .

[Guest]

Hobby Boss and Trumpeter are part of the same parent company However, I have the impression that they purchased many of their track sets from another company that made them before.

[David Lovell]

Wow just had one hell of rain storm, lightening, thunder right over your house ! and hail
At least it will be hopefully cooler .

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Not all on the level,but hoping the base can be made to suit.

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Those pins on the inner side of the ring were a troublesome addition. Also the pin length for the drive wasn't long enough to even go into the hike in the sprocket. Either me or they got it wrong . I check several times to see if the assembly was correct

Ah yes its all comming back thoes little bits either us or or they got it wrong i couldn't make any sense of it either I think I just left them off in the end its not as if the plastic sprocket police are going to knock on the door after all you all only know because of my confession no doubt someone out there will be more than willing to explain our lack of understanding. Dave

[JR]

Hobby Boss and Trumpeter are part of the same parent company :smiling3: However, I have the impression that they purchased many of their track sets from another company that made them before.

I've built a few Trumpeter kits and have to say they were great. Far better than any of the Hobby Boss . Bought the HB some time ago , liked the choice then , but should have tested the water first !

[Waspie]

Excuse my ignorance here chaps, what exactly are ‘fruils’ in relation to tracks.
Been following this thread but the reference to fruils is meaningless to me. Tried the internet!!! Even more confusticated!!!!
Help!!! Short words please, brain can’t cope with long words :rolling: :thumb2:

[Jim R]

Fruils are metal, aftermarket tracks. They make them for a wide selection of vehicles. They are relatively easy to put together, are well detailed and sag naturally.

[Allen Dewire]

Hi Doug,

Jim beat me to the punch, but you are spelling the name wrong...It's Friul, not Fruil, and that's why you probably didn't get too far on the net...Have a look here,

https://friulmodel.hu/

It also seems my Buddy Giuseppe is in ill health. He's Mr. Friul......

Prost
Allen

[Andy the Sheep]

Hi Doug,

Jim beat me to the punch, but you are spelling the name wrong...It's Friul, not Fruil, and that's why you probably didn't get too far on the net...Have a look here,

https://friulmodel.hu/

It also seems my Buddy Giuseppe is in ill health. He's Mr. Friul......

Prost
Allen

You are right, Allen. In fact, the Friulmodel logo, the golden eagle on a blue background is the coat of arms of the Friuli, a part of Friuli Venezia Giulia region, one of the 20 Italian administrative regions.
Probably Giuseppe was born there.

[Waspie]

Hi Doug,

Jim beat me to the punch, but you are spelling the name wrong...It's Friul, not Fruil, and that's why you probably didn't get too far on the net...Have a look here,

https://friulmodel.hu/

It also seems my Buddy Giuseppe is in ill health. He's Mr. Friul......

Prost
Allen

I know were I went wrong!! Mr autocorrect changed my original spelling to fruit and I changed fruit to fruil. (Because I’m lazy). :smiling3: :thumb2:

[Jim R]

I just copied your spelling Doug, I don't even have spelling autocorrect to blame :smiling: :rolling:

[Allen Dewire]

You are right, Allen. In fact, the Friulmodel logo, the golden eagle on a blue background is the coat of arms of the Friuli, a part of Friuli Venezia Giulia region, one of the 20 Italian administrative regions.
Probably Giuseppe was born there.

True Andrea. His last name is Puppato and he is definitely Italian. Where he was born exactly, I don't know. He moved the firm to Hungary from Italy, years ago. Here we are at the World Model Expo, last July, in Veldhoven, NL,


Giuseppe is on the right, and I'm the fat guy on the left......

Prost
Allen