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Revell do a half track? Is it new or rare? Haven't seen one about,got any links mate? Any idea of cost etc?

Hi folks,

Follow this link through:

http://www.rc-panzerketten-forum.com/wbb2/thread.php?threadid=19380

Links to the manufacturer, plus a bit of a report.
Unfortunately the quality is lacking a bit and the guy who took the photos ended up sending it back.

Not cheap either!

Nige

Well I didn't see any of the half/tracks just looking around at a few of the web-sites,so decided to abandon that idea and ordered two more static kits to work on.Getting another 1/35 scale and a 1/25 scale model from tower hobby,had a ten dollar off cupon so that will pay for the shipping cost.That should keep me busy for a while.

                           
                                                BIGMIG 

http://www.mk-modelle.de/index.php?cat= ... ct=P000001 these 251's are based on the 1/25 Panther chassis, I think the hardest part is to make the upper body and the front steering mechanism

Rivetcounter wrote: http://www.mk-modelle.de/index.php?cat= ... ct=P000001 these 251's are based on the 1/25 Panther chassis, I think the hardest part is to make the upper body and the front steering mechanism

I went straight to this link as I have a 1:25 jagdpanther and I really would like a half track.
But 240 Euro's, no way!!!!!!!

John

I think if one of the scratch builders based on hear  built one he would be able to sell templates so others could make there own, I have 3-4 Panther's and Jagdpanther's

Yeah that wouldnt be too hard. Question i have it how would you do the steering on the front wheels. I assume they steer like any normal car but dose the real thing actually "steer" the vehicle in the conventional manner or is it mostly done through the tracks like a tank?

Hi Guys as far as the American ones go they had a valve on the steering the more you turned it it would apply a brake to the inside track .As for the german ones dont know how they worked but must have some way to alter the tracks otherwise they would have gone straight insteed of turning.


    regards pete 

If you wanted to make it easy. You could make the wheels steer like a shopping trolly wheel. Steer it by the tracks and let the force of the movement steer the front wheels.

The Trumpeter 1/16 US Half track is a very nice kit but it has been suggested difficult to R/C without a lot of internal strengthening work due the scale thickness of the plastic.