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Hey guys I just bought the metal double sided rubber pad tracks for my Abrams. Will those tracks rust by chance or are they made out of pot metal? I like the rusty track look and wanted to just soak them in water for a while lol


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Hello
You can soak them in water for weeks and nothing will happen. After a few weeks/months after mounting, they will change their color from silver to gray at most ... This metal is probably an alloy of zinc and aluminum (Znal = Zn+Al). Or it may be so-called "New Silver" (Chinese alloy, copper, zinc and aluminum). I have Mato Leopard metal tracks, but I have never tried to paint them - I decided that a few runs in the mud / dirt would do the trick . Watch out for silicone pads (they're not rubber) - you can quickly lose them in the field. Superglue and rubber glue won't work. I'll let you know when I stick mine with a new, very strong glue that I'm testing right now.

Awesome thank you my friend!!


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I just noticed that you haven't written what manufacturer your tracks are. If it's DKLM, as far as I remember, they produce steel one for Leopard (but then they use stainless steel). I don't know about the Abrams version ...
However, if it is Mato or another Chinese copy - see my previous post.

I believe they are henglong


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But Heng Long doesn't, as far as I know, produce a metal version with "rubber" pads. Show me the link what you bought, it should explain (I suspect a Chinese copy of Mato tracks for around $ 89).
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What Heng Long offers as metal tracks for the Abrams are in fact full metal tracks for the Leopard and Challenger which are a 1 to 1 copy of the plastic version of these tracks. Using them in the Abrams is not a very good idea as they differ in several important dimensions ...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/293524980457


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They look exactly like these:
https://pl.aliexpress.com/item/32988509 ... 2e0eIsDTHO
So like a Chinese copy of the Mato version ( they copy themselves haha ) ...
They look quite good (although they do not faithfully reflect the shape of the rubber pads), but I do not know their quality - I will wait for your opinion/review

But. If I was considering buying tracks for Abrams, I would probably choose these one:
https://pl.aliexpress.com/item/40010342 ... 6062%23358
Or looked for an aftermarket version of Tamiya...
If I had to spend over $100, I would look for the most faithful representation of the shape.
But this is my opinion and I believe that your tracks will fit perfectly and will reflect all the realism of shape and movement in such a well-rebuilt model.

Thanks bud. I should get them next week. I’ll let you know


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