So I took a shot and ordered some metal tracks off eBay and fortunately they fit the Takom kit I was working on, and upon test-fitting found they fit RFM and Dragon as well (I had no others on-hand to test). So I ordered two more sets.
They took me roughly two hours to assemble a complete set, with about 17-19 extras. No blocked holes on any and what flash there was easily scraped away by fingernail.
I found they are awesome for assembling during our Zoom faculty meetings as I can pretend to be paying attention to the presentation that is full of bitmojis and embedded Taylor Swift songs because the staff is mostly female. They always give us a link to the PPT anyway so everyone except the presenters’ friends catch up on paperwork until it ends and we complete our attendance surveys. I have five Tigers left that can use metal tracks, but far more than five meetings.
Well, they came up under a general search and appear to be unbranded. There are loads of Chinese vendors selling them but this is the listing name for the ones I bought:
1/35 Scale Metal Track Link w/metal pin for German Tiger Mid-Late Tank Model Kit
I had just searched “1/35 Tiger tracks links metal” and they were part of the results.
The price varies from $30-$40 US with shipping also varying from seller to seller. They could be – and likely are – your standard IP “reverse-engineered” products from our industrious friends behind the Great Wall. The only metal track maker I am familiar with is Friulmodel but never having seen a set IRL I don’t know how to tell if these are infringing. All I know is the price was comparable to the resin and plastic sets I was looking at, and why buy those when you can have metal?
From the skirt bolt to the edge of the upper plate just as shown? If you don’t get a hit first from someone else before midnight tonight I can check my box of extra nonsense and let you know. Pretty sure I do; just have to rummage as you likely understand.
Sorry I didn’t make it before midnight, but what I found were quite a few that aren’t quite as big as you are looking for but close. There is a 2 mm gap left top and bottom if you center them. I have quite a few unbuilt; do you know if there were any Dragon kits known to have them as maybe I have one I can check?
I don’t know if the Dragon kits have them or not. The tank I am building comes with the standard sized cross but needs the larger one. I was curious if someone had the larger cross on the decal sheet from the kit they were making for the champagne.
I am ready to get started with my entry: the Revell Sturmtiger. It has some nice details for the interior and the engine. I might leave the hatches open across the sturmtiger.
It’s been a while since I did something to my Tiger… but finally I did something - the hull is closed and turret is also assembled. I did some basic paintings in engine area (red primer) and interior . They won’t be visible, but just in case if something “shines” through.
I bought Panzerwerk Design 3D printed tracks for a Tiger and I must admit, they’re pretty solid looking and quite easy to assemble (despite pins looking so thin and fragile!). It took me ~1h to assemble both tracks and here’s how they look like:
Absolutely love this camouflage.
