I only made that mistake once.
I generally use them on clear parts like windshield seals.
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Interesting. I have used a Sharpie pen over Tamiya acrylics with no issues. It was for the black outlined camo the French used, so the slightly wider Sharpie was fine for the job.
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Maybe because the Molotov markers are acrylic and the sharpies are alcohol based? Just guessing and I really haven’t a clue what the chemical composition of sharpies are.
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I heard/read somewhere that Tamiya acrylics aren’t really acrylics,
they are more similar to lacquers.
Some kind of odd water diluted lacquer.
And as @Arch-Stanton wrote: all sharpies are not equal
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Man, Robin, when you order stuff you really stock up!
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Over the years I have “managed” to acquire a bunch of Tamiya T-55’s and some of these
are getting RMSh tracks to replace the rubbers from Tamiya. Unfortunately this also requires
new sprockets which I found out a few months ago.
Getting the right sprockets as separate parts was difficult/expensive BUT
the wheel sets from Miniart contain BOTH type of sprockets 
I also have two old Tamiya T-62’s which are getting new tracks and wheels.
The third set is because my plastic pusher only had 7 T-55 sets in stock but I needed 8.
Nine Tamiya halftracks are hiding in my stash, some of them for various conversions
and they all desperately need those tracks (complete with running gear).
Almost two years ago I decided to replace all the rubber rings on AFV-Club Centurions
so I ordered 37 sets from Firestorm in Australia. Since I didn’t need all the little cartons
I asked him to chuck all the little zip-lock bags into one bigger box.
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Please, can you share your impressions about the half-track boogies? are worth the money? Thank you.
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Yes!
The above is the short answer.
Since Discourse requires each post to be at least 10 characters long I will
provide a more verbose answer.
If you have a halftrack kit from Dragon I would say that the kit parts are good enough.
Sprocket and idler by Dragon, those from FC-Model Trend are very similar
If you are using the Tamiya kits then these tracks/suspensions are extremely good value for money.
The old Tamiya tracks are truly horrible to work with. The Tamiya sprockets and idlers are simplified.
Maybe Tamiya provide softer glueable tracks in newer production runs of their halftracks, mine are more than 20 years old and they totally refuse to bend nicely around the idler and sprocket
Edit: forgot to mention that they are 3D-printed so there is a whole forest of little suports to remove but that is a minor job compared to the hassle with those Tamiya tracks
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Thanks for such a detailed answer. Yes, I intend to use them on the couple of Tamiya kits I have. But so far I’ve read bad things about the quality of the majority of FC Model Trend’s 3D prints, which is why I was asking.
Checking with magnifiers shows that some of the little “blocks”
on the side of the track are missing
This should be easier to fix than trying to make the Tamiya tracks presentable
There are no visible “printing lines”, I think they are there but small enough to be
smoothed out by paint.
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Got my last “X-mas present” delivered today.
Took 67 days Ukraine-Bulgaria(21 of them-courtesy of Bulgarian Customs Office…):
Have been eyeballing this set ever since I bought Trumpeters SA-6 kit.
It contains 3 correct live missiles to replace the dummies Trumpeter casted plus a reworked launcher cradle lock:
The set will join the pile of aftermarket I acquired over the last 2 years with the aim to build this vehicle:
Cheers,
Angel
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Yes they can be hit and miss. Their British antenna set are great. Their Leopard headlights are disappointing as the lens is separate but not clear!
Their Horch rear door does not correct the Tamiya Shape issue - just representing the rectangular door. Their internal upgrade for the Horch has the wrong frame where the ‘U’ extensions on the end are for the type 40 with the internal spare wheel stowage. The vehicle pics on the display card even show this missing!. No fix for the front seats, etc
Then the seat frames have no seats and are rectangular not trapezoidal. Made wrong so can use the kit ones which are too short and wrong shape in the Tamiya kit:
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Noice, I like the wood handles.
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MST
Just unboxed Hobby Link M127 trailer and don’t have any pics yet, but looks very impressive. I’m in the middle of a move so things are scattered between two houses so will be a bit before I get to it. Wayne
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I already decided I need another one. BTW, the dividers come right out with a pair of pliers, after you wiggle them.
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They do fill-up rather quickly and the FORCE to go skyscraper is strong young Padawan. 
The FORCE needed to pull-out the dividers was even stronger! Think I got the “extra glue” in my draws model! 
… It wasn’t pretty, but in the end I won! 
—mike
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