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Old 05-16-2011, 11:38 AM
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Flyboy -

The hubs are very visible. An excellent technique!

Since I like to use a circle cutter to cut out the wheels and this leaves a little hole in the middle, my method is to punch out the hubs with a screw punch, color the edge, and glue 'em on. On small models, this tricks the eye into thinking there is a hub, but it is, of course, flat. Your methodology is superior.

As a Dogface, I do not really know from armor nomenclature, but I think the parts you are clipping away are simply the outer edges of the treads. I did this with teh T1E1 treads and found it hypnotic to perform and visually satisfying. The track guides stick up from the other side, I think, and I pray you are NOT going to model THEM in this scale (which is, admittedly, twice as bug as you normally work).

You and Chris and I seem to be forming a 1/72nd armor construction collective. Mansei!

Don
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