MC135035CL T-70M Workable Track
Master Club 1:35 Scale Set # MC135035CL
Review by Terry Ashley
The Set:
Master Club have released a set
of workable resin "snap-together" individual track links for the
Miniart T-70M
Early w/ Crew (kit #35025),
German Pz.Kpfw. T-70 743(r) (kit #35026)
and
Soviet Light Tank T-70M (Late production) (kit #35030) kits.
The links are individually cast in light grey resin with just two small
casting burs where the links have been pre-broken from the casting blocks to
be cleaned up and a few links have some thin resin film to be removed from
inside the link holes but the cleanup is very quick and easy, just ensure you
don't expose the pin locating holes while removing the excess resin burs.
The detail on the links is excellent with clean and well defined track face
pattern and the correct shape of the hollowed out inner guide tooth as well
as nicely defined track end pins.
Resin track links
Assembly:
The links are designed to clip together and each link has one large locating
pin and one small locating pin that fit into corresponding locating holes
on the next track link. To fit the links together slip one link over the larger
pin and using a pair of good tweezers "lift" the opposite side with the smaller
pin over into the other locating hole. It's best to "lift" the smaller pin
in place as just pressing it can easily break off the small pin during the
process but the track runs assembled quite easy and are fairly robust.
Assembly sequence
To fit the assembled track runs to the Miniart drive sprockets
needs the kit drive teeth to be thinned down to fit into the track guide holes
as they are too thick intially but after this the tracks fit nicely around
the sprockets.
Track runs around the Miniart drive sprocket after thinning the sprocket
drive teeth
Conclusion:
A very nicely detailed workable track set with only minor cleanup and minor
alterations needed along with easy assembly to add a nice detail touch
to the
Miniart T-70 kits.
Highly recommended 8/10
