March 6, 2024
The left track attached pretty well, although not as good as the Zvezda Ferdinand. The tracks on these Zvezda “snap kits” are a really unique design, and honestly the future of 1/72 armor. Instead of being horrible vinyl or fiddly link and length, the Zvezda track is a slightly softer plastic that allows itself to be bent without the use of hot water. The running gear is cut in half, so you attach one wheel half, add the tracks so the guide horns are properly positioned, and then the second half of the wheels are added over it. They tracks themselves have three attachment points which the return rollers slot through, forcing the track into the correct position and length. On the Ferdinand track’s slotted through road wheels which worked perfectly because of the side and strength of the part. The ISU return rollers are not as strong, and so I had big problems with the right track. It simply was too short, and required extreme force to pull taunt. Send force schwarzes the return rollers from their mount. You can see the horrible job I did on the middle roller. I just ordered their IS-2 kit, so I will try it again and see if I can do better