skp tracks

[Mike Harbour]

Has anybody used skp track's?? to be precise the panther set, historex are selling them for about £13 ish, are they compatible with dragon kits do they fit well??.. thanks.

Mike.

[Jamie Tainton]

Hi Mike can't say as I have used these- do you have any more info on the manufacturer?

[Mike Harbour]

Sorry for the bad spelling mistake it should read SKP plastic tracks historex sell them, 1/35 scale for early and late panthers.


Mike.

[Jamie Tainton]

[Tim Coulson]

Hi Mike,

I've got the SKP Panther tracks. I've built a small section see viewtopic.php?f=15&t=398#p2260

Each link needs a little cleanup of resin flash. The links are nicely detailed and match the shape of the real track, but they don't have the cast numbers that the Friul & WW2 Productions tracks have. The only faults that I can see with the SKP tracks are that they don't appear to be "handed", the guide horns are straight on the inside edge instead of at a slight angle and that the track pins are hexagonal instead of round, but these are not that noticable and you can improve them by carefully filing. They do look nice and are fully workable. For cheap replacement hollow guide horn tracks, they are very good. Half the price of Friul tracks.

See also Terry's review on PMMS if you haven't already seen it. http://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/r ... kp102.html

If you do get them make sure you insert the large pin first or you will break it off.

The tracks are slightly cheaper from Panther Models in the UK http://www.panther-models.com/products/ ... or-G-.html

Hope this helps.

Tim

[Mike Harbour]

Thanks Tim for the heads up regarding the large pin I've just ordered them from historex pity about panther models selling them cheaper not to much as it turned out.

Mike.

[Jamie Tainton]

Thanks Tim for sharing your info- that's what I want this place to be about, thanks!

[Tim Coulson]

No problem, glad to help.

Tim