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# 16 28-06-2003 , 02:00 AM
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Here is one of my references on the tracks to show the accuracy.

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# 17 28-06-2003 , 02:04 AM
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Here is an overhead of the tread section. Somebody please help me on this tread dilema. I really need to model the entire track, but i dont know howuser added image user added image user added image .

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# 18 28-06-2003 , 03:10 AM
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somebody linked to a tread tut, they were making a tank in the challenge hold on.......



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# 20 28-06-2003 , 05:06 AM
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Yes. I just downloaded that yesterday, and I think that it is a great script, but if you will notice, my tread section is in two parts. I could combine them, but then it does not flex in the middle. Thanks anyways vectorman. It really is a great script, it just does not have the features i need.


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# 21 28-06-2003 , 08:31 AM
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ok, I made a small wheel for one end, and i did the tracks by hand, just for a render of what it would look like. I did not bend each peice, but every other one(so it doesnt look near as good as it will in the final). it took a while, i must say. There is a gap in it and it goes through two of the wheels, but other than that it is good. Here are a couple renders

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Here is another shot.

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# 23 28-06-2003 , 08:34 AM
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Ok. I need to get to bed now. It is 3:30 AM Here.


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# 24 28-06-2003 , 08:50 AM
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Nice tracks, very detailed- you got the waffle pattern look nicely.

With the wheels you will need to check references but I think this series has two road wheels, back to back, running either side of 'teeth' in the track which grip into the groove between the wheels. The centre teeth basically ensure track stability as it passes over the road wheels. Normally you have a road wheel at the back connecting to the track sprockets and suspension and the front wheel which is what you have modelled.

This might be a single drum wheel, but most Russian tracks in this era worked on double offsets or grooved attachments iirc. According to what I found with a quick search, the T34 had "double road wheels with coil spring suspension".

Photo attached is of a model tank part, but it illustrates the point.

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Ok. Thanks witchy. I was going to dip the center in, but i did not know what the teeth would catch on to. I will research it. Thanks man. I appreciate the help.


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No problem, happy to help in an annoying armour fan way 8)

The centre teeth are not meant to catch as such btw they are independant from the wheels and their main purpose is stability. The drive comes from the sprockets at either end of the track setup, not from the road wheels; they merely provide the means for the tracks to 'drive' the tank. Double road wheels would mean two wheels, fairly close together, connected by a cylinder driver.

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Yes. I just found that out actually. I guess i need to change my sprocket design. The middle wheels are called bogie wheels. I found a great site with all kinds of technical references for the t34/76.


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Sorry for the prolonged lack of posts, but I changed harddrives again and I left my old one at my cousins house 150 miles from here. I will get back on this as soon as I get my old hd back.


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nice start
i would like to see more as you go along
what kindov enviroment are you going to
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