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I got to wondering about the tractor and tracks for the lifeboat, Mike explained it all to me using small words......! Here is the method I
used to make the non-powered caterpillar track units for the launching
carriage and I will be using a similar method for the tracks for the Talus
Tractor.
These are
measured to wrap around the wheels, and you hope that the distance is a
whole section of hinge!, then you remove the appropriate pin and rejoin to
make a loop. The treads, in this case marine birch ply, are made to fit
between the hinge pin sections and using the existing holes are bolted
into place with the excess length of bolt protruding inwards to act as
guides. Rubber treads are glued to the outside surface as per the original
and thus produce a non-driven caterpillar track. It sounds so simple after
the fact but It took me weeks of pulling out my hair, what there is
left!!!!, until I saw the hinge strips at the sale and the idea came in a
blinding flash!! The Carriage and Talus
Tractor Body are hot off the digital press !!!!
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