Hi everyone,
I am new to the tanking scene, after retiring from the Army after 20 yrs of service, I decided to pick up a hobby. As a kid I was always fascinated with tanks and I believe that is what caused me to eventually join (pre 9/11). Anyway I digress, I bought a HL King Tiger because the Tamiya was just to crazy for me at the moment (price wise) because I wasnt sure about this hobby. After getting the HL pro edition which ran like a champ right out of the box (metal tracks / metal drive gears / metal gear box). It bite me I couldn't stop upgrading.
So everything was running great I added metal road wheels and still everything was great. A tanking vet suggested to me to get the Mato 5:3 gears because the tank would function more like the period correct vehicle. I installed them using a video guide got everything back together, and now the thing is throwing a track every single time, it happens when I perform a neutral steer ( i.e.- stationary rotation). I checked the tracks but I noticed when I did the road wheels upgrade, I did not know there were two spring holes for tension. Could this be why the tracks keep throwing? Because I dont have the road wheel arms at the right tension for this entire metal bottom end now? Any help would ne greatly appreciated.
I am new to the tanking scene, after retiring from the Army after 20 yrs of service, I decided to pick up a hobby. As a kid I was always fascinated with tanks and I believe that is what caused me to eventually join (pre 9/11). Anyway I digress, I bought a HL King Tiger because the Tamiya was just to crazy for me at the moment (price wise) because I wasnt sure about this hobby. After getting the HL pro edition which ran like a champ right out of the box (metal tracks / metal drive gears / metal gear box). It bite me I couldn't stop upgrading.
So everything was running great I added metal road wheels and still everything was great. A tanking vet suggested to me to get the Mato 5:3 gears because the tank would function more like the period correct vehicle. I installed them using a video guide got everything back together, and now the thing is throwing a track every single time, it happens when I perform a neutral steer ( i.e.- stationary rotation). I checked the tracks but I noticed when I did the road wheels upgrade, I did not know there were two spring holes for tension. Could this be why the tracks keep throwing? Because I dont have the road wheel arms at the right tension for this entire metal bottom end now? Any help would ne greatly appreciated.
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