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dafrca

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Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 3:50 am

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Quote (J0k3r @ 16 May 2006 (17:06))

actually, looking at this Ci is that the correct track unit? Looks like its a plastic tank chassis... ?

Yes it is a correct track unit for the mini.

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CyberShadow

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Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 9:45 am

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Quote (zap123 @ 17 May 2006 (03:06))

The GW CI used a plastic hull base and track units. ?The reason given for not being able to sell them anymore is they "lost" the molds for the plastic bits.

Actually, the story that I heard was that the plastic track sections for the Hellbore and CI were the base from a model produced by another company which was out-sourced (a WWII tank in some scale)... and that practice is clearly not the way that GW work now! I am not sure how valid that is.

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The_Real_Chris

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Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 9:55 am

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What tank has track sections like that?

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TuffSkull

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Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 11:44 am

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It was indeed from another tank model.
I can't remmeber what the tank in question was, but I have a feeling it was a post-war model.
When GW stopped outsourcing & decided to have everything made in house, they couldn't make the track sections for the CI & Hellbore, so stopped production.

At one stage the metal parts were made available from GW US again & I remmeber a thread here where we did track down the original model to get the tracks from, so people could complete their CI's, but I can't find the thread now

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colonel_sponsz

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Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 12:49 pm

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I'm pretty sure it's from a 1:76 M113 APC. I've never owned a CI or Hellbore but I had a fleet of M113's for a Vietnam wargame and I recognise those track units.

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dafrca

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Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 5:19 pm

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Quote (colonel_sponsz @ 17 May 2006 (04:49))

I'm pretty sure it's from a 1:76 M113 APC. ?I've never owned a CI or Hellbore but I had a fleet of M113's for a Vietnam wargame and I recognise those track units.

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I think I remember the same thing. It was an M113.

Of course I could be wrong as it was a long time ago that we tracked it down. And we all know how old men minds work, right? :8:

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CyberShadow

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Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 7:59 pm

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Quote (colonel_sponsz @ 17 May 2006 (12:49))

I'm pretty sure it's from a 1:76 M113 APC.

That looks about right.

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Dwarf Supreme

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Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 8:21 pm

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Quote (CyberShadow @ 17 May 2006 (19:59))

Quote (colonel_sponsz @ 17 May 2006 (12:49))

I'm pretty sure it's from a 1:76 M113 APC.

That looks about right.

Nice website. Just added to my favorites. :cool:

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Assassin

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Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 8:56 pm

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Yep, it was an M113, and the kit was made by JB Models, and as far as I know, still is. ?

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J0k3r

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Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 11:27 pm

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Quote (CyberShadow @ 17 May 2006 (09:45))

Quote (zap123 @ 17 May 2006 (03:06))

The GW CI used a plastic hull base and track units. The reason given for not being able to sell them anymore is they "lost" the molds for the plastic bits.

Actually, i think I remember the plastic chassis in a Hellbore blister I found in a junk shop in Blackpool years ago. Talk about changed days for GW!

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dafrca

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Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 4:01 am

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Quote (Assassin @ 17 May 2006 (12:56))

Yep, it was an M113, and the kit was made by JB Models, and as far as I know, still is. ?

That sounds right.

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The_Real_Chris

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Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 7:09 am

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Nice! Now watch the price of stuff minus tracks shoot up on ebay

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dafrca

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Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 8:08 am

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Quote (The_Real_Chris @ 17 May 2006 (23:09))

Nice! Now watch the price of stuff minus tracks shoot up on ebay

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CyberShadow

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Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 11:22 am

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They are not so expensive from new anyway... it may be cheaper to buy the metal on ebay and the tracks new!

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colonel_sponsz

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Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 12:15 pm

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That's definately the M113 kit I was thinking of. It was 1:76 rather than 1:72 and the clincher is tha JB also do a 1:76 Land Rover which I had a few of too.

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