Tracked Vehicles Question.
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Hi Mike,
Have a look at some of the tuts in the Tutorials section:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=121019#p121019
(this one would start here as the original video was removed)
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http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=52854#p52854 -
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Hm. I´ve been there. There is not much info on that vehicle. I assume that you know the number of track links (although it varied, depending on the necessary chain tension )and their dimensions, otherwise it could be difficult. If those tracks are the same type as the Panther, they´re some 66 cm wide. And that central guide tooth looks too small.
This is how it looks on my Panther tank - I used only arrays, with some manual adjustment on the curves - and ended up with exactly 86 links per side.
I will post progress soon, hopefully.
Cheers.
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Thanks, sir.
If you plan on using Panther track links on your vehicle, I can send you mine. -
Here it is, I hope you will find it useful.
It is a bit "low poly" but I think it looks OK. I only wonder if a late version with chevron cleats would be more appropriate.
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@unknownuser said:
...I know it is often easier to copy or borrow stuff from other folk but being a bit of an old fart, like to do stuff myself as much as possible. Boring to some I knwo.
Yeah, that is exactly how I feel about it. But I have learned many useful things here, and people are really willing to help.
BTW from one old fart to another - check out http://www.panther1944.de/en/sdkfz-171-pzkpfwg-panther/technik/kette.html for blueprints of the late version. It shouldn´t really be too much of a problem to modify my "flat" version.
Cheers!
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And this one also.
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I´m glad I could help. And the beer indeed sounds good!
Happy sketching!
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