Should King and Country Start Making Their Tanks With Cleaner Tracks? (POLL) (2 Viewers)

[wayne556517]

K&C tracks are fine by me "EXCEPT" when the fill them in completely EG AK026 and the new WS061.

But here are some K&C tracks released in 2006 and they are up there with the best made NOW so they can do it but for reasons stated by the owner they don't,with a bit of weathering they come up a treat.

 

[jazzeum]

Those mud filled tracks or mud coloured wheels looks fine to me though {sm4} {bravo}}

Motorcycles and four wheeled vehicles have never been the issue, tanks are. One of the tanks shown above, AK 40, the Panzer, shows how K & C started to do them, in response to competition and collector complaints. The AK 40 was probably the height or apogee of making realistic looking tracks (not to mention faces in figures) and it descended from there.

 

[bradleyl30]

While I did vote yes, I do think we are seeing different segments of the market. Maybe three different segments. People who like having the "mud" applied for them so they have "turnkey" tanks for dioramas, people who want clean tracks so they can add the mud, snow and other fouling themselves, and finally people who just like the look of the track detail. I think it is fine for K&C to pick one of these segments and stick with it.

I just happen to not be in that segment.

 

[Simpson & his donkey.]

K&C have improved there tracks 100% from when I first started to collect them . I voted for more improvement as you can always strive to get better at what you do . Chris.:salute::

 

[ChrisTay]

It all depends on your intended scenario:

If it is for Parade type displays, like LAH or Victory celebrations, squeaky clean wheels are preferred.

In other situations, prefer mud / dirt on the tracks.

Rgds,Chris

 

[Hunter Rose]

It might not have been clear the way I worded the question. When I say "clean" tracks in the poll I do not mean squeaky clean tracks devoid of weathering. I mean tracks where you can see the detail of the tracks and running gear, like the way Thomas Gunn, First Legion, Figarti, and Collectors Showcase do tracks. Not wear the interior of the tracks is covered with the solid filler that King and Country uses.

 

[ivanmoe]

When I say "clean" tracks in the poll I do not mean squeaky clean tracks devoid of weathering. I mean tracks where you can see the detail of the tracks and running gear[...]. Not wear the interior of the tracks is covered with the solid filler that King and Country uses.

Not all of the KC tracked vehicles are like that:

I didn't vote in the poll, but I do have a preference. I buy the style that I like the best.

-Moe

 

[uksubs]

Not all of the KC tracked vehicles are like that:

I didn't vote in the poll, but I do have a preference. I buy the style that I like the best.

-Moe

There better but K&C need to move away from painting the track wheels black and make better detail tracks wheels for the price there selling there afv in my opinion

 

[ivanmoe]

There better but K&C need to move away from painting the track wheels black and make better detail tracks wheels for the price there selling there afv in my opinion

That sounds like a subject for a separate poll. Has the subject changed now?

-Moe

 

[uksubs]

That sounds like a subject for a separate poll. Has the subject changed now?

-Moe

Not really when you read the poll question

View Poll Results: Should King and Country make their tank tracks cleaner/more detailed on future tanks?

 

[uksubs]

There better but K&C need to move away from painting the track wheels black and make better detail tracks wheels for the price there selling there afv in my opinion
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Forces of valor Stuart tank

Think Terry post hit the nail on the head why we don't see better detail on kc Afv
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Several years ago I spoke to Andy about improving the tracks. He didn't mention muddy tracks were cheaper to make - although they may be cheaper - but that the muddy tracks were needed to reduce breakage on shipping. I later spoke to a manufacturer of toy vehicles and he said it was true. Where you have a heavy polystone body on fairly light thin tracks, shocks to the box on shipping pass through the model and break the lightest parts. Adding weight to the tracks and making them thicker does reduce track breakage.

Terry

 

[ChrisTay]

Agree with uksubs. Some of the tanks like the Italian Amato have thin tracks. If not packed properly, they tend to arrive broken.

Is there an option to have the tracks detailed but soiled and muddy?

 

[PanzerAce1944]

Agree with uksubs. Some of the tanks like the Italian Amato have thin tracks. If not packed properly, they tend to arrive broken.

Is there an option to have the tracks detailed but soiled and muddy?

I would think if anything other than a Rock not Packed Properly will arrive broken. I have not had a broken K&C track since I starting buying them 9 Years ago !

Wayne

 

[ChrisTay]

I would think if anything other than a Rock not Packed Properly will arrive broken. I have not had a broken K&C track since I starting buying them 9 Years ago !

Wayne

Good for you.

 

[Nelson1976]

I confess that I enjoy the commentary here and don't contribute much for which I apologise, but in this case I have to say I would rather a degree of realism (such as mud in the tracks and "living" details) versus the pristine look some prefer.... Perhaps this is because I like setting up dioramas rather than shelf displays.... Each to his own.

 

[PanzerAce1944]

Good for you.

Thank You ! :smile2: