I would say NO if only because the track links were not nearly armor plate. Completely different metal treatments involved. Track links are made to be tough vice hard. Or to paraphrase my power school instructor, armor is made to be (say this in one breath:) 'stronger, harder, more brittle, less ductile, less tough'. At least on the surface anyway.
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 6:48 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > In a message dated 5/19/2010 4:59:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Chris, > > If your looking to get a bit more armor on your tank you need to > follow John Pittelli's precedent in these matters. Look for some > obscure production run where extra armor was slapped onto the stock > vehicle (which would then have gotten a new variant number). Old > Wolfgang on the third shift at factory 21 laying on an extra thick > coat of paint would sometimes qualify for a new mark number under the > German numbering scheme. John is the undisputed master at finding > these oddball vehicles. > > > Steve > > it wasn't that i was looking for more armor for myself, but was just a > passing thought while i was looking at some of the tank pictures and didn't > know if something like that would effect the number of hits to the side of > the turret if someone where to mount some track links there (wood strips for > the most part as that's what most tankers in here use on their tracks) > > Chris, > Odyssey Slipways > > -- > You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -- Clark in Georgia -- You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat
