T-34-76 1942 Track
Master Club 1:35 Scale Set # MC135022W
Review by Terry Ashley
There are 160 track links and 320 small track pins in the set with the links cleanly cast in light grey resin and the only clean-up required is the remnants of the casting blocks on one end of each link requiring light sanding to remove.
Detail on the links is very crisp and cleanly cast with very fine casting numbers included on the inside of each link with nicely contoured guide teeth on each alternate link.
Assembly is a little different from the usual click together resin links in that the links are joined together with small pins that include the round pin head but you have to drill out all the pin locating holes in the links (four on each link) as they are not fully opened out and this does take a little time to prepare the track links for final assembly.
After drilling out the location holes and filing the small casting scars assembly goes ahead fairly quickly as the track links fit very neatly together and the pins fit easily in place. Just make sure you don’t force the pins into the link holes as they will break easily but lining up the holes in each link is quite easy and this shouldn’t be a problem with a little care taken.
showing fine casting numbers and track pin heads
The pins are designed to fit in place without the need for gluing but I added a small dab of cyanoacrylate on the end of each pin to make sure they wouldn’t be going anywhere.
After assembly the track runs articulate nicely and the pins result in very robust track runs that will not come apart and they fit available T-34 kit drive sprockets without problems, I used one of the recent Dragon T-34 kits for test fitting and they look very good once in place.
The style of track links differs from those most often included in the kits and some other aftermarket sets to provide nice variation as well as being very detailed and look very good on the kit.
Highly recommended 8/10
