Tuesday, June 05, 2012 - 11:06 AM UTC
No getting stuck this month with Minor, they have released the chains to get you out of trouble.
More tire chains from Minor. This time around German trucks, Krupp and Steyr for example. The PE sets look good in the pictures, and I would think even better on a truck making its way through thick mud or heavy snow. There, I have given you an idea for your next diorama, no charge.

AVM35025 - Tyre chains for German 6x4 truck Krupp Protze
AVM35028 - Tyre chains for German 1.5 ton 4x4 truck (Steyr 1500-2000)
AVM35033 - Tyre chains for German 3 ton 6x4 truck (Henschel 33D1 - Krupp L3H163)
AVM35034 - Tyre chains for German 3 ton Einheitsdiesel 6x6 truck

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Minor has some interesting sets, but I just don't feel like PE is the best material for chains...
JUN 05, 2012 - 12:28 PM
Given a choice between really well-done resin and PE for chains, I would take the former, since PE won't "lie" properly on hard surfaces like styrene or even resin the way real chains will. But I have not been overly-impressed with some of the resin chained tires I've seen (flash, poor detailing, pour plugs that intrude into the area that shows. etc.). I'd definitely be interested in these sets and for ones for other vehicles coming out. Bravo!
JUN 06, 2012 - 07:41 AM
I'm no tire chain expert, but wouldn't some real chain, like the kind used for scale ship modeling be adaptable for this purpose in some cases? They come in pretty small sizes.
JUN 06, 2012 - 11:02 AM
Boat Modeling chain, the fine stuff, would work, but I am thinking it to be alot of work to get it to all line up equally and then get it to fit to the tire. I tend to look for the easy way sometime, but that is me, thus I like these PE chain, for me it would get the right look.
JUN 06, 2012 - 11:38 AM
I've made several chain sets as masters for a couple of resin companies and it's tedious but reasonable work if the sets are the relatively simple "ladder" design common on many Allied vehicles. Making these multipoint start type designs would be excruciatingly difficult (if possible at all) in real chain. Paul
JUN 06, 2012 - 02:39 PM
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