New to modeling and to the forum,

[stillp]

Welcome Dean.
Pete

 

[Tim Marlow]

Welcome from me as well.

 

[JayCee]

A warm welcome from me too.
John.

 

[Jim R]

Dean. Those tracks can be joined with staples. Works ok with the join at the bottom. As others have said - rough up the join, stick with superglue and reinforce with a staple or two.

 

[Jakko]

Any tips on what paint I should use and how, to use these rubber tracks that come with the kit.

The best tip there is: read the instructions. You have a Tamiya kit, they come with probably the best instructions anywhere, so they will tell you how to assemble the tracks

 

[langy71]

welcome to the nuthouse Dean, looking forward seeing this as you throw some paint at it..

 

[rtfoe]

The best tip there is: read the instructions. You have a Tamiya kit, they come with probably the best instructions anywhere, so they will tell you how to assemble the tracks

Correct, many tips and instructions appear on the left hand panel of the instruction sheet or the right. Sometimes with caricatures. I would heat the points with an incense stick bringing it close enough till you see the tip bulging and soften then I would use my finger to press it down. If you're afraid to burn your finger then have a flat head nail ready to press the point down.

Cheers,
Richard

 

[Geoffers]

Hello Dean and welcome

I’m not a armour builder so won’t be able to help much but I look forward to seeing your work.

Geoff.

 

[Andy the Sheep]

Welcome from Italy too, Dean.
Vinyl tracks: follow the Tamiya instructions as Jakko and Richard suggested.
I usually heat an old screwdriver tip (no need to reach the glowing red level, that would be too much) and then apply gently to the tracks pins down to the track level. Be careful as the warm tip could really harm those tracks if you press too much or too fast (ask me how I know it...)

 

[rtfoe]

Oh, another thing is to tape both ends down to your working surface when doing the procedure...these tracks can behave all riggly like an octopus.

Cheers,
Richard

 

[Dave Ward]

riggly like an octopus.

Richard,
what have you been doing to a poor octopus?
Dave

 

[boatman]

Richard,
what have you been doing to a poor octopus?
Dave

YEA Richard as Dave says what about them ockypies ? what u been up too lol
chrisb

 

[Jakko]

what have you been doing to a poor octopus?

Saving it, of course!

 

[Airborne01]

YEA Richard as Dave says what about them ockypies ? what u been up too lol
chrisb

Gross Boy ... !

 

[papa 695]

Hi and welcome to the forum Dean.

 

[Gern]

I've decided on a scheme, not accurate historically but looks awesome. Winter canmo View attachment 463594

Welcome aboard Dean. Nice tidy build so far, and there's nothing like an easy paint scheme to ease you into things - and, while very interesting, that's NOTHING like an easy paint scheme!!

 

[Del640]

Rubber tracks...not my favourite...however Gorilla superglue Gel is your friend, held in place for 2/3 minutes and they're attached for good.

....and welcome!

 

[JR]

Welcome Dean.

 

[simontie]

Welcome, it’s a great place for tips not justmodeling ones
enjoy
simon

 

[JeffreyCooper1963]

welcome from another newbie - can't say much, I've left my decals in the water too long already.