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Aluminium casting
Rubber pads will not be prototypical, and would look unusual. The original track was cast steel; consisting of 1x track section made up of a double grouser bars. These were then joined with 1x linkage piece, and 3x pin links. I'm making a die for the casting, and will be applying centrifugal...- Tigertank
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- Forum: Metal and Metallurgy engineering
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Aluminium casting
Hi, does anyone know how what grade of aluminium is best for casting tank tracks? I'm building a large scale model (50% scale)of a King Tiger tank. I'm looking to build the tracks from aluminium. The tank itself will weigh some 5 tons, and each track section will weigh some 4 kg. So I need...- Tigertank
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- Forum: Metal and Metallurgy engineering
