Oh my goodness, I heard that you were all helpful but to have all those responses within a few hours blew me away Thanks for that and I can't wait to get started!
T-tracks have been cut and tapered at the ends. Need to make V notches for the wire. The glue them with E-6000 as this glue is elastic and will not affect the paint of the MG34 if I ever want to turn it back as WW2 weapon replica (highly unlikely though).