Weathering Vinyl Tank Tracks

Hi everyone due to the great response we received from our build of the tamiya panther tank tracks i wasn t completely happy with the video quality and dec.

Weathering vinyl tank tracks.

Today i d like to show you some more scraps from my zsu 57 2 project. Having decided to dispense with a primer coat the first stage is to airbrush the tracks with a base coat. This time it will be a guide on how to paint and weather urban warfare style tracks. Model of tanks are cool and all tanks have tracks.

Afv club has workable tracks for several models the u s. This can be used on plastic and metal tracks although with metal. M60 and m48 t142 m1a1 m1a2 abrams t 158 m3 stuart early t 16 m5 light tank m8 howitzer motor carriage m4 sherman t51 and some others. Most tank tracks start out a dark dull metal colour.

If you re interested in the full sbs of my zsu 57 2 project. Here i would like to share my recipe for robust and easy way to make nice looking tracks on a tank or another tracked vehicle tractor half track etc. Tracks add weight and heaviness to appearance of tank models and therefore it is very important to have realistic look of tracks on your models. Weathering your scale model.

Tamiya offers vinyl tracks for tamiya kits pz kpfw v panther ausf d pz kpfw v panther the king tiger. With these techniques the attention to detail still shows. Just paint your tracks dark brown and jump directly to the step 3. I recommend picking these details out paint the track like it was brand new before weathering it.

There s nothing quite like a shiny newly completed scale model. From racing cars and motorbikes to trains planes and cinema icons there s a real sense of achievement when it s all put together but while some models look amazing with a clean coat of paint others benefit greatly from a more aged authentic look. We also stock all the decals resin accessories and photo etch parts from companies like archer afv club eduard aires tamiya trumpeter quickboost and more. Hey everyone here is my simply technique to weather your tracks in any scale rc or static.

The tracks will often be covered by so many other coats of paint and then heavily weathered that a primer does not seem to give any advantage. Painting this polyvinyl run was more involved than the t 55a above because of the sophisticated integration of rubber shoes with the steel track sections. We stock all the major manufacturers and smaller ones as well.