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Modeller Build Logs
Sherman III Early in North Africa |
| By James Wechsler | | Started: | Aug 13, 2005 | | Updated: | Sep 25, 2005 |
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A couple of weeks ago I wrote up a review here on Track-Link of the Legend Sherman III conversion set (LF 1096). I really liked the set and couldn’t wait to start on it. So I thought, why not do a blog to show how the build-up comes together? So here it is.
Up Next: What items am I going to use? |
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| Chapter 23 - Please Maam, Just the Tracks | Sep 9, 2005 |
So with the tracks painted, I went and clipped them of the sprues and started to assemble them. 79 links per side. I found that the paint on the track pins made the fit to the end connectors nice and tight so no Elmer’s glue was required. The assembly was painless. After making both track runs, I also made a short run of 6 links. Nothing is worse than to go and put on the tracks and find that you’re 1 link short and don’t have any extras. Then you’ve got to stop everything and do the whole process again for those extra links. That’s why I just make a short run of 6 so I have a ready made set of spares.
After assembly, I gave the tracks a heavy wash with Raw Umber. Usually I would do some dry brushing (both the metal and the rubber areas) but I plan to do some heavy dusting so the dry brushing isn’t necessary.
After the wash dried, I sprayed the tracks with a coat of Testor’s Dullcoat. Then I sprayed them with a coat a very thinned (about 70% thinner) Tamiya Buff. I sprayed this on heavy and let it pool and run. When it dries, it ends up mainly in the cracks and also leaves a light coating on the flat surfaces. Looks like worn in dirt and dust.
Once that was done, I pummeled them with the Mig Pigments ‘Gulf War Sand’. Unlike the work I did on the tank, I went very heavy on the powders. Once I coated one side of the tracks, I went back with a wet tissue and wiped off the powder on the flat rubber surfaces.
The result is a very dusty, worn looking track which seems about right for the desert.
Up Next: Stow it
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