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| Subject: | Re: Tank Tracks |  |
| Date: | Aug 13, 2004 |
| From: | Henk Meerdink | |
When you paint tracks, try to work from the original. Tracks are usualy made of steel, so a base of steel colored paint would be a good start. Then consider the model you are building. Have the tracks been fitted a long time or are they new? Has the tank been used in the wet/mud? On the road? In the desert/dust? Every scenario needs a different approach. How does the enviroment treat the tracks? trakcs will rust in nothern Europe but not in the African desert. For rusty tracks I first paint them Steel and then use burnt umber pigment to give them the rusty appearance I think you are looking for. Tracks that are in constant use in wet, muddy conditions don't actualy rust, just concentrate on the mud.
Henk |
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