Today i d like to show you some more scraps from my zsu 57 2 project.
Weathering vinyl tank tracks.
If you have plastic or vinyl ones the sbs will still work for you.
With these techniques the attention to detail still shows.
Afv club has workable tracks for several models the u s.
Having decided to dispense with a primer coat the first stage is to airbrush the tracks with a base coat.
Just paint your tracks dark brown and jump directly to the step 3.
Tamiya offers vinyl tracks for tamiya kits pz kpfw v panther ausf d pz kpfw v panther the king tiger.
If you re interested in the full sbs of my zsu 57 2 project.
In this tutorial i work with metal tracks.
I recommend picking these details out paint the track like it was brand new before weathering it.
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.
Model of tanks are cool and all tanks have tracks.
We stock all the major manufacturers and smaller ones as well.
There s nothing quite like a shiny newly completed scale model.
Most tank tracks start out a dark dull metal colour.
I usually paint and weather my tracks off the tank and add them last but before antenas and easily breakable stuff i don t have too much experience with rubber bands except for newer tamiya and dragon ds they paint and weather normally i have not done a kit with the older vinyl tracks.
Weathering your scale model.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Hey everyone here is my simply technique to weather your tracks in any scale rc or static.
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.
