Weathering Vinyl Tank Tracks

Having decided to dispense with a primer coat the first stage is to airbrush the tracks with a base coat.

Weathering vinyl tank tracks.

Today i d like to show you some more scraps from my zsu 57 2 project. If you re interested in the full sbs of my zsu 57 2 project. This can be used on plastic and metal tracks although with metal. Afv club has workable tracks for several models the u s.

I recommend picking these details out paint the track like it was brand new before weathering it. We stock all the major manufacturers and smaller ones as well. 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. 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.

Model of tanks are cool and all tanks have tracks. Most tank tracks start out a dark dull metal colour. 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. 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.

There s nothing quite like a shiny newly completed scale model. With these techniques the attention to detail still shows. 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. 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.

If you have plastic or vinyl ones the sbs will still work for you. In this tutorial i work with metal tracks. This time it will be a guide on how to paint and weather urban warfare style tracks. 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.

Tamiya offers vinyl tracks for tamiya kits pz kpfw v panther ausf d pz kpfw v panther the king tiger. Weathering your scale model. 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.