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Painting tracks
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kimtheredxd
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Painting tracks
Just bought a few more 32x tanks today.Couple of the boxed knock together ones too.The boxed ones have jet black tracks.What type of paint do I use to weather them? I have used enamal in the past but it never seems to dry on the tank tracks.(i am really starting to like this smaller scale) Thank you for any help Kim *wanders off to go shopping on E-Bay for more tanks*
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tmanthegreat
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Acrylic (water-based) paint will work best as its chemicals won't react with the soft rubber or plastic. I would recommend a silver color (like silver or flat aluminum) or perhaps a flat rust color to sloppily brush on the tracks to simulate weathering. I have used Testors Model Master Acrylic paint to touch up a few XD vehicles and it worked fine!
Glad you are enjoying the 32x vehicles. 21c (as well as FOV) have a rather large selection of tanks, figures, accessories (and in 21c's case, aircraft). You can have a great collection and take up only a fraction of the space of the 1:18 stuff! If you are just getting into the scale, some of the first 32x vehicles (M-18, M-5, Tiger, SDK-222, SDK-251) have the best paint jobs and weathering - along with the newest releases.
Glad you are enjoying the 32x vehicles. 21c (as well as FOV) have a rather large selection of tanks, figures, accessories (and in 21c's case, aircraft). You can have a great collection and take up only a fraction of the space of the 1:18 stuff! If you are just getting into the scale, some of the first 32x vehicles (M-18, M-5, Tiger, SDK-222, SDK-251) have the best paint jobs and weathering - along with the newest releases.
Several different companies make weather effect type paints. Floquil makes a grimy black I use for painting tracks on model kits as well as xd/32x. After dried, dry brush with flat aluminum to bring up details, then weather with pastels (rust,mud etc). After painting be sure to seal with a dullcote.
track painting...
First it depends on the vehicle. All the Nazi tanks had steel alloy tracks, but the 21C Sherman is modeled with T48 rubber chevron tracks, and the US haltracks had rubber tracks, so they weather much differently. Grimy black, with some lighter highlights. I paint the end connectors in a multi-shade rusty color.
Location of service makes a difference too. A former US serviceman mentioned that in sandy desert at Ft. Bliss their tracks were kept almost a polished metal color during use, but after being parked for a while the rust started forming quickly.
Location of service makes a difference too. A former US serviceman mentioned that in sandy desert at Ft. Bliss their tracks were kept almost a polished metal color during use, but after being parked for a while the rust started forming quickly.