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Weathering an Iraq war Abrams

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    April 2011
Weathering an Iraq war Abrams
Posted by bikehead90 on Tuesday, April 19, 2011 12:35 PM

Hello all, this is my first post ever on this fine website, and I am currently working on my first piece of armor.  I usually do cars or planes, which are sort of easy to weather (I dont weather planes, because I like museum pieces).  I was wondering how I would go about weathering the treads on my Abrams.  Normally on cars, I run the tires with 220 grit sandpaper, to give them that 'road worn' feeling.  I have weathered the bottom section of my tank and it looks dirty (in a good way).  I want that same dirty look on the treads.

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Posted by Goodness180 on Tuesday, April 19, 2011 12:40 PM

You should join the M1A1 Abrams Group Build.  I myself am not in it but was thinking about joining it.  They will deffinattly be able to answer your questions.

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Posted by HeavyArty on Tuesday, April 19, 2011 4:50 PM

Here is a great thread on weathering tank tracks.

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Posted by Chazzer on Tuesday, April 19, 2011 9:07 PM

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Posted by Kentucky Colonel on Tuesday, April 19, 2011 9:11 PM

One thing about the tracks in Iraq, they had little to no rust. After runing though the sand it would clean the rust off. That's what i was told by a couple guys that was over there.

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Posted by bikehead90 on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 9:24 AM

Thanks everybody I used a sand colored acrylic paint wash.  While it doesn't have the depth that real sand would, it still looks pretty good.  When I get the entire thing finished, I'll figure how to post some pics.  Now I am working on a Tamaiya 1/35 King Tiger tank with the Porche Turret.  I'm fairly confident I can get the Zimm. finish right, but just need to practice with my airbrush.

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