Painting Tracks

jetmaker - thanks a lot for your kind words! Glad I could help you some. Good luck with your build and have a nice day!

Paweł

Thanks a ton, Pawel! I love the red-brown + gunmetal as a base color. After looking at your stuff, I think I'm going to lay down a flat black base, then a red-brown + gunmetal base on top of that, then lightly sand the pads like you did, then follow up with gunmetal or steel for contact and worn areas

Those are awesome builds! And your detail work is out of this world!

Hello Jetmaker!

Maybe You'd like to check out how I did it - I wrote about it here (scroll down):

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/3/t/146938.aspx?page=6

and here (one photo):

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/3/t/165990.aspx?page=2

As for 2) it's best to use diluted dark gray paint for the mud to kind of show through - that saves you from having "clean rubber on muddy tracks". You only paint the working surfaces, so the edges help you, and it doesn't have to be 100% accurate - the tracks are never perfect. On vinyl tracks you can speed up the process by sanding the outer pads - brown paint then wears off and shows the weathered rubber underneath - realistic, ain't it? Granted, it's a lot of work, but it's doable. Good luck with your build and don't forget to post some photos - have a nice day

Paweł