I've reached a crossroads concerning tracked vehicles.
Until recently, I've always built and painted the vehicle and tracks seperately, painstakingly painting the rubber bits and all, even carrying out most of the weathering seperately before installing the tracks.
My local hobby buds have said that's all rubbish and a waste of time, since after weathering, it all basically becomes one color down there anyway (assuming you're doing a weathered vehicle, and not something in the showroom). Based on their advice, I now completely assemble the vehicle, tracks and all OVM installed, and then prime and paint.
I roughly AB on a basic color for the tracks, then the wheels, and then just drybrush on a bit of rubber if it's rubber-tired. After washes, filters, drybrushing and dryscrubbing, and some dark earth blown on, I reckon it looks pretty accurate.
So, how do you do it?
Tracks on, or tracks off?