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Weathering advice on rubber Sherman tracks

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  • From: Upstate South Carolina
Weathering advice on rubber Sherman tracks
Posted by Murphy's Law on Tuesday, January 21, 2020 5:25 AM

Building Tamyia's easy eight Sherman. What is everyone's technique on painting and weathering the rubber tracks from the kit? What colors, pigments, washes? Thanks in advance.

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  • From: UK
Posted by Jon_a_its on Tuesday, January 21, 2020 6:00 AM

If you mean the rubberized vinyl track, I wash & dry them, them pin them to a longer board.

Use Badger StyNylRes/UMP/UK One Shot (same Thing) & Prime Black, then flip over & prime.

Don't use Enamel or Lacquer paints, this will degrade the vinyl & shorten the lifetime.

Then spray dark to light rust, highlight with pencil lead/dark steel colour where moving surfaces, (guide horns, sprocket holes) would meet, sparingly glance over with dull metal colour.

Tracks will rust up very quickly when standing.

The inside face of the track has rubber pads, will be grey/dark gray, & not really black, & don't go rusty.

Several paint ranges have Track/Rust/tyre black colours, go with what you like/can get hold of

Then add mud, dust, etc to taste, remembering that the tyre faces, & where they roll on the inside face of the track will be less dusty/muddy.

Use pastel chalk, or washes, I like Flory/Pro Modeller washes (non-reactive & ypou can wash them off if you don't like it. 

Google Humbrol and Flory washes on you tube for ideas.

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  • Member since
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  • From: Sydney, Australia
Posted by Phil_H on Tuesday, January 21, 2020 7:26 AM

Jon_a_its
The inside face of the track has rubber pads, will be grey/dark gray, & not really black, & don't go rusty.

Could be wrong, but as far as I'm aware, the T66 tracks on the M4A3E8 were all metal and didn't have the rubber inner pad.

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  • From: Upstate South Carolina
Posted by Murphy's Law on Tuesday, January 21, 2020 11:47 AM

Phil_H

 

 
Jon_a_its
The inside face of the track has rubber pads, will be grey/dark gray, & not really black, & don't go rusty.

 

Could be wrong, but as far as I'm aware, the T66 tracks on the M4A3E8 were all metal and didn't have the rubber inner pad.

 

This is correct, these are T66 tracks which were all cast.

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