Yesterday I was working on the tires for the wheels of a Heller Flak
Gepard in 35th scale. And because of the way Heller wanted them made, I
was unable to do my usual, which is simple with Tamiya armour due to how
Tamiya makes models of tanks.
I usually put the wheel on a rod
and spin it such that the black gets painted on reasonably consistent
just from the spinning action.
Not so with the Gepard though. With
this, I had to actually crazy glue the finished wheel sets to the end
of the usual rod. No real problem, removing the wheel was noting as the
glue bond was not very strong. Strong enough to stay put vs the
resistance of a light touch from a paint brush.
But the quality of the results was not overly yippee looking.
And
the type of vehicle often is a hassle. I find I can't really stomach
doing Shermans wheels first then assembling. So it means painting the
tires on a model where the boggie units are already attached. Oh so not
yippee.
And then there is treads. Eventually there is treads. Do you paint the treads first then assemble. But then you have trouble glueing them. Do you glue em up then paint them. But how do you avoid getting paint all over the tires?
So guys, how exactly do you approach this particular portion of the project eh?
Most of my years is with eleastic tracks, not the link sort.