Blacken metal tracks
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Blacken metal tracks
My metal tracks for a 1/16 Tiger are already black. Should I leave them as is or do something to get them ready to weather? Thanks.
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Which brand of Tiger do you have? Any pictures to share? What are your goals for weathering? IE light, moderate, extreme?
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I see our resident track painting expert has been in touch. If you give him some more details, I sure he will be able to help. If it is a Tiegen Tiger, personally I will just would just run them and let nature take it course. But I’m lazy.
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Andy’s Hobbies. Medium weather. This is a previous model but I like the effect. Has white metal tracks but the ones for the new tank are black. Thanks for your feedback.
Andy’s Hobbies. Medium weather. This is a previous model but I like the effect. Has white metal tracks but the ones for the new tank are black. Thanks for your feedback.
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Nice work. Is this yours? Is this the Andy's hobby 1/16 Tiger I? If it's tracks were the white pot metal did you use a burnishing fluid?
As per your current "black" tracks I have to refer back to my original questions=
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I weather my tracks with the appropriate colors for the area of operation and let my concrete sidewalk wear the cleats to a shiny metal finish.
I run Mato tracks due to the finer detail and deminsional accuracy. Other opinions may vary of course.
I run Mato tracks due to the finer detail and deminsional accuracy. Other opinions may vary of course.
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Just my perspective but the Heng Wrong and Taigen tracks are too chunky. I much prefer the Mato offering. This is a pre weathering photo.
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After you run them in the dirt a bit, they all pretty much look the same.
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Too many project builds to list...
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True. Nothing beats the real thing.