Blacken metal tracks

[mumbodog]

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.

[MrChef]

Which brand of Tiger do you have? Any pictures to share? What are your goals for weathering? IE light, moderate, extreme?

[Meter rat]

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.

[mumbodog]

Mr. Chef
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.

Tiger 1

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[MrChef]

Mr. Chef
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.

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=

Which brand of Tiger do you have? Any pictures to share? What are your goals for weathering? IE light, moderate, extreme?

[Jimster]

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.

[Jimster]

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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[tankme]

After you run them in the dirt a bit, they all pretty much look the same.

[Jimster]

True. Nothing beats the real thing.