Doesnt paint come off the tracks?

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Victor
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Doesnt paint come off the tracks?

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This has been bugging my brain for a while.... when you've painted the tracks and you run your tank wont the paint come off?
BigPanzer
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Re: Doesnt paint come off the tracks?

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Hi Victor,

Yes it will, but it will wear off on the bits of the tracks that get most wear on a real tank - where the treads contact the ground, where the sprockets engage in the tracks and to a lesser extent where the idlers and roadwheels contact the inside of the tracks.
Assuming the tracks were silver/grey before you painted them, they will start to look as if you have real steel tracks with the bare metal showing through a light coating of rust.

How are you getting on with it?

Peter
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Re: Doesnt paint come off the tracks?

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BigPanzer wrote:Hi Victor,

Yes it will, but it will wear off on the bits of the tracks that get most wear on a real tank - where the treads contact the ground, where the sprockets engage in the tracks and to a lesser extent where the idlers and roadwheels contact the inside of the tracks.
Assuming the tracks were silver/grey before you painted them, they will start to look as if you have real steel tracks with the bare metal showing through a light coating of rust.

How are you getting on with it?

Peter
Buying paints etc... i will make a post with pictures though when i get round to actually painting.
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