hi i have the Academy M1 kit, with the one piece Chevron tracks. im keeping them because im going for an early 1991 gulf diorama. how do i go about painting them, or do i leave them unpainted? they are a grey color. thanks.
You should definitely paint the tracks, otherwise they won’t be the right color. There are lots of different ways of doing it. Check out this thread for some ideas
http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=18473
Check out the third post down. He doesn’t hang around here anymore, but he absolutely knows his stuff.
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You should definitely paint the tracks. They should be black overall since they were steel-framed covered in a rubber compound. This was so that they would not tear up the roads in built up areas. The only place where you could actually see the steel was the end connectors and the center guides. These are the places that also received the most wear since it was metal on metal contact. That being the sprockets as well as the center guide wear plates between the road wheels. Getting back to the rubber, you should also lighten the color where the chevron actually meets the road surface. Out in the desert, just leave it the regular black color. as the wear would be evened out overall.