This may have been asked and answered already; if so please forgive me but I didn’t find it…
I’m building a T-34/76 and am trying to determine the best colour combo for the treads. They came in a graphite black shade which looks cool but not sure if it’s correct. As this is my first Soviet tank build I’m woefully stupid on the subject[:^)] Any help would be much appreciated!
Is this the Tamiya vinyl tracks?
What environment and setting will the tank be in?
Yes, tis is the Tamiya 1/35 1943 model T-34. It would be the period right after Kursk; autumn 1943. Central Russia.
They would probably be clogged up with mud or dried mud and dirt and grass.
Do you want them to look like that or just a worn and weathered steel look?
Looking to do worn and weathered with some Russian earth pigment for good measure.
Ok.
Start with washing the tracks in warm water and dish detergent with an old toothbrush. I use a bath of isopropyl alcohol and agitate the parts in that. Denatured alcohol for styrene and resin parts.
Enamel spray paint the tracks with flat black. After this base coat cures, follow with washes of acrylic dark browns and rusty browns.
Install the tracks.
Then wash in earth tone pigments of your choice.
Vallejo makes a track primer that I use as a base. It’s a nice, dirty brown-gray color.
Vallejo Track Primer:
And post-washes, pigments etc:
Hello Doogs, The pics were great help also a bit annoying cause that tank looks too good lol. Looks to me that the key part is going to be getting the washes and pigments just right.