holy cow! Thats amazing! Now, if only fruils werent so expensive…
You can also get the same effect by carefully painting and weathering plastic or vinyl tracks. And best of all, you don’t have to sever a body part to afford them. To each their own though.
Couldn’t agree more, HeavyArty–a nice spray of Pollly-s chocolate brown, a rust wash, some pastel powder and a subtle drybrushing, and you still have the cash for a second kit![:P]Plus then there’s the extra cost for the Blacken It–The photo’s DO look purdy, though!
I dont use them either. To much money. I just wanted to add the real benefit of using them.
They are really for professional model builders, people building for museums or commision, etc.
I’ve used Friuls a couple of times and prefer assembling them over plastic indy links. They’re just easier for me. And I’ve also tried Blacken-it a couple of time too, but never with the effects that the picture shows. I actually ended up painting over both sets and weathering as I normally would.
I usually use the plastic tracks that come with the kit though. And like Gino and the doog said, with painting and weathering you can come up with a nice looking set. To be honest, the tracks of all my models have usually ended up looking better than the vehicle itself.
I have Blacken-It but haven’t used it for Friuls yet. I read somewhere that the Blacken-it can continue to chemically erode the Friul tracks and eventually they can fall apart. Don’t know if its the white metal links or the wire that is affected. There are some that swear by it though and the tracks do look very nice after an application or two.