Model Forum / General / Models / March 2008

On Mar 16, 10:36�pm, aikido...@gmail.com wrote:

There is a type of track made with a high percentage of manganese
which does not rust but instead gets a dark brown patina to it. These
are found on tanks like the early KV series and the Valentines made in
Canada among others.

Most tanks tended to use milder steels which are prone to surface
rusting and as such are not brown.

Note that most "Track Color" paints are for model railroading and not
military modeling -- this one seems a bit different.

Cookie Sewell

on 3/16/2008 11:36 PM aikidogal@gmail.com said the following:

Its Testor number is 2150, which is a Model Master II Military enamel.
The current Model Master II color chart only goes up to 2146, which is a
Decal setting solution. However, 2150 is a color in the WWII Mid/Late
British Armor camouflage set. #170024 on this page:
http://www.michtoy.com/MTSCnewSite/supplies_folder/testors_model_master/testors_
model_master.html

I get pretty good results with spraying tank tracks with hardware
store primer red from an aerosol rattle can and then drybush with
matte aluminum acrylic paint from the Dollar Store crafts section.
Fast, inexpensive and convincing.  A fine "mud" mist for the bottom of
the tank (hull, roadwheels) completes the painting.