My latest find at the local truck stop. An M577.





A few closeups that I found interesting. A freshly painted vehicle already has the paint worn on the inside edges of the drive sprockets and return roller. Take a look at the rubber on the road wheel, don't worry about a clean paint job on your roadwheels. I didn't realize the drive sprockets had rubber on the inside. This vehicle already has a leaking seal. I'll keep an eye out for more armor at the truck stop.

Patrick

When we got our tank during Desert Storm, they were cammoed in green and black and brown. We repainted them sand. The guys who were volunteered to repaint them were not all that neat , the track and road wheel rubber got a lot of overspray. The paint wore off the track quickly but the roadwheel rubber retained paint on the sides for a long time.

Saw an aussie M113 at a show a few weeks back and they don't care about overspray on the rubber. When she needs a respray mask the glass spray the rest.



this M577 has the same.



and just another pic of the inner rubber of the drive sprocket

Cool find. Great photos. I would submit the as a Gallery 'walk around' addition. They would be great resources. The discussion of rusty tracks comes up every 6-8 months or so.

Very good pictures--they've quickly made it into my reference collection. Thanks!

I have plenty more aussie pics if anybody wants them

Missed one......................


Patrick

cheers for posting the pictures on the site,got one of these off E-Bay to do in this scheme after seeing one briefly on a dvd about desert sheild/storm.
If anyone has any pictures of these during this period,please post them coz i`d definately love to see `em (you can never ever have too much reference material !!)

Great pictures. Thanks for sharing. Really good resources for painting modern armour.

Taking this a bit further it could be assumed that overspray would also have happened during WWII by the different forces. I remember seeing Pz. IV with camouflage paint over the tools.

hey yeah dan i'd love those pics of aussie tracks!!! what else you got? anything you after? cheers