looks good, but IMHO I think they should show more bare metal, the sherman was what a 30 ton tank, and its interface with the earth is about a 1 inch strip of steel on the bottom of each track shoe, paint doesnt stand a chance agains that kind of friction, I run bulldozers for a living, about 3 months ago my company bought a brand new D11 caterpillar dozer, I unloaded it off the truck with the track painted entirley in that sexy, gloss caterpillar yellow, except for the tips of the cleats of each track shoe which had been worn off moving on cement, and within 3 or so hours of working it in the dirt, almost all the paint was worn off the track, top and bottom. I know that a dozer is a whole different breed of cat from an AFV, but it is still a heavy tracked vehicle, an example of how well paint will hold up, try getting a handfull of random dirt from somewhere around your house, go to your car and place the dirt on the hood, take your hand and press down on the dirt, then turn your hand in a clock wise motion while pushing down on the dirt to simulate a how a tracked vehicle turns by draggin one track and rotating the other, check the results and see how the friction from just the pressure of your hand and dirt affects the paint on your hood, now multiply that pressure by however many tons a AFV wheighs. Im not saying that AFV tracks should be a bright dull steel like dozer tracks, but when all steel face track shoes meets the dirt, rust, paint, and about everything else on the tracks is scrubbed off, even on the Idler wheel side of the track. this is just my opinion, as I see dozer tracks every day, but have never seen AFV tracks in person after a hard days work.
Bender
