Hi all
I'm building HobbyBoss AFV CV9040C and I've got an issue concerning painting the road wheels.

The rims are made of aluminum and are painted green and as you can see on the pics below, the wheels takes some wear and tear when in use. This is the effect i'm looking for

Now to my questions what colors should I use ? Since I prefer Tamiya I'm planing to use Olive Green XF-58 but what should I use for the aluminum ?

How should I apply the colors, the hair spray method or is there a better way ?

All help is welcomed









I've got some more pics of the CV9040B, send a PM and I'll share them to anyone who is intrested

Cheers Lennart

Hi Lennart,
I would simply go with some Tamiya Flat Aluminium first then use the hairspray technique you mention.

Another solution is to paint the rims first then use the sponge technique.

HTH
Olivier

I don't know a lot about this vehicle, but to me the light color on the road wheels looks more like winter white wash that wasnt cleaned off all the way.
The wheels would have been cast metal and the cast texture would be rough and hold whe white color better than the armor plate.

I agree with Donald.

White wash that hasn't washed off IMO

The roadwheels on the CV90 are made of aluminum, that is why they look that. It´s the same with the roadwheels on the M113.

HTH
Heinrich

Doesn't look like bare aluminum to me, just looks like dirt, and/or like others said, the winter wash that hasn't been completely worn, or washed off.

Keep in mind that despite the wheels being aluminum, and one would think more prone to chipping because it is a softer metal, that these vehicles aren't painting with your regular household or automotive paints.

Painted in a factory, likely by robots, and they use a very tough and durable paint on them, as well I am sure a primer between the metal and the top coats of paint.

So in essence....they just aren't that easy to chip the paint off of.

Well, almost all CV9035 roadwheels i have seen on work, have looked like the pictures Lennart posted.
So just go ahead and use an aluminum colour as base, it is what i would have done.
And the whitewash, thats probably just dry mud.

HTH
Heinrich

Dear guys, working daily very close to the CV90 I can tell you that the wear off shows bare aluminum. So: no white wash, just disappeared paint!
The spong method may be used, but than take a very fine sponge!

The wear off occurs buy the earth/sand which is picked up and falls off while driving in training areas off the road. The ' white/grey' layer on the road wheels is just sand and clay, which has dried.
In very muddy areas the inner rims are not seldomly fully filled with a very hard layer of mud and clay, thus changing the appereance of the wheel completely ( and requiring hand labor from the crew to hammer it out!)

Thanks all of you for your feedback.
First I’ll sort out the white color you see on the rims. It’s not old white paint from a winter wash, I think the sun light and the camera are the culprits and fooling us here .
Heinrich and Paul thanks for your input from the real world, just shows the extent of experience that exists in this forum.
Oliver and Scott I’ll go for the hairspray method and use Tamiyas flat Aluminium for the rims.
Pics of the result will be posted on a later date.

Cheers and happy modeling // Lennart