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Painting Tank Tracks ?
straightedge
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Posted: Thursday, February 19, 2004 - 10:24 AM UTC
Now I've started out with the flat black base, and I have some gun metal from MM and I have some Testors flat aluminum oh and I got some rust in the making for about a week now. Would anybody know if these colors will work good, or should I be looking for some different colors. Thank You in advance. Straightedge
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Posted: Thursday, February 19, 2004 - 10:48 AM UTC
I always spray flat dark grey, good dusting with wet chalk pastels, wait for them to dry and then rub the high spots with soft pencil. Flat aluminium might look a little too bright?

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Posted: Thursday, February 19, 2004 - 09:51 PM UTC
search back a few pages there is a really good thread explaining a few different styles for painting tracks
straightedge
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Posted: Friday, February 20, 2004 - 05:35 AM UTC
I found a piece on painting tracks about 20 pages back, and it said 90% metallic gray, to 10% flat black and equal amount of lacquer thinner, of course this is over flat black base, but I was wodering about the lacquer thinner to thin it with, can you use that?
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