Hi there!

I'm trying to complete my first serious project for the moment, a Tiger I Ausf E from Tamiya.

A great model, but I have some problem to get the right feeling on the tracks.

Do you have any suggestions how the get the right look on the tracks.

The picture I'm looking for is rather wornout tracks.

Another question is how to build up mud on the model?

I fully aware that you can answer it and I hope you can share a little knowledge to me!

Sincerely

Erik

First of all, Welcome to Armorama

Secondly, easiest way to build up large ammounts of mud on anything (including tracks) is: using mud itself

step 1: get some earth from local park or sumthing, a women sock, shake it throught to get fine dirt.

step 2: Mix some white glue (wood glue) with water

step 3: add the earth to the glue/water mix until you get "real mud"

step 4: apply on vehicle with old brush or spackel, leave to dry, it will "glue" to your model easily



for some example you can look my diorama Photographieren which is done totaly with that tehnique and some extra fine dirt with pastels

cheers
Mirko

Give the search function a try.

You will get countless past posts about making your models muddy.

The search engine is the reason I have a miniscule post count.

Anything I ever needed to know I got from just searching past posts.

This place is a goldmine.

Try road kill's site.
In the tip's there is a artical on how to use real dirt for youre models
http://users.pandora.be/ronny.noben/website/index.htm

Jan-Willem

i usualy use grout with earth brown paint added. it looks like dry mud when dry. you can add some small static grass to it as well. works great

Welcome to Armorama!

I use Plaster of Paris mixed with some dirt, some brown acrylic paint and a bit of white glue to keep it from chipping when dry.

After it dries, I give it some washes of black and brown to give it some tones.

Here's a close-up of my M7 Priest to show the effect:

If you're looking for some real-life inspiration, then take a look here:

Mud on tracks



And welcome to Armorama, by the way!