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Яusso-Soviэt Forum: Cold War Soviet Armor
For discussions related to cold war era Russo-Soviet armor.
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azizmaz
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Posted: Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 12:25 PM UTC
I don't know what to do with the steel wheels on my t34/76, What color should you paint the outer rim of the steel wheel? I am talking about the surface that comes in contact with the track.
PaulHanson
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Posted: Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 12:55 PM UTC
I use something like Gunze's iron or dark iron metallizer paint. It looks like the paint is worn off without looking like it's chromed.

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N8SPI
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Posted: Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 01:26 PM UTC
I panted one black then went over it with graphite power (Pencil lead ground up on sandpaper then brushed on with a paint brush.) It looked great. The graphite made it to look like metal with warn away paint. You can vary the effect by how much graphite you apply.
Sabot
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Posted: Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 03:57 PM UTC
I do something similar to what the previous poster does with a pencil. I just take a normal sharpened pencil and color the rim with the edge of the pencil lead. The original paint color is somewhat evident.
MLD
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Posted: Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 04:45 PM UTC
And here I was going to recommend Poly Scale graphite colored paint...

in the immortal words of Emily Latella,
Never Mind...

Mike
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