Painting HL silver metal tracks
09-20-2010, 06:24 PM
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Painting HL silver metal tracks
Hello,
I have a question. What kind of paint do you use to paint the silver metal tracks and drive sprockets on HL tanks? Also what about a product called Blacken-it?
thank you.
I have a question. What kind of paint do you use to paint the silver metal tracks and drive sprockets on HL tanks? Also what about a product called Blacken-it?
thank you.
09-20-2010, 07:51 PM
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RE: Painting HL silver metal tracks
I have used that pruduct and the results were good but not as good as painting them, IMO. I simply spray a quick coat of primer and then hit the tracks with a gun metal color and then spray them with flat black and finallymist a light coat of brown . Make sure you spray light coats and allow time to dry in between each.
09-20-2010, 08:20 PM
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RE: Painting HL silver metal tracks
That looks good, i'm sure there are alot of methods,can the rest of you guys share your track painting tips? I've got a new deluxe HL Panther G coming in the mail tommorrow...It has metal gears,tracks and sprockets.
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RE: Painting HL silver metal tracks
ORIGINAL: ROLLIN ARMOUR
Is tamiya paints ok for the job or is flat enamels good?
Is tamiya paints ok for the job or is flat enamels good?
09-22-2010, 05:14 AM
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RE: Painting HL silver metal tracks
I hard about a guy using "Kurust" or smilar, that stuff you get from car accesory shops, it apparently turns the alloy lack whn it dries but goes on just like milk, unfortunately i havent seen any photos tho.
EDIT I tried using Kurust today on a smal bit of track and it didnt even change colour, so dont know where that idea came from.
EDIT I tried using Kurust today on a smal bit of track and it didnt even change colour, so dont know where that idea came from.
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RE: Painting HL silver metal tracks
Krust is a weak phosphoric acid solution and only works on ferrous metals-it turns the rust oxide into an inhert black sustance and supposedly stabilizesthesurroundingsteel-as the tracks are alloy it wouldn't work.
ORIGINAL: Der Stier von Scapa Flow
I hard about a guy using "Kurust" or smilar, that stuff you get from car accesory shops, it apparently turns the alloy lack whn it dries but goes on just like milk, unfortunately i havent seen any photos tho.
EDIT I tried using Kurust today on a smal bit of track and it didnt even change colour, so dont know where that idea came from.
I hard about a guy using "Kurust" or smilar, that stuff you get from car accesory shops, it apparently turns the alloy lack whn it dries but goes on just like milk, unfortunately i havent seen any photos tho.
EDIT I tried using Kurust today on a smal bit of track and it didnt even change colour, so dont know where that idea came from.
