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Re: A Tale of Three Shermans, New images

Some new images from my workbench. I have painted and weathered the lower hull and bogie trucks. I have also painted and weathered the tracks. These are the T-51 rubber block tracks from Tasca. I am going for a dusty coat as I may end up putting this on an M-26 Dragon Wagon scene with civilians at a public military equipment display. This would be similar to the one done in Wash. D.C. in 1944. By the way, I have constructed a track painting jig from 1 1/2 inch thick styro-foam board. I am able to secure the track to the board using sewing pins filched from my wife's sewing supplies. The groves cut into the foam allow me to place the track in a flat position. The guide teeth go into the trenches.
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<blockquote data-quote="fblanton" data-source="post: 119024" data-attributes="member: 6740">Re: A Tale of Three Shermans, New imagesSome new images from my workbench. I have painted and weathered the lower hull and bogie trucks. I have also painted and weathered the tracks. These are the T-51 rubber block tracks from Tasca. I am going for a dusty coat as I may end up putting this on an M-26 Dragon Wagon scene with civilians at a public military equipment display. This would be similar to the one done in Wash. D.C. in 1944. By the way, I have constructed a track painting jig from 1 1/2 inch thick styro-foam board. I am able to secure the track to the board using sewing pins filched from my wife&#039;s sewing supplies. The groves cut into the foam allow me to place the track in a flat position. The guide teeth go into the trenches.[ATTACH=full]36679[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]36680[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]36681[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fblanton, post: 119024, member: 6740"] [b]Re: A Tale of Three Shermans, New images[/b] Some new images from my workbench. I have painted and weathered the lower hull and bogie trucks. I have also painted and weathered the tracks. These are the T-51 rubber block tracks from Tasca. I am going for a dusty coat as I may end up putting this on an M-26 Dragon Wagon scene with civilians at a public military equipment display. This would be similar to the one done in Wash. D.C. in 1944. By the way, I have constructed a track painting jig from 1 1/2 inch thick styro-foam board. I am able to secure the track to the board using sewing pins filched from my wife's sewing supplies. The groves cut into the foam allow me to place the track in a flat position. The guide teeth go into the trenches. [ATTACH=full]36679[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]36680[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]36681[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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