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[outrunner]

You are doing s great job with this one Andy and as someone who has driven tracked vehicles, dozers, shovels and 360 excavators I could say that the conditions it is working in have a large effect on the look of the tracks. Obviously the type of material colours of the diorama base will govern the finish of the tracks, I will stop rambling now and let you get on with your work which I am sure will be very realistic.

Andy.

[Waspie]

An observation I made whilst at Bovington regards tracks, watching how the army operated in a training environment.
At the end of the working day/night. All the vehicles went through a 'wash down' procedure where the whole vehicle was washed down with high pressure water hoses. Particular attention to wheels and driving gear. They had massive sluices to help in getting rid of the mud and detritus from the vehicles
Appreciate in the field this wouldn't be done, when when they return to a major base they go through a cleaning regime.

[Guest]

I really must learn to be more careful what I say as everything gets dissected in this place.

Sorry about that — hard habit to break, caused by hanging out on forums where this kind of dissection is expected, and generally taken much further … Just ignore it if you don’t think it’s useful to what you’re doing

[Andy T]

You are doing s great job with this one Andy

Thanks Andy, much appreciated.

I will stop rambling now and let you get on with your work which I am sure will be very realistic.

It would definitely be more luck than judgment lol. I don't really have the skills or patience to take this hobby that far yet. Maybe one day :smiling4:

[Andy T]

Still WIP but I feel like I'm getting somewhere with these.

[Tim Marlow]

Certainly are Andy. They look great mate.

[Waspie]

I agree with Tim, they are superb Andy.

[Mini Me]

Those are excellent Andy! :thumb2:

[JR]

You should be pleased Andy, great work very impressive.

[Andy T]

Thank you all very much for your comments & reactions.

I'm hoping to tackle the second batch of figures today.

[Andy the Sheep]

Well, Andy, it seems you are definitely getting somewhere...and in the most gorgeous way! :thumb2:

[Andy T]

Thanks very much Andrea.


I'm running out of steam a little so not quite so happy with the second bunch, but I've time to fiddle with them a bit as I work on the base.

[Mini Me]

A bit understated there Andy......they look the "BomB" to me! :thumb2: :thumb2:

[Andy T]

Thanks Rick.

One of the seated guys is supposed to be wearing a headset but it was ridiculously oversized and didn't survive my attempts to thin it down, so unfortunately he has no ears. Probably a blessing being couped up inside a tank all day :smiling5:

Thankfully no one has mentioned the mish mash of uniforms either. It's close enough for me and you always find some guys like to wrap up warm while one joker is always in shorts....

[Tim Marlow]

Thanks Rick.

One of the seated guys is supposed to be wearing a headset but it was ridiculously oversized and didn't survive my attempts to thin it down, so unfortunately he has no ears. Probably a blessing being couped up inside a tank all day :smiling5:

Thankfully no one has mentioned the mish mash of uniforms either. It's close enough for me and you always find some guys like to wrap up warm while one joker is always in shorts....

They look fine to me Andy. Very nicely done. Don’t worry about the guy in shorts, he’s probably an ex posty…..