Chieftain track

[John chamney]

Hi all
Bit of advice please , just received chieftain no 42 which is my first ever armortek kit ! Question is should the tracks be painted ? Cheers

[Stephen White]

John, welcome to this great community. You’ll find all the help you need here. May I suggest you read through the Basic Topics on the Knowledge Base? You’ll find most of the answers you need there. And the answer to your question is: you don’t need to but the Chieftain steel tracks would benefit from etch priming and some colour and weathering. The latter is a matter of personal taste.enjoy your model - it’s addictive. Stephen.

[John chamney]

Hi Stephen

Thanks for the prompt reply , just finding my way around this site , have to say am well impressed with the build quality and commitment to detail , being a newby to the community hope I can get somewhere close , cheers .

John

[Richard Goodwin]

Hi John,

As Stephen says, painting tracks is a personal preference. I’m painting mine individually, not sure if the paint will stay on, only time will tell but it sure looks good at the moment.

[John chamney]

Thanks Richard for the reply , will definitely paint . Already hit a stumbling block two number hull brackets,A ES0106 are missing so can’t build the hull .

Regards John

[Richard Goodwin]

John, If you look at my blog 'A Chequered Chieftain at #10', you'll see what I did. Am not saying its correct but it may give a few idea's on how to approach it. Would highly recommend doing a full parts check if you haven't already; even with best intentions, these things can and do happen. If you contact Armortek via email, I'm sure they will send out replacement parts.