The Quickwheel 1:35 masking set for the road wheels of the British Archer tank destroyer is for the Tamiya kit. An aid for painting the wheels, not a kit.
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A masking set for painting the road wheels of the British Archer self-propelled tank destroyer in 1:35 scale. The set holds no building parts: the masks stick onto finished wheels and separate the rubber tire band from the rim while spraying. It is cut for the Archer kit from Tamiya.
The Archer stands on the chassis of the Valentine infantry tank, and in masking terms that is the most interesting thing about the whole machine. The Valentine does not have a running gear of identical wheels but of bogies in which discs of different diameters come together: a large wheel is joined by smaller wheels in the same frame, so on one side of the machine you will find road discs of at least two sizes next to each other. For the modeler that means the masks are not interchangeable with one another and must not be stuck down at random; fitting a mask for a large disc onto a small one is spotted at once, because the rubber runs out onto the rim. Before you start sticking, sort the masks by diameter into two piles and match them by bogie rather than by wheel. Return rollers with a rubber surface of their own also run above the bogies, and they are easily forgotten when painting.
It is precisely on a running gear with discs of different sizes that it pays not to mix only one rubber shade. Mix two: a basic dark gray and a second one slightly lighter, lifted with a pinch of sand. Go over every wheel with the basic shade and only some of them with the lighter one, mainly those nearer the ground that would in reality have worn sooner. The difference should be barely perceptible, or the model looks like a sample card. Lay both colors on in two thin coats and keep the thinning on the thin side, so nothing gathers at the edge of the mask. The final surface should be matte; apply any pigment only once the masks are off, not over them.
This is a masking set, not a model. The kit, paints and glue are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.
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