| Swastakowey | 09 Jun 2015 7:11 p.m. PST |
I am making my first diorama and am wondering if tanks leave tracks? Obviously like any traffic large numbers will churn up the ground, but what about 1 tank? I can't find any info on the matter. |
miscmini  | 09 Jun 2015 7:14 p.m. PST |
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| Swastakowey | 09 Jun 2015 7:22 p.m. PST |
Is there a photo that shows what these tracks would look like? I kinda want to know if I need to do more than flatten the vegetation they drive over. |
 Extra Crispy  | 09 Jun 2015 7:29 p.m. PST |
If you Google "tank trackmarks" you'll get lots of images to choose from like this:
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| FABET01 | 09 Jun 2015 7:30 p.m. PST |
If the tank model your using has any accuracy it will have the tread pattern on the tread. Just press your model down onto what ever soft material you using for ground work. The softer and wetter the ground the messier the tracks left behind. Wet dirt will leave big clods of dirt and mud on either side of the track. Really wet ground will just turn to soup and the vehicle will sink deep into the soil (sometimes becoming immobilized). Hope that helps. |
| Swastakowey | 09 Jun 2015 8:33 p.m. PST |
Ahh thats why, track marks is the word I was looking for haha. Cheers guys, I need to wait for the model to get here before the base can be started fully then. Thanks guys. |
| mkenny | 09 Jun 2015 10:03 p.m. PST |
Lots of them! [URL=https://imageshack.com/i/idTF6HvEj]
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Bunkermeister  | 09 Jun 2015 10:18 p.m. PST |
They leave tracks, just like a bulldozer does. Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog |
| christot | 10 Jun 2015 2:39 a.m. PST |
check out Ian Dalglish's Over the battlefield series of books on Normandy (which has dozens of images like the one above). |
| ScottWashburn | 10 Jun 2015 4:33 a.m. PST |
I built a recent diorama and I just did as FABET01 suggests: press the tank's tracks into the soft basing material (lightweight spackling compound in this case). You can see the results here: TMP link |
| DyeHard | 10 Jun 2015 9:04 a.m. PST |
The era of tank makes a big difference.
Early tanks had a much greater ground pressure than later ones. But this video might give you some idea.
Shown modern tanks only, but over some variety of ground. Both single pass and high traffic areas:
YouTube link |
| Klebert L Hall | 10 Jun 2015 9:15 a.m. PST |
EC, those are pretty clearly tire tracks….
-Kle. |
| DyeHard | 10 Jun 2015 9:29 a.m. PST |
Modern tanks, cross country (from altitude):
link Shape turns on pavement:
Multi vehicle on softer ground:
On compacted dust:
link |
| creativeguy | 10 Jun 2015 11:23 a.m. PST |
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| olicana | 11 Jun 2015 5:35 a.m. PST |
Tracks rip it up. Eco-friendly they're not. |
