The self-adhesive masking set Quickwheel 1:35 T-34/76 (Early 1943) for the road wheels, cut for the kit from ICM. It defines the line between the rubber tread and the disc without any brush work.
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Self-adhesive masks for painting the road wheels of the T-34/76 tank in the early 1943 production version, in 1:35 scale. The set contains no model parts; its job is to produce a sharp line between the rubber and the disc that is the same on every wheel. The masks are cut for the kit from ICM: wheels from other makers differ in diameter and in the relief of the disc, so check the fit before you stick a mask down.
The T-34 has a suspension derived from the Christie design: five large road wheels on each side, no return rollers and a noticeably wider gap between the first and the second wheel. The wheels are huge compared with Western vehicles, so the circumference of the tread that has to be masked is long and every waver of the hand shows on it. On top of that, 1943 is the period in the history of the T-34 when several types of wheel were in use at the same time: alongside the rubber-tired ones there were also all-steel wheels with internal shock absorption, which have no rubber at all. Before you start painting, check which wheels you actually have on your model: the tread stands out only on the rubber-tired ones, and on an all-steel wheel a dark band around the circumference would be a mistake.
The most common error on this subject is not a matter of craft but of fact: the modeler outlines every wheel in a dark shade without distinction, including the ones that never had any rubber. The mask prevents that by forcing you to sort the wheels and decide first. The errors of craft are then the usual ones: a wobbly line on a large circumference, thick paint flooding the engraved transition, and an unpainted inner face of the wheel that you can no longer reach once it is fitted to the hull. Lift the mask while the paint has only flashed off, and press it down all the way around: on a large wheel the temptation is to just lay it on and hope.
This is a masking aid, not a model. Paints and the kit are not included in the package. For the contents of the sheet, go by the details on the packaging.
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