Hi all. Does any one know where I can find these tires in 1:35 scale?


I'm almost shure I saw them once in resin.
Any online shop would be great!
Greetings from Portugal

Rui
Super Swampers!
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Bill

Thanks a lot William.
By any chance can you tell me if these tires are used by choice of the crew or by other reason?
thanks in advance

Rui Duarte

They've actually been banned from use but due to shortages are seen on HMMWVs, although some photos may be older from before the tires were banned.

Thanks sabot. Thats a shame banning those tires, they look great on our kits. They never think on the modelers!

You can still use them on a Humvee, just not one of the latest ones. I believe they were deemed dangerous as they had a tendency to burst or something?

No, the US Army has banned them from use on US Army vehicles. Period, end of discussion.

They can still be found in pictures because they were unauthorized but used (due to shortages in standard tire supplies). Technically, they are supposed to be pulled off any vehicle they are found on and replaced with standard tires. But with a war going on with HMMWVs being damaged or destroyed, it is unlikely that a commander would pull a Super Swamper tired HMMWV off the line just because of the type of tires it has on. But that's the unit commander's call, he has the authority unless that was decision was previously made by his higher commander. He would also pay the price if an incident occurred because of the use of unauthorized tires.

They could also be found on other nation's or organization's HMMWVs (USAF, USMC).

https://crc.army.mil/Knowledge/Articles_Feb_07/got_treads.html

And the older stile tires, like the ones we found in Tamiya and Academy kits? Are they TOTALY wrong to be used on Humvees at OIF?

I guess that if used to depict a 2003 invasion vehicle it´s not all bad, am I right?

Bye,

Marcelo

Sorry Rob, what i meant was you could get away with using them on a model still because as you say pics do exist of them fitted, you'd just have to build a model with them based on a pic.

Marcelo-You can use the older tires on a vehicle during the early stages of the occupation. Ive seen plenty of Humvees still fitted with em, dont think they would still be in use though.