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How do you weather tires?
210cav
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Posted: Saturday, April 28, 2012 - 11:41 AM UTC
I am building the M-3 mortar carrrier version and cannot get the front tires to show dirt between the treads....how you folks get that effect?
thanks
DJ
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Posted: Saturday, April 28, 2012 - 12:09 PM UTC
DJ: I've airbrushed dirt color straight on toward the tread, then painted/drybrushed the tops of the treads black, grey, etc. I've also painted directly into the tread grooves on WW2 style tires with a small brush. HTH.

Happy Modeling, -zon
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Posted: Saturday, April 28, 2012 - 12:10 PM UTC
I use pigments,like by Mig Productions or AK Interactive.

You could use ground up colored chalk,mix it with alcohol and fix it into the treads
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Posted: Saturday, April 28, 2012 - 12:36 PM UTC

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I use pigments,like by Mig Productions or AK Interactive.

You could use ground up colored chalk,mix it with alcohol and fix it into the treads




Does the alcohol turn the chalk into paste and make it adhere better?

What about the pigments? What would one mix with it to get the same results?









~ Jeff
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Posted: Saturday, April 28, 2012 - 12:48 PM UTC
Pigments can be fixed with thinner or alcohol,depending on what kind of coat you are applying them on.
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Posted: Saturday, April 28, 2012 - 01:16 PM UTC
I mix pigments with water, making a paste, I then use an old brush and coat the tire, pushing the paste into the tread. After it dries, I use my finger to remove all but what is in the tread. Once this is done, I use Testor Flat, in the bottle and airbrush on LIGHT coats to seal it in. I might even dry brush a little light tire color after just to hightlight the tread, depending on the effect I am going for.


Hope that helps.
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Posted: Saturday, April 28, 2012 - 01:51 PM UTC
Zon, Kevin, Anthony-- I appreciate your swift responses and will attempt to replicate he ideas you posed. Once again, accept my thanks for your replies.
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Posted: Saturday, April 28, 2012 - 10:32 PM UTC
DJ...Tried to get link into post and could not get it to work,so we will try it this way.In the search box at the top of the page,type in "weathering for tires".It should be the first entry when the search page comes up click on it,Scroll down the thread and I think you will find everything you need Model on,Jeff T.
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Posted: Sunday, April 29, 2012 - 01:09 AM UTC
Thanks Anthony & Kevin for the advice as I will try them both on an upcoming Campaign I want to enter. Hopefully I will be building a Buffalo and I gotta know how to make the tires look like everyone else's.









~ Jeff
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Posted: Sunday, April 29, 2012 - 02:37 AM UTC

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DJ...Tried to get link into post and could not get it to work,so we will try it this way.In the search box at the top of the page,type in "weathering for tires".It should be the first entry when the search page comes up click on it,Scroll down the thread and I think you will find everything you need Model on,Jeff T.


Jeff-- Outstanding!
Many thanks
DJ
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Posted: Sunday, April 29, 2012 - 04:01 AM UTC
This pretty much outlines it all:

http://modellingarticles.blogspot.com/

This way you don't have to do all that searching!









~ Jeff
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Posted: Sunday, April 29, 2012 - 04:20 AM UTC
Jeff I used a mix of pigments, earth effects AK wash.
On the Constructive Feedback forum you can see the results I applied on my 221 Bronco kit.
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Posted: Sunday, April 29, 2012 - 08:17 AM UTC

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This pretty much outlines it all:

http://modellingarticles.blogspot.com/

This way you don't have to do all that searchin

Jeff-- that is the most comprehensive site I have ever seen regarding the subject. Very informative
Thank again
DJ









~ Jeff
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Posted: Sunday, April 29, 2012 - 09:12 AM UTC

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This pretty much outlines it all:

http://modellingarticles.blogspot.com/

This way you don't have to do all that searchin









~ Jeff




Jeff-- that is the most comprehensive site I have ever seen regarding the subject. Very informative
Thank again
DJ






Isn't it?

I'm glad you brought up the question for I probably would have never found it and I need this so badly for my future Buffalo build, so really ... I thank YOU!









~ Jeff
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