Hi chaps, i need some help, I am building the Italieri/revell 109a6 palladin for the incoming G.B. now upon examination of the wheels on this kit I find to my horror no demarkation line betwwen the tire and the wheel rim, shoddy moulding, its bad enough painting road wheels when you have a pucker line to work too and this baby has fourteen wheels HELP! no seriously any tips or suggestions would be gratefully recieved

Okay I got a couple for you...first paint the while wheel O/D then just take some flat black paint and thin it down put the wheel down flat and just add your wash to the wheel it will find the side then paint the rubber part as usual...another trick I use is to weather the tires and rims painting them a dirt color usually tamiya's earth and dust from Tamiya's buff I then just dry brush the bottom of the tire where it touches the tracks with a dark greyish color and drybrush the od parts of the rim to my liking ..( I know that is cheating but hey look at most afv's the wheels are mostly covered in dust and dirt. hope this helps

Rick

or get a circle template, sray the wheel the tyre colour then take the template, place it over the middel and once you are happy with the sizing spray away cheap as chips

Thanks for the help guys I think your template is the way to go mike because theres no detail to work to i will have to make my own line to work too. :-)

the first thiung that you would do is find the color of the wheels. then you paint the outside of them, weather them as normal, then dont forget the rubber.

Maybe this will help to make the template...


or this one... http://www.thot.net/~trea/m109a629.jpg

As you can see in the above photo, there is no clear, raised demarcation on the M109 roadwheel like on other AFVs such as a Bradley or M113. The rubber simply smoothes out and feathers into the rim. Italeri got it spot on.

Thanks for those photo's Jurgen came in very handy.I found a nice ready made template in Mrs Easy's sewing basket a small cotton reel fits perfectly :-)