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Painting road wheels
modelman62
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Posted: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 - 08:52 AM UTC
Is their a simple way of painting the road wheels. Every time i think of this it gives me gray hair.
Im doing the DML Tiger I


thanks in advance
HeavyArty
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Posted: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 - 09:13 AM UTC
Here is my technique. Leve them ion the spru and spray them black first. Then get or make a circle template the size oof the inner metal wheel. Spray the wheel color through the circle. Remove the wheel from the sprue, clean up and touch up the attchment point, and assemble. Lastly, attach them to the model after it has been painted.

Works for me.
modelman62
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Posted: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 - 09:33 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Here is my technique. Leve them ion the spru and spray them black first. Then get or make a circle template the size oof the inner metal wheel. Spray the wheel color through the circle. Remove the wheel from the sprue, clean up and touch up the attchment point, and assemble. Lastly, attach them to the model after it has been painted.

Works for me.


Thanks Gino! I'll give it a try, the only problem is ive taken them all off the sprue, but thats no big problem.
HeavyArty
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Posted: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 - 10:00 AM UTC
If they are already off the sprue, try looping up a piece of masking tape and sticking it to a boxtop or something. Stick the raidwheels to it and follow the same procedure.

Good luck.
warthog
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Posted: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 - 02:12 PM UTC
The other variation would be to paint them with overall wheel color and then use a marker pen to color the rubber part. I guess Gino's method is better I've tried it too.

Cheers
modelman62
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Posted: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 - 03:00 PM UTC

Quoted Text

The other variation would be to paint them with overall wheel color and then use a marker pen to color the rubber part. I guess Gino's method is better I've tried it too.

Cheers


tHANKS,ive tried that sharpie marker method before but wasnt too pleased with it. Always got it on the part that wasnt supposed to have it.
redneck
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Posted: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 - 05:07 PM UTC
I read someplace about doing them this way.
You can try sticking a post in the wheel. Carefully set the brush against the face of the wheel and then spin the post. This should give you a perfect circle. Of course I’ve tried it myself and needed to touch them up a little after but with a little practice it should work.
18Bravo
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Posted: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 - 08:49 PM UTC
Whichever method you use, small mistakes all but disappear once you weather. In fact, occasionally I don't even paint the rubber road wheels. After a dusting on the wheels and track with light earth you don't even notice..
airwarrior
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Posted: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - 12:32 AM UTC
I do pretty much the same thing as Gino, but I take them off the sprue and clean them up first. You can spray the wheels black by putting a Q-tip or toothpick in the hole for the axle and then spraing. I like Citadel/Games Workshop black primer. The benefit of spraying black first is if ou are careful with the airbrush, you can get a nice preshade effect.
RedLeg
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Posted: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - 06:07 AM UTC
I once see a post on here where some one used a circle template like the one here to get perfect road wheels all the time. I have not tried this myself yet but it sounds a good idea!



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Posted: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - 12:29 PM UTC
Mother turned me on to the circle template idea and it is FANTASTIC!

I used to avoid certain vehicles because of the number of road wheels I would have to paint by hand! Now I just cut them off the sprue and clean them up and spray! It is even very effective when using camo schemes as well.
Delbert
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Posted: Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 03:15 AM UTC
In the last few years since I started building models I can honestly say I think I have tried every technique for painting road wheels and tires on trucks and such and I must say the circle Template method is the best...

I just spray on the tire/ wheel color, right now I like a weathered black color.. then use the template to do the wheel color.. works great on any tire /wheel combo.

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