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Post by hemicuda on Jul 15, 2010 4:43:58 GMT 1
Does any company offer aftermarket wheels/tires like Herpa used to have years ago? I know they have them for trucks, but they don't seem to carry them for cars.
Another question; does rubber hosing work as tires? Many vehicles now come with rubber tires, so I was wondering if a quick fix for many of them is to simply cut off a length of black rubber hose to substitute for (in my opinion) too narrow stock tires.
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Post by nickvoges on Jul 16, 2010 18:01:49 GMT 1
Real big problem with the wheels for the cars. From time to time you will find some on Ebay. Some times I use the wheels from the kinder surprise eggs, which I can get on the flea-markets for some cent. At the moment I´m looking for the rims and tyres (seven star) for the tuscan. There are so many models for the junk-yard were I only robbed the wheels, it´s a pitty....
Tell me whether the idea with the hoss works.
Good luck nick
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Post by cfesmire on Jul 17, 2010 0:11:13 GMT 1
I'm always at a loss for (good) wheel/tire combinations for both cars and trucks. I end up doing like you (Nick) and buy certain vehicles just for the wheels. That was OK in the days of the $1 Malibu Models but they are a thing of the past. Brekina has a sport wheel package that has an interesting combo or two.
I haven't tried rubber tubing yet but I did have some interesting result using heat shrink tubing over the Automobilia wire rims to make a bicycle type tire for the front of a dragster. Haven't finished the model but will post some photos when I get a chance.
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Post by DavidJohnson on Jul 17, 2010 5:22:33 GMT 1
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Post by hemicuda on Jul 17, 2010 22:32:34 GMT 1
Thanks to you all! David, I could never find tires/wheels on Walthers, but thank you much for the links! Walthers is too big for its own good (in my opinion) but that hasn't stopped me from ordering from them!!
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