Speedfreak Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Hello everyone! Merry Christmas! I recieved one of my gifts to myself today! The AMT Double Dragster Tin Ed.! It is incredible and none of the problems with valve covers, or , tires that I've read about, everything looks flawless. Coolest kit I've ever owned. Thank you Santa! I want to paint the wheels the way they are on the box art and elsewhere in the kit. I've never tired to do a two-tone (silver/chrome rim with gray spokes and center) spoke wheel before, and so far have only come up with (I found nothing on line) some kind of template to fit over the rim and then one for the center. Will this method produce good solid lines? Is there a tried and true method for doing this? Help! Gene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_G Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 I use a compass cutter to make circular masks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Kron Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Here's how I did mine. Nothing fancy, I just stripped off the chrome plating. sprayed them with Testors Aluminum Plate Metalizer and brush painted the spokes with Testors Burnt Metal Metalizer. The hub cap is a pin head. The rears also were stripped of chrome plating and finished in Testors Aluminum Plate Metalizer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenrat Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 You're overthinking it Gene. Use a paintbrush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedfreak Posted December 25, 2013 Author Share Posted December 25, 2013 LOL, well I know I can use a paint brush, duh. I'm trying to find a way that produces more stable results. I think I will investigate the compass cutter. Thanks you guys and Merry Christmas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_G Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 LOL, well I know I can use a paint brush, duh. I'm trying to find a way that produces more stable results. I think I will investigate the compass cutter. Thanks you guys and Merry Christmas! I love my compass cutter and find lots of uses for it. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year back at ya' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 (edited) My Compass cutter and results. and a Happy New Year. Edited January 5, 2014 by Greg Myers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vypurr59 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 I have also used circle templates, found in the artists and drawing sections of a craft store. You can use these templates for spray painting the white walls on the tires as well, as make circlular masks I just mask off the unused areas, leaving the size I am using open. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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