10thumbs Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Bruno, I have the 004 slicks, they'll fit a fender car with no problem. An A/FX mid 60's work well, they'd be too narrow though for early 70's F/C cars, my opinion. They are not fat slicks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rrrrrrumps Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 You young whipper snappers.....lemme tell you Just be glad somebody out there is putting this stuff together. Sweet Geezus, we use to really have to be good with a brush, toothpick, needle or pin just to get white letters painted on the tires back in the late 60's. Funny thing is after a dozen or so times on one tire one gets pretty good at it...practice, practice, practice. Granted, I'd never have the mad money to spend on these tire packs (money went to models), but these tire packs are pretty sweet when one wants a finished look to the model. Funny thing is, it was the same with our crappy painted letter tires...they're just models, it's all in the head...smooooooothhhhh and looking bad! Going fast but never moving, just looking good...oh so good. It's all in the details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 On 9/15/2011 at 8:38 PM, Gregg said: I just got the new AMT Custom & Competition M&H Racemaster Dragster Slicks Parts Pack. Has anyone successfully removed the ink/paint from the sidewalls of these slicks? Not sure how well that would work if you were removing only some of the lettering and leaving some, but I would imagine a full sidewall wipe would be possible using a particular product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 (edited) On 9/21/2011 at 10:10 PM, Longbox55 said: http://www.munsterkoach.com/dragula1l.htm Scroll to the bottom pic, it shows the sidewall with both stripes the best. Strangely enough, there's an earlier scene where Herman and Grandpa are building the car that shows it with wider blackwalls and different wheels, more like what the car had on the show. Well, at least now I know what I'm putting mine on! Just need to get another Drag-U-La when the single kits come out. Edited January 18, 2018 by afx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 On 9/19/2011 at 12:39 PM, Draggon said: One could sure hope they would re-release theses Firestone fronts! I understand Replica & Miniatures offers these tire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Darby Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 40 minutes ago, afx said: I understand Replica & Miniatures offers these tire. Those are my holy grail AMT tires. There is a similar tire in the Revell Orange Crate. The ones in the Rat Roaster and Model A highboy try but fail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 37 minutes ago, Dave Darby said: Those are my holy grail AMT tires. Which kit(s) were these Firestone tires originally included with? Asking for a friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 31 minutes ago, Casey said: Which kit(s) were these Firestone tires originally included with? Asking for a friend. I posted about these tires before and the consensus was they were AMT possibly in the first issue of the 56 Ford. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Perfect, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Crankenstien Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 a good pack to get also is the sister to that set of cheaters the racemaster tall and wide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AC Norton Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 On 1/18/2018 at 11:56 AM, Casey said: Has anyone successfully removed the ink/paint from the sidewalls of these slicks? Not sure how well that would work if you were removing only some of the lettering and leaving some, but I would imagine a full sidewall wipe would be possible using a particular product. ......The lettering on the fatter MH 10.50s rubs off easily with thinner, goo gone, etc.....BUT those pie crust MH seem to be a lot harder to remove anything, at least I have found....I'm sure someone on the forum has the handle on how to do it quick and easy, so I'll be interested in that info as well.....the Ace... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggon Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 On 1/18/2018 at 9:51 AM, afx said: I understand Replica & Miniatures offers these tire. The tires in my pic are original AMT. I have copies of them in resin from Modelhaus. I'm not sure if R&M has them. The first and only kit I've ever seen them in was the Willys/32 Sedan kit mentioned in the other thread. I never had the Willys as a single kit, so I don't know if the tires were in that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr68gts Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 (edited) On 1/18/2018 at 10:51 AM, afx said: I understand Replica & Miniatures offers these tire. I actually found a original AMT parts pack of this tire and promptly used them on my 57 Ford Gasser project. I want to say they are the same tires the plastic 2 piece ones were but I don't have access to any of my models yet so I can't compare. Edited January 20, 2018 by mr68gts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 (edited) R&M offers two different sizes of the Firestone fronts. Edited January 21, 2018 by afx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Darby Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 7 hours ago, afx said: R&M offers two different sizes of the Firestone fronts. Looks like the Revell tire on the left and the AMT on the right. Very cool there is an easy source to find them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 2 hours ago, Dave Darby said: Looks like the Revell tire on the left and the AMT on the right. Very cool there is an easy source to find them. I think they are both AMT. Both have the square inner edge not the tapered edge of the Orange Crate Revell front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Darby Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 12 hours ago, afx said: I think they are both AMT. Both have the square inner edge not the tapered edge of the Orange Crate Revell front. You're probably right. I didn't have the kit tires in front of me at the time to compare. I just remember the Revell tire being a little taller and skinnier than the AMT tire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Darby Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 I'm pretty glad there is a reliable source for those tires as I'm pretty picky about what goes on the front of my hot rods. Most kit tires are too big and bulky to run on the front. I built this AMT 5 window coupe in 1992 and for most of its years it wore a pair of the Mickey Thompson front runners from the Pro Street 70 Coronet kit. These vintage AMT tires were just what I originally wanted. It just took me a bunch of years to find some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 I'm with you Dave. If I can't find the right wheel/tire combination the build doesn't move forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
250 Testa Rossa Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Hopefully we get Firestone slicks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 On 1/28/2018 at 11:34 AM, 250 Testa Rossa said: Hopefully we get Firestone slicks Firestone slicks have been included inside some recent AMT reissues, like the "Gasman" '49 Ford Coupe: Start here: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 AMT, Revell, Round2 etc. are finally recognizing the importance of nice tires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 I had forgotten all about the new AMT Firestone pie crust slicks, and the '60s era skinny Firestone pie crust slicks seem to have been lost forever, but a few cars did run them back in the day: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Sikora II Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 On 1/18/2018 at 10:56 AM, Casey said: Has anyone successfully removed the ink/paint from the sidewalls of these slicks? Not sure how well that would work if you were removing only some of the lettering and leaving some, but I would imagine a full sidewall wipe would be possible using a particular product. Not 100% sure, but I think Round 2 included these slicks without tampo detailing in the "regular" box reissue of the Double Dragster. The one in the old-school cardboard box, not the version packed in the tin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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