Ralph Torres

I havent been to Teds in a few years so im thinking he pulled them and doesnt sell them no more. I looked also and i didnt see them. I bought some though...

Sexy.. i would love one as a tub tire for a Pro Street or drag car..

Nice.. i honestly look forwards to anything you make..

Try Teds Modeling market place... thats were i bought mines. 275/60r15 and 335/50r15 in 1/12 scale..?

Nice..?

Hey Mike, what scale were you planning on making the tires in.. 1/24 and up or just a specific scale?. I see large scale missing alot of options. Starting at 1/18 and up. I normally build in 1/12. Over the years i found and collected tires from RC cars but the sizes werent accurate 100% and the tread patern was always mediocre. I also made a rear pro street tire using a Muscle Machine rear tire and the sidewalls of the kit slick from one of the original 1/12 orange Camaro kits.. eventually i made a mold and casted it in Rubber. I know alot of guys want to build Pro Street cars, 10.5 tire cars, pro touring cars etc so mostly any tires are a big welcome in 3D... I sold a few of my tires back in the day. I wasnt all easy either lol.. but i had Micro Nitro help out with wheels. I shipped a few of my tires to him and he made measurements of them so when a client wanted a certain subject we could entertain them but it wasnt always the case... maybe making certain teams of wheels and tires might help you? Offsets are also something to think about. Tires that i would like to see are the current BFG 235/60r15 through 275/60r15 , L60's from the 70's..... Slicks for Pro Streets, front runners for drag racing etc.. those are the one i think are missing from the hobbie in large scale.. its just hard because certain project depend on certain tires.. I stopped making tires in rubber a while back when Micro Nitro was sold.. so no more tire making for me lol...just make tires you think might benefit for the hobbie.. and hey thank you for helping or atleast trying to help... ??

Well thats a real car model...i remember i wanted to buy the 1:1 off of you Bill.? glad you put some paint down finaly... ?

Hey Bill did i motivate you to paint it lol... looks like we almost painted them at the same time... this is by far the most favorite build i have seen.. its great seeing in paint.. we were just wondering about you in a facebook page the other day... amazing..simply amazing...

Looks more realistic.. i think factory chrome is nice but doing alcalad gives it a more metal look..

For my vinyl tops i use blue masking tape from Home Depot but you can do a dry spray method where were you spray semi gloss paint from a distance. I have issues with my tape as it tends to want to lift up on the edges and since mines is thick it does lay down nice and flat and kinks.. the Chrome molding is styrene strype( dont remember the size off the top of my head) is called a halo and i use a picture of a real car to fallow the contour and curves of it.. i tack CA glue it in place since adding to much glue will want to make the styrene want to brake... if you can practice on a old body and give it a try..

I think its alot better in person.. wish people could see it in person.

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Beautyfull...

Its Tamiya AS-14 olive green covered with PPG chroma base clear.. t It has a foose design paint scheme..Tamiya metalic black with a tamiya cooper pinstripe.

Getting there...

Looks good.. great job...

What type of primer did you use?

Thank you... the Pro Street i started back in 04 more or less... the touring car is painted now and has a new look lol...i sent you a pm...

Ok i was about to ask for some lol..

Shapeways store look em up... under that name.

This is the new powerplant for the touring car. Its a very accurate printed LS motor from Model Behavior.. its a little farther along now but i thought id share. My scratch built LS is being moved to another project. I felt this suited the car better...

What tires are those...?

Ohh Mike i now know who you are.. yes i have your store page stored lol.. your in Carlsbad CA..im north of you here in Cali in Fontana.. i travel to the beach in your area every year and to the SoCal show.. yeah ill be glad to shot you some tire pictures. I know tires are not cheap to print but in some of our cases theres no choice..like you guys in 1/8 scale are short in tires we are too lol..ill shot you a PM.