Merkur XR4Ti Posted March 1, 2019 Posted March 1, 2019 (edited) I am flummoxed and could use the advice of the experts here. I am planning a build of the 1970 Chevelle from John Wick. I have the Revelle Snap-tite 1:25 kit as a base (blue car on box), but it comes with silly modern wheels and tires, so I'm trying to figure out where to get the tires and wheels shown in the pic. The movie car has BF Goodrich radials on Torq-thrust wheels. (I think the car is Fathom Green, that's what I'm planing to paint it). I have a '69 Chevelle kit with Torq-thrusts that I could use, but the tires in that kit don't really look right. I'm looking for help figuring out how to find radials, like the BF Goodrich ones shown in the pic, in 1/25 scale that I could use the 1/25 Torq-thrusts in. AMT Has a parts pack with Torq Thrusts and Firestone Wide Ovals, but I worry they will be too wide to fit the wheel wells of the model (I can always remove the lettering). I have plenty of the classic Revell/Mono Goodyear GT radials, but those are 1/24 and noticeably too big on the 1/25 Chevelle body. The scale is what's killing me here. Any help? Edited March 1, 2019 by Merkur XR4Ti
Jantrix Posted March 1, 2019 Posted March 1, 2019 Unless you are super married to the idea that the tires have to be BF Goodrich, this is an option for you. AMT also has a parts pack with Goodyear Polyglass GTs with raised white lettering.
JollySipper Posted March 1, 2019 Posted March 1, 2019 If you can find some plain tires to fit, Chief Joseph makes decals for the BF Goodrich tires......
Bainford Posted March 1, 2019 Posted March 1, 2019 There are two different BF Goodrich Radial T/A tire sets that I am aware of in scale. A number of 80s vintage MPC kits had hollow vinyl BFGs with proper tread and sidewall lettering styles, though overall these tires are only fair. The size might work for your project, though. The other set are big n littles available in a number of ARII American car kits, and if I'm not mistaken were also available as a separate tire & wheel set. These have excellent tread and sidewall lettering detail but are a bit oversized, being a bit too large to look right on most average 1/24 scale kits.
Monty Posted March 1, 2019 Posted March 1, 2019 6 hours ago, JollySipper said: If you can find some plain tires to fit, Chief Joseph makes decals for the BF Goodrich tires...... If memory serves, Joseph still carries a few different sizes of black soft resin BF Goodrich Radial T/As.
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