Tyres melting the blastic wheels

[Funkychiken]

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/140822-revell-jaguar-xk-ss-124-wheel-repair/

see the link above! I fixed these rims last year by stripping them, sanding back, priming several layers, painting, then adding a layer of masking tape before assembly & they still melted again.

Does anyone else have this issue with the Jaguar SSK kit?

 

Are there any aftermarket wheels I can buy?

I'd buy another kit, but these arent cheap anymore...

cheers guys!

[Bainford]

Yes, tires melting wheels is a well documented problem with that kit. I don’t know why this kit is particularly bad. 
 

l have heard that some barrier remedies work. The most successful seems to be a layer of BMF between the tire and wheel. Other barriers such as Bin may be helpful as well. 
 

The good news is that a nice alternative exists aftermarket. Check out Ukrainian Scale Car Production at uscp-ua.com for a resin Dunlop replacement wheel. 

[89AKurt]

I found an Italeri military truck with those evil tires, searched and found two different makes of wheel/tires for them.  Never know, if enough people got pissed off about this, should be replacements.

[bisc63]

I think I would just restore my best wheel, put my best tire on it, and make a silicone mold and cast the entire wheel/tire assembly in resin. Use the black dye to get a nice black resin, and cast plenty; you won't even need to paint the "tire", just mask  and paint the wheel your chosen finish. Black resin does a very nice job of mimicking new rubber. Good luck!

[Funkychiken]

21 hours ago, Bainford said:

Yes, tires melting wheels is a well documented problem with that kit. I don’t know why this kit is particularly bad. 
 

l have heard that some barrier remedies work. The most successful seems to be a layer of BMF between the tire and wheel. Other barriers such as Bin may be helpful as well. 
 

The good news is that a nice alternative exists aftermarket. Check out Ukrainian Scale Car Production at uscp-ua.com for a resin Dunlop replacement wheel. 

 

20 hours ago, 89AKurt said:

I found an Italeri military truck with those evil tires, searched and found two different makes of wheel/tires for them.  Never know, if enough people got pissed off about this, should be replacements.

 

19 hours ago, bisc63 said:

I think I would just restore my best wheel, put my best tire on it, and make a silicone mold and cast the entire wheel/tire assembly in resin. Use the black dye to get a nice black resin, and cast plenty; you won't even need to paint the "tire", just mask  and paint the wheel your chosen finish. Black resin does a very nice job of mimicking new rubber. Good luck!

Thanks for the tips people!

I will try BMF, and it that doesn't cut the mustard, then I'll go for the Ukranian wheels - the resin set looks good!

[Spex84]

I've had good luck gluing wheels into problematic tires with a skim coat of epoxy all over the wheel. That said, I don't think the tires I was using were quite as aggressively plastic-destroying as the ones you're dealing with!