Looking for ideas.

[Mike C.]

Now that I found these wheel/tire sets last night, I'm toying with ideas.

I'm thinking metallic blue for the Ford, some kind of orange for the GMC. ?

[NOBLNG]

Nice to see some Off Roaders in the works Mike! Are those Super swamper Boggers in the bottom left corner? Where from?  I’ve been looking for a source. Are you doing airbrushing or rattle cans?

[Steve H]

Hi Mike, maybe hugger orange and white for the GM? They also look great in red in my opinion. Metallic blue should look great on the Ford.

[Zippi]

Those tires on the GMC look just about right.  going to be a nice build.

[Mike C.]

1 hour ago, NOBLNG said:

Nice to see some Off Roaders in the works Mike! Are those Super swamper Boggers in the bottom left corner? Where from?  I’ve been looking for a source. Are you doing airbrushing or rattle cans?

Rattle can. I never did advance to the airbrush. I got them off of ebay many years ago and had forgotten that I had gotten so many sets. I found them in a poorly lit shelf on my bench (desk). I remember they looked to me like the old Monster Mudders from the 70s and had to have them. I used to hound my dad to put them on everything with 4 wheel drive we ever owned. He was like "are you crazy?" ? We had a cool spot where I grew up where people would all be 4 wheeling back in the woods and we would ride our motorcycles back there. Free ride era. I'll see if I can find a picture.

 

[Mike C.]

1 hour ago, Zippi said:

Those tires on the GMC look just about right.  going to be a nice build.

I was thinking that same thing! ?

[Mike C.]

It's a little grainy,  but that was the technology of the time. Caption safety I wasn't. ?

[Mike C.]

Captain safety I meant to say.

[Mike C.]

Oh! The Boggers are from so real. I'll have to get a better picture.

[NOBLNG]

14 hours ago, Mike C. said:

Oh! The Boggers are from so real. I'll have to get a better picture.

Are they still around? I googled but didn’t come up with anything.?

[Mike C.]

I'm pretty sure they stopped making them long ago. There was a time when them and Ground Hawgs were the only options out there for really oversized tires. I remember the Dick Cepek catalog. You could could get all those off road goodies in that one. My dad used to be like " If you had to pay for just one of those tires, you would never talk about them again ". Eventually, he was right as always. ?

I'm pretty sure they got replaced by the Boggers and such simply because of superior design and chemical technology .

[Mike C.]

Search For "Gumbo Monster Mudders" I found these pics. Some of these were way over the top big. I can remember they had an awful lot of sidewall.

 

[Mike C.]

17 hours ago, NOBLNG said:

Nice to see some Off Roaders in the works Mike! Are those Super swamper Boggers in the bottom left corner? Where from?  I’ve been looking for a source. Are you doing airbrushing or rattle cans?

Hers a better picture of the Boggers.

[Mike C.]

Not crazy about the wheels but the tires are really nice.

I used a set on my 1/18 '55 3100.

 

[Plowboy]

1 hour ago, NOBLNG said:

Are they still around? I googled but didn’t come up with anything.?

I think Pegasus may now own the molds to the So Real wheels and tires. I saw a set of the wheels on the new Moebius Ford 4×4. 

[Mike C.]

47 minutes ago, Plowboy said:

I think Pegasus may now own the molds to the So Real wheels and tires. I saw a set of the wheels on the new Moebius Ford 4×4. 

Opps. I thought he was asking about the Mudders.

[NOBLNG]

1 hour ago, Mike C. said:

Opps. I thought he was asking about the Mudders.

It is the boggers that I would like to find in 1/25 scale. Would you happen to know the O.D. of those?
Thanks, Greg.

Edited December 5, 2021 by NOBLNG

[Mike C.]

1 hour ago, NOBLNG said:

It is the boggers that I would like to find in 1/25 scale. Would you happen to know the O.D. of those?
Thanks, Greg.

Around 20mm. The 8 spoke wagon wheels from the 1/20 Ford van kit fit them perfectly . Same as the larger Formula Desert Dogs. I don't know if I can part with them. I've been waiting for a 1/18 diecast truck to come out that I would like to use them on. I think I might have seen some on ebay that sellers have cast in resin.

 

[Mike C.]

Oh wait! You need the outside diameter?

[Mike C.]

Here's the inside

[NOBLNG]

2 hours ago, Mike C. said:

Oh wait! You need the outside diameter?

Yes, the outside diameter. 1-3/4” would be 44” in 1/25 scale, and that is a touch bigger than I would like. I found a set on e-bay for $75. + shipping.☹️

Edited December 5, 2021 by NOBLNG

[Mike C.]

Here's the outside diameter.