Wheels & Tires

[Nosferatu]

I go to thrift shops and find these toys with cool wheels and tires. The toys are about $2 with senior discount. Cut the axles and re-purpose. 

 

Edited January 18, 2023 by Nosferatu

[Gary Chastain]

I’m stealing your idea, thanks for posting. 

[Bainford]

Great idea. Any time I find myself in a toy isle, especially at a discount store, I check out the tires on all the cars & trucks for potential model use. Every once in a while I find something useful, and the toy costs about 1/4 of the price of a set of model tires.

[restoman]

5 hours ago, Bainford said:

Great idea. Any time I find myself in a toy isle, especially at a discount store, I check out the tires on all the cars & trucks for potential model use. Every once in a while I find something useful, and the toy costs about 1/4 of the price of a set of model tires.

I do the same.

[Edsel]

Great tip I did that myself by using bigger not the monster truck because most of them didn’t fit on regular rims and some of them are too wide but I found a set on a remote control golf cart with the right set tires that fits on a rim of another vehicle, again great tip and kinda fun as a scavenger hunt 

[stavanzer]

I've done this, as well.

Found  set of Tractor Wheels that worked for a build I was doing.

[oldcarfan]

That's a good idea! I can see how those smaller tractor tires might work for a mud bogger. Also, some of the 1/32nd-ish scale Fast & Furious diecasts sold at places like Walmart have pretty large for the scale tires and wheels. Some of them work pretty well for those smaller 1/24th scale kits like the Mini and such.