Rider Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 (edited) Although I've never used a dremel tool to achive the "worn" look on tires I'm not sure if it would give the same results as the following technique. I've only ever "scrubed" the tires with 80grit paper to get the worn race look. Always wanting to get the fresh hot lap look I finally came up with the following technique. With a little practice I was able to creat a very real looking hot lap tire. Steps 1. Start with 120grit paper and sand the hell out of a spare tire so as to acumulate tire "dust". 2. Mix white glue and semi gloss black acrylic paint. 3. On a flat smooth surface spread a small amount of the "dust" 4. Next using a flat wide brush, brush on a thin coating of the paint/glue. 5. Now roll the tire in the "dust" covering it completely, working quickly roll the tire on a smooth flat surface to embed the dust. 6. Repeat steps 4/5 until you achive the look you want. Finnishing step optional...you can also sand up different colour plastic and 200grit paper and sparingly sprinkle a very very tiny amount to give the tires the look of picking up "garbage and pebbles" while rolling through the pit garage or into the winners circle. For motorcycle tires you can do the same except you only do the edges so as to leave the smoother "not so worn" straight line wear mark down the center of the tire. Good luck Edited September 26, 2018 by Rider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coopdad Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Great tutorial! Looks very realistic. I will be bookmarking this for the next F1 build. Thanks. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pstreet Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Great tip, thanks. I have a few projects that this would work for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rider Posted October 5, 2019 Author Share Posted October 5, 2019 Since the original photo's have been lost in the PhotoBucket BS here are a few new ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrenchr Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Very convincing. I'll try that here soon. Thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rider Posted October 11, 2019 Author Share Posted October 11, 2019 13 hours ago, wrenchr said: Very convincing. I'll try that here soon. Thanks!! Good luck, it's not difficult, you just have to build up the layers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabDriver Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 That's a really cool trick! Thanks for sharing - looks super realistic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rider Posted October 15, 2019 Author Share Posted October 15, 2019 On 10/11/2019 at 4:32 PM, CabDriver said: That's a really cool trick! Thanks for sharing - looks super realistic! ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 That's a great looking effect. Very convincing. Nice technique. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rider Posted October 26, 2019 Author Share Posted October 26, 2019 Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.