New to casting resin

[Sixx]

Here's some tires that I casted...for practice, before I crank-out sum ZOMBIES!!!! comments welcomed

[ewaskew]

I think they look pretty good.

The flame tread is a custom deal that you do'nt see very much of.

Can you cut the flash around the rim's in the first photo's ?

Those fat boy's with the chrome rim looks real good also.

[crazyjim]

I like that M/T Sportsman looking tire (SHINY rim). You going to be selling/trading them? The tires that is.

[Danno]

Excellent!!

[Casey]

Here's my advice/opinion:

1) Cast the wheels and tires separately. Not everybody will want to use that wheel and tire combo together, and casting them separately gove the buyers many more options.

2) Don't post pictures of your product if they have visible pinholes, voids, or flaws, as seen on the center cap and wheel lip in pic #2. Flaws like that should be considered failed castings, and not sold or even given away for free, but rather tossed out. Selling one wheel with holes and voids like that may mean a one-and-done customer who won't try your product ever again, and worse, may tell others not to buy your product again.

The wheel lip void/air bubble in pic #2 is going to be near impossible to repair and make that are look exactly like the rest of the wheel's rim. Plus, you'd have to protect the tire's sidewall while to doing the repair work to be sure you don't damage it, either. It's easier to just toss it and make a new one without any flaws in visible areas.

3) Cast the tires in flexible rubber-like resin. It seems to me aftermarket tires which look and fell like real rubber are much more popular than those cast in the usual hard resin, which must be painted.

4) I love the tires and I think you've made a great choice in deciding to cast copies of them. If they were cast in a rubber like resin, I would definitely buy a set.

[Chuck Most]

Here's my advice/opinion:

1) Cast the wheels and tires separately. Not everybody will want to use that wheel and tire combo together, and casting them separately gove the buyers many more options.

Only thing is- they look like the AMT Ramblur wheels, and those are kind of in a goofy size- I'm not sure you could find too many wheels that would work with those particular tires.

[Keef]

in the 3rd pic....are those the rear tire off of the numerous sprint car kits? if so id be down for a few sets if they were in rubber like Casey mentioned

[Sixx]

Thanks for the feedback guys. Chuck's right about the Ramblur tire/wheel combo, wanted to see if I could do that set. Still playing with the goodies, as in my first post, working up to do some dead peeps!!! LOL!!!

When I get better, I will be doing tires in a urethane rubber...black of course, need to get all the kinks worked out!!

Edited December 12, 2011 by Sixx