How do I do THIS?

[DavidG]

I picked up this Tommy Ivo dragster at a yard sale the other day. Some kid grew up and put his toys away for life. (He was apparently never into models anyway.) His mom sold the kit to me for 50 cents. The box was already open but, after going over the instructions and comparing them with the sprues, it actually appears as though the kit is amazingly complete.

So I got to looking at the slicks and I remember building many models back in my day with tires just like these. But back in those days, I was no where nearly as concerned with model building political correctness that I am now. These tires are so distorted as to be really unacceptable. What do the model building gods on this forum do to solve this common problem?

As you can see, I tried sanding one of the tires but I'm not sure that there isn't a better way. I'm sure they could be nice slicks with the right approach.

Sorry for the blurry fuzziness. I'm still getting used to my new Fujicam.

[slusher]

I would check and see If I had any slicks close to their size in other kits on hand.

[REDNECK7109]

I'm pretty sure There's nothing you can do man. I would just get another set from a resin company like model care garage Maybe

[Belugawrx]

Keep sanding!!

[Speedfreak]

Looks like you're almost there with the slicks.

[Adhsdad]

Dave,

I'd hit up Compresins.com or maybe Scalemodelingbychris.com to see what drag slicks they have on offer. I'm sure between the 2 you'll find what you're looking for.

Ep

[jrherald420]

Chuck the tires in a drill and sand them to the shape you need.

[Ridge Rider]

Chuck the tires in a drill and sand them to the shape you need.

I agree, they are already unusable in your eyes so try to shape them as it's no big deal if it doesn't work. Then go to plan B and trash them if it doesn't work. Good luck.

[Talbot90]

Hi David,

I had the same problem on my last build ..so I used some Evergreen rectangular bar and formed an unjoined circle and put it inside the tire. The pressure of the Evergreen pushing out took the concave out of the tire.

cheers

Ian

[johnz]

i've had some success putting a slightley smaller tire inside the one you're trying to reshape trim the middle of the inner tire out so your rims still fit

[DavidG]

Thanks so much guys. There are some good ideas here.

Ian Hobbis, I have to admit that I do not know what Evergreen rectangular bar is. When I was in Argentina a couple of years ago, I needed some JB Weld. There was absolutely no finding it. So I tried some epoxy that carried some brand name in Spanish that gave no clue to its make up. So I took a chance and, sure enough, when I opened it up it was the exact same thing as JB Weld. So maybe we have an American equivalent.

Ok, I'm SO embarrassed. I googled Evergreen rectangular bar and Hey!! It's regular styrene. Que Verguenza!

Edited June 2, 2014 by DavidG

[Brizio]

It happened to me,on some 1/8 tires that are probably 25 years old, because they got smashed but some die cast cars and other toys that were in the same box. I made some plastic discs and put them inside the tires, now they looks good. I will also before remove the discs to put the tires in a bowl with war water. Will see if it fix them.

For your tires, try to sand more to make them more uniform.

[Nate]

Evergreen makes plastic in various shapes and sizes. It's pretty available in the US. You could also use Plastruct. You could also use pieces of sprue.

Edited June 3, 2014 by Nate