Tyre Colour?
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If you look closely at rubber, ie tires etc. You will notice that they are actually varying levels to grey, even new ones. There are plenty of "tire black" and greys out there. I lean more to the grey scale on my tires and I prefer Vallejo Black Grey. I find it really looks to part. You can easily make your own with grey and enough black to make you happy. I also think the Testors Rubber black is too brown. FWIW
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I love Akan Old Tire Black. Their tire color is spot on. Unfortunately, mine ran out. Nothing came close to Akan's brand of tire black.
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“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
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I love Akan Old Tire Black. Their tire color is spot on. Unfortunately, mine ran out. Nothing came close to Akan's brand of tire black.
Here's the website:
https://www.lindenhillimports.com/#/
Here's the website:
https://www.lindenhillimports.com/#/
“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Re: Tyre Colour?
Hey, Stuart! I found these thought you could use them.
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To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..
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Lyle forgot his meds again...
Tamiya German Grey is a good color for tires. Loks close to the Akan Old Tire Grey (not black as I originally thought )
Tamiya German Grey is a good color for tires. Loks close to the Akan Old Tire Grey (not black as I originally thought )
“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
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Nope, took them this morning!
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..
Re: Tyre Colour?
The last few years I have been using Vallejo German Panzer Grey primer, I used to use Polyscale's Grimy black when it was available.
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Heh… I still have a bottle of Grimy Black.
“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
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I just paint mine flat black; once it flattens, it looks quite authentic to me. Besides, I'm always dusting up my tires anyway so who can tell what color they really are?
Ooops, I forgot my u's, Lyle, can I borrow a couple from your group up there?
Ooops, I forgot my u's, Lyle, can I borrow a couple from your group up there?
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"Do you know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I get and beat you with 'till you understand who's in ruttin' command!"
-Jayne Cobb, Firefly Episode 2 "The Train Job"
We are modelers - the same in spirit, in hunger to insanely buy newly released kits, hustlers in hiding our stash from our better halves and experts in using garbage as replacements for after-market parts.