Revell Escort Rally.

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I know you can get wheels on ebay to suit the mk2 not sure on the scale though
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The wheels in the kit Are Minilites but tyres are slick racing tyres & not chunky rally tyres :mad: :mad:.


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The wheels in the kit Are Minilites but tyres are slick racing tyres & not chunky rally tyres :mad: :mad:.
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Maybe slicks for a tarmac event ?
 
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Maybe slicks for a tarmac event ?
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Hi Colin, Slicks would be illegal on a tarmac/road event ....


the box artworks shows the car on a loose surface & tread on tyres ... :smiling3:


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Could you not put your own tread pattern into the slicks with a small soldering iron or a hot knife?


If you're going to buy some tyres for it anyway you've nothing to lose by trying;)


I know this is a totally different scale but might give you an idea


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I remember getting round this problem by buying a cheap 1.24 scale diecast car and whipping the wheels and tyres off of that as a solution. Just a small thought and maybe another option.


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Hi Colin, Slicks would be illegal on a tarmac/road event ....
the box artworks shows the car on a loose surface & tread on tyres ... :smiling3:


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Oh dear, my last idea was going to be Scalextric, but they're 1:32 I think.
 
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Could you not put your own tread pattern into the slicks with a small soldering iron or a hot knife?
If you're going to buy some tyres for it anyway you've nothing to lose by trying;)


I know this is a totally different scale but might give you an idea


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Hi Paul, Thanks for the video on re-cutting tyres, until I became disabled I was a HGV Fitter for 35+years & have recut a few tyres myself LOL...


As my model building is mostly of the OOB type I am going to leave the tyres as slicks :smiling3:


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Ray & Colin, thanks for your input, as wheels & tyres now fitted & different size wheels & tyres front & rear


will leave them as they are .


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Ray & Colin, thanks for your input, as wheels & tyres now fitted & different size wheels & tyres front & rear
will leave them as they are .


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Artistic license, something the modelling community (well me certainly) is allowed to use, in bucket loads, by law. !
 
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