Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds
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I picked this little tip up from another site and thought some of you may want to try it if you haven't already.
My pictures don't show it as I had already started to paint in the wheels before I saw the post but the entire tyres are painted your preference in colour, I use Tamiya XF-85 Rubber Black.
The circle template is then used to find the right size diameter and then masked off around the relevant choice.
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You can use a little blutack to hold the wheel in place if you don't fancy holding it in place yourself.
Make sure you spray it straight on then remove the tyre.
If like these tyres the rims are recessed a little you may get some over spray on the rubber of the tyre, simple make a thin wash of the colour your using and let the capillary action take the paint to the wheel rim edges.
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I honestly think its so much faster than having to carefully paint in the rims or taking ages making masks.
Adrian
My pictures don't show it as I had already started to paint in the wheels before I saw the post but the entire tyres are painted your preference in colour, I use Tamiya XF-85 Rubber Black.
The circle template is then used to find the right size diameter and then masked off around the relevant choice.
View attachment 90313
View attachment 90314
You can use a little blutack to hold the wheel in place if you don't fancy holding it in place yourself.
Make sure you spray it straight on then remove the tyre.
If like these tyres the rims are recessed a little you may get some over spray on the rubber of the tyre, simple make a thin wash of the colour your using and let the capillary action take the paint to the wheel rim edges.
View attachment 90315
View attachment 90316
I honestly think its so much faster than having to carefully paint in the rims or taking ages making masks.
Adrian