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                        Restoring/Adding tire tread

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                        Bones-coa
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Savannah, GA USA
                        Restoring/Adding tire tread
                        Posted by Bones-coa on Friday, February 13, 2004 7:16 PM
                        Modelers, are there any techniques to adding various patterned tread to tires? Ihe kit I'm building has lines running along the circumference of the tires and I know that isn't really accurate. Even if it was, is there a way to restore that if lost in sanding?

                        Thanks.
                        Dana F On the bench: Tamiya DO335B-2 with LOTS of Aires stuff (On Hold) Trumpeter A-10 with LOTS and LOTS of aftermarket goodies! (On Hold) Tamiya 240ZG (In work)
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 13, 2004 8:27 PM
                        Buy the resin tires. If you've lost the tread during sanding, that means you probably have flat spots (plural) along the tread, which would be almost impossible to get rid of. I would pay the $1 - $2 for the resin tires.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 13, 2004 8:29 PM
                        Oh yeah - depending on the aircraft, circumferential tread is very accurate. Many aircraft have that type of tread.
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                        Melgyver
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                          March 2003
                        • From: Lafayette, LA
                        Posted by Melgyver on Friday, February 13, 2004 9:27 PM
                        I have used the razor saw to deepen or make new tread on tires. I bought what looked like a double edged razor blade that had two different sets of saw teeth on them that will make fine cuts. I wish I had bought a couple more. I had got it at the IPMS Nationals in Atlanta in "92" I think.

                        Clear Left!

                        Mel

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