Blown out tire (Update, pics of how I did it)

lizardqing

Member since
July 2003
From: Dahlonega, Georgia

Blown out tire (Update, pics of how I did it)

Posted by lizardqing on Thursday, February 19, 2004 1:51 AM

Just wondering if anyone may have an idea on how to go about giving a rubber tire the look that the side has blown out and had to be changed. Thanks.

I got to messing around with the tire with one hand and hapened to have an exacto in the other and before I knew it the tire was blown out. I flipped it inside out and made a slice along the edge of the tread where large tires normally seperate. After turning it right side out I scuffed the tread up with sand paper and mounted it on the wheel. The sidewall where it is cut is pulled out from the tire and the treads are sunken in all htough kind of hard to tell with the pics. I glued it on the rim with the edge shown off the rim. Here are the pics, best I could get anyway of how it turned out.

Let me know what you think, commments are most welcome since this is my first try at this.

Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 19, 2004 2:16 AM

If its actual rubber you could split the side with a surgical blade, attach a pin to the inner rim through the tire and fasten it to the dio. This will pull the rim down onto the "deflated" tire and add the illusion of weight.
If its just a hard plastic tire, use a soldering iron to melt the tire to shape. Heat the area to be split and use a sharp blade.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 19, 2004 2:18 AM

Ok, you are facing 2 problems there:

If the tire is a rubber than the tire walls are way too thick to distend/collapse them nicely.
Try cutting/scraping the rubber away from the inside till you only got a very thin skin left, this should do the trick. Turning the Tire inside out will help.
Adding a bit of weight into your model will also help, as well as drilling a hole into the rim for air to escape

If the Tire is an injection molded tire than your best deal is to chop it and use putty to redo the widened part of the Tire.

Just some thoughts from the top of my head.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 19, 2004 2:25 AM

you can cut a long sprue, put it inside the tire pushing the tirewall away.
if it's solid rubber, MMF got the tips hehe

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lizardqing

Member since
July 2003
From: Dahlonega, Georgia

Posted by lizardqing on Thursday, February 19, 2004 2:32 AM

It is the actual rubber kind. The thought I had was to have it one the truck where the spare normally sits as if it had allready been changed. Just a thought to try and do something out of the norm.

Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 19, 2004 3:41 AM

Ok, if it sits on the rim that it will be a bit easier as they tire will be more deflated than deformed.
i.e. the upper most side of the tire will be slightly lower and exposing the edge of the rim.

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cassibill

Member since
February 2003
From: Indiana, USA

Posted by cassibill on Thursday, February 19, 2004 8:32 AM

What about the hub difference between the regular tire and the "doughnut"? Maybe he's like my mom and saves the best tire when they get replaced, buys a good wheel and has the tire put on it.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 19, 2004 3:57 PM

I think what Chris means is that he wants to simulated a tire that when flat and was shredded, the tire was changed, and the blown tire is in there spare position.

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mark956

Member since
February 2003
From: USA

Posted by mark956 on Thursday, February 19, 2004 4:43 PM

Interesting Chris, what are going to be doing this on?
mark956

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lizardqing

Member since
July 2003
From: Dahlonega, Georgia

Posted by lizardqing on Thursday, February 19, 2004 5:53 PM

It'll be the one on the side of the M26. Figured I would show that they had problems of thier own to deal with as well as those of the tank crews.

Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop

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renarts

Member since
April 2003
From: Sunny Florida

Posted by renarts on Thursday, February 19, 2004 8:23 PM

Best I could think of Chris was, time to break out the putty and do a little sculpting.

Mike

Mike "Imagination is the dye that colors our lives" Marcus Aurellius A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"

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