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1 35 scale Duece and a half or 2 1/2 ton cargo truck replacement tires?

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  • From: Oil City, PA
1 35 scale Duece and a half or 2 1/2 ton cargo truck replacement tires?
Posted by greentracker98 on Saturday, November 21, 2015 1:40 PM

I'm going to do the Tamiya cargo truck and I'm looking for real rubber tires for it. Does anyone make them? I have yet to find real rubber for our model planes. Does anyone make them?

 

Thanks

 

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Posted by HeavyArty on Saturday, November 21, 2015 2:59 PM

No, noone that I know of makes rubber AM tires.  Most poeple replace the rubber kit tires w/AM resin ones.  Pretty much all AM replacement wheels/tires are in resin.

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Posted by Bish on Saturday, November 21, 2015 3:19 PM
I have never come across rubber AM tires either, only resin. Wouldn't rubber degrade over time.

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Posted by greentracker98 on Saturday, November 21, 2015 3:47 PM

Thanks guys, I have quite few trucks & car models. the rubber tires on them seem to be okay. I've done 3 cars that I owned. My First car was a 1965 Chevy Impala. I asked my dad to find a car for me, and he came home with the chevy and it was painted Evening Orchid, so my model is painted that color too.My 2nd was a 1965 Ford Galaxie, and then I had a 1972 GMC Sprint. These are some of the models I've done. The Impala was the first car model I did when I got back into modeling. The GMC was an El Camino, with a GMC label. I wish I still had that one. I found out there were very few of them made.

Thanks again

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Posted by SprueOne on Saturday, November 21, 2015 6:03 PM

The above replies are true but if you absolutely NEED "rubber" tires for your model, try diecast vehicles for thier wheels. 

Fairfield Collectibles is one source

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