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How to paint red circles on Nascar style wheels?

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How to paint red circles on Nascar style wheels?
Posted by davecww1 on Sunday, December 21, 2008 3:26 PM

Anyone know how the red pinstripes around the inner lip of the wheels are done on Nascar kits?  Are there decals available for these?  I'm working on a 1982 Z-28 Indy Pace car and this has me stumped.  I tried to use a rapidograph pen but the only ink that was close to red was magenta and it ended up looking pink when it dried over the aluminum.  Wondering how these are done on the black nascar wheels.

Dave

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Posted by VIPER0177 on Sunday, December 21, 2008 7:08 PM
If you mean the rim edge nexy to the tire. Try spraying scrap cardboard with red then press the rims to it while the paints wet.
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Posted by Summit on Sunday, December 21, 2008 7:18 PM
Sign - Ditto [#ditto] except I used Wax Paper with a piece of glass or similar smooth hard surface under instead of cardboard.
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Posted by davecww1 on Sunday, December 21, 2008 9:42 PM

Good idea but unfortunately the red circle is inside the raised lip which will stay aluminum - see attached link (I don't know how to post photos here)

Thanks,

Dave

http://members.cox.net/davecww1/pacecar%20wheel.jpg

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Posted by 666Irish on Monday, December 22, 2008 6:26 AM

Possibly a very fine tip red pen and a steady hand.

Perhaps a .005 tip archival pen used for marking photographs. Might take a couple of applications, though.

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Posted by Summit on Monday, December 22, 2008 6:44 PM
 davecww1 wrote:

Good idea but unfortunately the red circle is inside the raised lip which will stay aluminum

Thanks,

Dave

 

Doh

Hmmph  so I did them wrong all those years. That's what I get for not being a fan of nascar and using tips from other magazines. 

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Posted by davecww1 on Friday, December 26, 2008 6:41 PM

Hi Summitt,

it might be correct for the nascar wheels but if you cut & paste the link I had in my last photo it shows the wheel from the actual car I'm trying to build, and it is not too easy, that's why I was asking if decals are available for the Nascar wheels. But if the Nascar wheels are only red on the outer lip then you are doing them right, I'm just not asking the correct question.

Dave

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Posted by davecww1 on Friday, December 26, 2008 7:12 PM

Thanks Irish. Will have to check out Michael's. 

Dave

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Posted by RcrX1197 on Saturday, January 3, 2009 5:26 PM

Hi Dave,

What I've done for years is to paint the red line around the inside of the rim, then once that's dry carefully paint the rim black with a brush, paint marker or even a sharpie.  I've done about 65 cars (x4 wheels) and have several sets of wheels made up for future projects and this method has always worked pretty well.  It takes a fairly steady hand but you get the hang of it.

Just a couple things to note;  If you look closely at full scale wheels, not all of them have red lines.  Wheels that have been repainted a different color by the team won't have lines.  Aero brand wheels used by many teams now have yellow lines.  Basset brand have red lines.  Circle brand wheels actually have thin red and blue lines and these are a little further in from the rim than the other brands.  I've always just painted these with a red line because even on the real thing the blue line is fairly dark.  As they always say - "Check your references".

Hope this helps.  RcrX

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