tire seams

Randy,
I had to sand the tread off some tires once for a project, and I made a jig out of a bolt, nut, and two fender washers to sandwich the tire. Then I chucked it in a drill and ran it across sandpaper til all tread was gone. If you stopped short of making 'may-pops', that might work for you.

I haven't tried it yet but I read a tip somewhere about someone using disposable razors to shave the flash off.. I've found that some of the tires I just shave it off with a sharp blade, some I can trim with a large pair of nail clippers and the rest I chuck in a drill as Holley said and sand 'em.

But I've got a set of slicks now with a pretty nice sink hole in them and don't know what I'm gonna do about that.

HEY,
Yea, ive tried to shave it off and it leaves a flat spot in the middle while the rest of the tire has tread. I like the sanding technique.

Randy

If you have a Dremel or its equivalent, get some used bits from your dentist and chuck that instead of the tire. go lightly around the tire with the bit. if you take tread off. it will look like you ran over inflated tires.

dubix88,

The technique I use is a nice sharp hobby knife to get rid of the flash and then sandpaper. You don't necessarily have to put it in a chuck(but if this works--great!). I use a piece of really coarse automotive sandpaper to give it the right effect. I prefer to sand the tread to make them look as though they've been on the road for a few miles.
Hope this helps!

Carlos

sometimes you can use fingernail clippers to trim the flash off(depends on the size of the tire),then go with the sandpaper.I use 180 grit.

I hate two things in car modelin': the clear parts ( always too thick ! ), and these pesty tyres mouldin' flashes...!
A good trick before to start sandin'...Put the tyres in the freezer durin' a couple of hours to cool and harden them: it 'll makes the sandin' easier...!
And if it doesn' t work, try a more radical approach: cast the whole tyre set in resin...!

HEY,
I could do resin if i knew how and if i had the right stuff. I am too much of an ameture to do that. I dont even have an airbrush yet! Workin on that one though.

Randy

ive herd about putting the tires in the freezer until there hard and sanding the tire

I tried what cferrero did and thought that it turned out well. It does look like the tires have had a few miles on them. I found that I had a use a new, sharp blade and just follow the tire and try not to "dig in" with the blade.

Jerry