So how does one get rid of wheel sprue attachment points...

With any wheel i slice off any left over attachment and then go over with a soft sanding stick, this will conform to the wheels and help prevent flat spots. Its harder with aircraft wheels which tend to have molded on detail. This usually removes it no problems. Roughing up the wheels does work if they have rubber rims, but not steel ones, so its worth being able to remove it without reliying on covering it up.

I can't add anything to what Bish said; however, I will make one request:  Please don't appologize for asking questions...

cbaltrin

I can't add anything to what Bish said...

Likewise, except to say that a good-quality pair of flush-cutting sprue nippers can minimize all the necessary cleanup. The slight extra expense is well worth it!

Cut them off close and sand them,gotta be careful not to flatten them though,I like to roll my wheel along the sanding stick

What Greg said.

ScaleModeler_1973

I am sure this question has been posed many times before (but I could not find a thread with its answer on the forum).

The serch engine is horiffic on this site. I'll search for one of my own threads, enter all possable ke words and the return is something I never asked.

It's easer to just ask again. If someone finds the question that was asked earler they can and often will attach a link. 

The better the nipper or sharper the knife you use to remove it from the sprue, the better.  Then I clean up the sprue with a needle file.  I personally find needle files preferrable to sanding sticks.

Ditto, What Tojo72 said!

 With this note. When I cut any wheel or wheel and tire part off the sprue I do NOT cut as close to it as possible. I leave a little nub that I gently sand off, then rotate the item a few times  on the sanding tool,to make sure it is round.

modelcrazy

The serch engine is horiffic on this site. I'll search for one of my own threads, enter all possable ke words and the return is something I never asked.

Just as an FYI, searching through a regular engine like Google and simply adding the term 'Finescale' is a lot faster and simpler.

I don't even bother with the on-site search function, since it has never proved useful.

OK, many thanks to the many people who shared (their knowledge and experience). Encouraging also that 'repeat'/new to the hobby questions are not frowned upon (this is a friendly and respectful forum). In reading and processing what folks have posted/suggested here, I think that my error is that I have been using my hobby knife (and sometimes sprue cutters) to try to cut too flushly against the edge of the wheel. When I take a hobby magnifier/loupe to them, I can see that the roughness after I cut/clip from the sprue is actually incuse (into) the surface of some of my wheels (No amount of sanding/flattening will ever get them completely smooth (smacking side of head:( Thankfully, these sprue attahcment marks don't look nearly as bad when seen with the naked eye. The point is just that  I think (as some posters have pointed out) one really does need to cut farther from the surface of the wheel to leave a nub, some kind of outward protrusion to smooth down. Sounds like I need to both work smarter and research smarter with searching for existing threads too. I am going to try to improve my sprue wheel cutting/sanding technique with my current build (I recently started working on a Tamiya Pershing 1/35th kit- and it has plenty of wheels). Thanks again.

I'll nip my tire (wheel) part off the sprue (but not close to the part) then use my nail clipper to eliminate the remainder. The radius on the clipper head suits nearly every size. After that, a bit of buffing with a #400 sanding stick in the direction of rotation and a few fast buffs across my blue jeans. Works fine, no problems. Been using nail clippers since 1960.