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Rubber? Tire black? hmmm...

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Rubber? Tire black? hmmm...
Posted by Robh22 on Sunday, May 30, 2010 12:03 PM

Was wondering what you all use to paint the tires of your armor? I don't like the look of just 'black'. Looks too, I dunno, new..fake..something. I'm having trouble finding Tire Black..although I was able to find Testors Rubber.

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  • From: Bridgeview, Illinois
Posted by mg.mikael on Sunday, May 30, 2010 12:14 PM

Floquil Weathered Black......http://www.testors.com/products/133608

One of the most realistic shades of black I ever came across, when it dries you'd swear it was real weathered rubber.

 

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  • From: Western North Carolina
Posted by Tojo72 on Sunday, May 30, 2010 12:30 PM

I mix Tamiya flat black with Tamiya German Grey

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  • From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State
Posted by rjkplasticmod on Sunday, May 30, 2010 12:45 PM

I use either Floquil Weathered Black or Grimey Black.

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  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Sunday, May 30, 2010 1:04 PM

Testors Rubber is a shade that is a rally really dark brown. To my eye it looks more like the sidewalls of tires that have a heavy coating of brake dust rather than any weathered rubber itself. Polly Scale's Scale Balck is also a good choice. Gunze made a Tire Black shade that was excelelnt but since their acrylic line now appears to be unobtainalbe here in the US, it is nothing more than a memory. Lightening any Flat Black just a shade with some Dark Gray will get you a nice home made tire black if you cant find the Polly Scale or Floquil paints.

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, May 30, 2010 1:32 PM

Look at real tyres......most of the ones I've seen are not black at all but a brownish-black or charcoal grey color...

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  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Monday, May 31, 2010 9:05 AM

While there are a number of "almost" black paints you can buy, I generally mix my own. I add either a little flat white or flat tan to the flat black.  Each model then has a unique shade on the tires, but so what, that is what real life is.  Go out and take pictures of tires, you will find each car (or plane or whatever) has a somewhat unique color.

Only cars in a show, which have had a fresh coat of "tire paint" are ever really black.

In fact, I reserve real flat black right from the bottle for duplicating "openings".  All else- real surfaces- I add some lightness too.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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  • From: Goffstown, NH
Posted by New Hampshire on Monday, May 31, 2010 9:24 AM

Tamiya NATO Black works for me.  It has an VERY subtle greenish grey tint to it and is not as stark as regular black.

Brian

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  • From: Truro Nova Scotia, Canada
Posted by SuppressionFire on Monday, May 31, 2010 9:28 AM

Mix flat black with a dab of flat light blue. After dry brush with flat black and weather with suitable ground color to get the rubber look. Shine on wear surfaces can be added with skin grease swiped from your forehead with a brush.

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