Great for tires...

I generally use flat black on my tires and then dry-brush some light grey on the treads and just a hint on the sidewalls before I wash with black.

Groot

I should mention that color would be perfect for all WW aircrafts. It's not a dark grey but more like a worn black.

I came across an oddball color from an oddball model paint company from Russia at my LHS in the clearance bin. When I first tried it, I was amazed that it does look like the same color as old tires. Perfect for aircraft tires. The company is Akah, the color is Old Tire Dark Grey (#79043)  

Here's the website of their company (and yes it's in Russian):

www.akanshop.ru

This is not a brand found anywhere but most likely someone must have brought it in from an estate sale or something.

Hey, whattya want for a buck? LOL!

I've had good results using Humbrol 32 dark grey matt enamel.

I do something similar to what Hogan does.  I mix German Neutral Gray and Flat Black Model Color from Vallejo and you can get the desired shade and brush it on.  Works very well for me.

John

Hello!

The trick is to use dark grey here - a little while in the sun or a little dust and the tires aren't really black anymore. If you tried it, you would be surprised how light this gray could be and you still get away with it :-) Plus, you could always use a black wash on top of it to bring out the thread pattern and the likes. Hope it helps, have a nice day

Paweł

Up until about two years ago, I never could find a suitable color to use -- nothing looked right to me.  But I finally did find great color and have been using it ever since.  It's Vallejo Black Gray.  It looks just like rubber to me and hand-brushes very, very well. I get it at Hobby Lobby using a 40%-off coupon whenever I need some.

FWIW, Micromark has introduced a new paint line called MicroLux. If my info is right, they contracted directly with Vallejo. Can't recall if I heard this from MicroMark or Vallejo.

Grimy black is available, however it is acrylic. Floquil was solvent based, right?

I saw that rubber black in my LHS the other day for the first time. Is there much difference between the two.

I only started using the NATO recently and got 3 jars lol.

i used to use polyscale scaleblack. now i "paint" my black vinyl tires engine gray. by "paint" i mean thinned but not as thin as a wash. after dirtying they look fine.

RotorHead10

Uh oh. Didnt hear about floquil going OOC. Gonna have to go stock up now. Who bought that division? Or did testors fold that line?

I haven't been able to find the most popular Floquil paints on store shelves for some time.........presumably due to the same reason ammo is scarce in the states;.hoarding.

Chrisk-k

different people use different colors for tires. I used to use Tamiya Nato Black for tires and liked the result.  Nowadays, I use Tamiya Rubber Black, which works just perfect for me.

I saw that rubber black in my LHS the other day for the first time. Is there much difference between the two.

I only started using the NATO recently and got 3 jars lol.

Floquil Grimy Black disappeared from the shelves of every hobby shop in Chicago when the announcement was issued that Floquil would no longer be produced.

I will look for the Tamiya equivalent mentioned by  Chrisk-k in this thread.

Me, Testors  rubber,  then weather/dust according to need.

Different people use different colors for tires. I used to use Tamiya Nato Black for tires and liked the result.  Nowadays, I use Tamiya Rubber Black, which works just perfect for me.