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Depends on what you mean by accurate. Anything lighter than pure black is actually delving into the realms of gray and can be attained by adding small amounts of white or gray until the color looks right.
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I don't know if you are an enamel or acrylic guy, but have you considered Tamiya acrylic XF-85 flat rubber black?
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MM enamel has a color called U.S. Army Helo Grey. It's basically the color of asphalt or tires, and I highly recommend it if you use enamels.
as i use acrylics i color mine with MMA engine gray. not as thin as a wash but thinner than paint. and i do a lot of warwheels. the only time i had some flake off badly was when i was putting the rubber tires on the road wheels of the afv club SHO'T KAL.
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Gunze H77 tire black, or I've heard great things about Vallejo rubber. If you wanna mix your own, just add some brown to your black to get a good scale/worn look.
Thanks to all replies, very helpful
Try Tamiya XF-69 Nato Black or MM interior black, both are very very very dark grays.
Tamiya Nato Black
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I agree, Nato black
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My favourite is the Humbrol 32 dark grey - I use it all the time. Hope it helps, have a nice day
Paweł
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i use german grey wich is dark enough for me
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I've used the Vallejo rubber paint and it looks great, even feels like rubber too.
Phil
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Again thanks to all replies .seem to be a lot of options out there
Yup, I'm part of the Tamiya NATO Black club.
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I mix Tamiya Flat Black with their German Gray
It depends on the environment. Sometimes a little brown helps. Testors makes a rubber color, but to me it is TOO brown. If you are going to be weathering, just a gray is fine. Account for a dusty environment with weathering. But the color of a tire (other than brand new just unwrapped) will vary from mfg to mfg and by other factors. Almost any really dark gray with just a smidgeon of color will be better than a flat black. I leave the flat black (out of bottle) for cavities that I don't want to drill out but still look like an opening.
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Low-Tech, but it worked: I tried mixing Old Fashioned Testors Tiny Bottles using 90% Gloss Black and 10% Flat White . . . and got decent results.
Wow... nobody even noticed that Mission Model Paints has a color called Tire Black.
Linden Hill also has Worn Tire Black as well. Both are spot on especially for aircraft tires. Flat Black, NATO Black doesn't look too accurate for tires color. Too stark. Rubber you probably could pass for it but not without a little black muxed in. German Grey... maybe. I never use that color for tires.
Panzer Aces 'new' dark rubber and their 'old' light rubber. I paint the sidewalls light rubber then dry brush the tread dark rubber.
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I like Testors in the small bottle flat rubber. Has a hint of brown and to me looks like weathered rubber with that dark weird shade , not black or brown.
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plasticjunkie From 2013 and still alive. I like Testors in the small bottle flat rubber. Has a hint of brown and to me looks like weathered rubber with that dark weird shade , not black or brown.
I still see new bottles in the rack occasionally, but they seem to run that color infrequently :-(
I find Tamiya German grey a nice color for tires.
Hi Pawel!
I use that as well as a mix of mine. Dark slate Humbrol with a drop of Deep Brown to do it. The Deep brown is an old Floquil bottle I have that is only a quarter used up.
Tanker-Builder Hi Pawel! I use that as well as a mix of mine. Dark slate Humbrol with a drop of Deep Brown to do it. The Deep brown is an old Floquil bottle I have that is only a quarter used up.
You said the magic name, You wonder what gets into the heart of man to take such a thing off the market as Floquil was..... Great paint, best seller and poof gone !
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