A340MAINIA Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 What are people's preferred method of painting wheels, mainly in 1:144? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyJ Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 (edited) I usually brush paint the hub then blutac the wheel on a turntable(made from part of an old VCR), spin the wheel and apply paint to tyre with very fine brush while it spins. Edited February 16, 2015 by MikeyJ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I paint the whole thing in my chosen tire colour, then when it's dry I either brush paint the wheel, or twirl a paint marker around to do it. If it's large enough I cover the wheel with masking tape, score around the rim with a sharp pin, peel out the centre and spray the wheel colour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raguk Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 For quick results,I use a circular template available from the likes of WHSmiths, Paint the wheel first then hold the hub behind the correct diameter hole and spary the hub, Takes seconds to complete a number of wheels just ensure they are alinged correctly befgore starting, Take a look at this easy to follow set of pics, Hope it helps Rick 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A340MAINIA Posted February 17, 2015 Author Share Posted February 17, 2015 Thanks guys!! I'll be trying all proposed techniques. I have in the past hand painted them, they come out okay but nothing like Ricks do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garryrussell Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 (edited) Often there is a rim. In that case, paint the wheel then thin the tyre colour way down. Load a bit on a brush and touch near the rim. Capillary action sweeps it around the rim in a jiffy. Let dry a bit...quick with so much thinner an then paint up to the paint line. If no rim, you can often do the same by first painting the tyre then do the above with the wheel. Edited February 17, 2015 by garryrussell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveCromie Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Like the circular template method Rik, might need to get myself one of those. At the moment, I use a set of fairly basic punches (I think they were about £5 or so on evil-bay) that range from about 4mm to about 30mm in diameter to cut small circles of Tamiya tape to cover the wheel after it has been painted then paint the tyre... Cheers DC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thankyousam Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Often there is a rim. In that case, paint the wheel then thin the tyre colour way down. Load a bit on a brush and touch near the rim. Capillary action sweeps it around the rim in a jiffy. Let dry a bit...quick with so much thinner an then paint up to the paint line. If no rim, you can often do the same by first painting the tyre then do the above with the wheel. I've used this technique the few models where I've got as far as wheels. Also detailed here, which is where I learnt about it: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4210-how-to-paint-tyrewheel-edges Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winenut Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 I use all the techniques listed above. Spray tyre colour first then Circular plastic template and spray rim Painting the rim then thinning the tyre colour and applying around edge of rim with brush utilising capillary action Spraying whole wheel rim colour then using circular masks on the rim and spraying the tyre (I'm lazy and bought a bunch of various sized circle masks on a pre-cut sheet!) All these techniques give good results ....sometime depends what sort of tyre and rim you are looking at as to which method you utilise. You'll have great looking wheels with all these techniques.. Cheers Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A340MAINIA Posted February 19, 2015 Author Share Posted February 19, 2015 Thanks guys, I will be trying all of these later on the varying number of spare wheels I've accumulated over the years 😊 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winenut Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Wheely? LOL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aimee'sDad Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 For quick results,I use a circular template available from the likes of WHSmiths, Paint the wheel first then hold the hub behind the correct diameter hole and spary the hub, Takes seconds to complete a number of wheels just ensure they are alinged correctly befgore starting, Take a look at this easy to follow set of pics, Hope it helps Rick I have GOT to get me one of these! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discodaz Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I have GOT to get me one of these! Was thinking the very same thing..but also thinking wh smith went bust many years ago didn't it? Ebay here I come Daz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discodaz Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 For those interested,a fair few on ebay at various prices Eg,......http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=121380392117 Daz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Was thinking the very same thing..but also thinking wh smith went bust many years ago didn't it? Ebay here I come Daz WH Smith are still trading. Of course, other stationers are available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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