Mosquito tyres in 1/48th, are any accurate?

[Troy Smith]

I mentioned this in this thread, http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234941813-mosquito-cockpit/

but got no comments.

This is a musuem B.35, but the tyres looks the same as the clear pics of wartime ones.

like this, if you look carefully.

my point is no 1/48th tyres actually look like this!

counting from other photos, it looks like the tyre has approx 40 bands of segments, the Tamiya tyres have about 50-52 bands, [it's fun trying to count them!] making each segment too small. also, they tend not to show the stagged nature of the sections.

I've not got a camera to hand, or i'd post up some pics. The closest to 40 segments, and a modifiable grid pattern seem to be the Airfix, and they'd need some of lines making up a grid pattern filled, and some rescribed to replicate the above pics.

In this I feel madness awaits....

I went on a hunt for pics of the Airfix tyres

found this model pic

here http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal5/4601-4700/gal4673_Mosquito_Lachance/00.shtm

which is a neat build of the Airfix kit.

Note they have less bands of tread compared to the Tamiya ones.

best pic I could find

real one for easy comparison.

Oh, 1/48th tyres examined were Airfix, Revell, Tamiya, Monogram, True Details resin and some old Paragon ones for a prototype conversion.

here's the True Details pattern.

This is from memory of one night having a good peer at the Mosquito tyres.

They maybe different on other marks? Anyone know more?

And there you were in blissful ignorance and now I've made another AMS thing to worry about..and there's not even some decent resin ones...

Anyone know more?