"Flat Tires on Diecast vehicles" Topic

7 Posts

All members in good standing are free to post here. Opinions expressed here are solely those of the posters, and have not been cleared with nor are they endorsed by The Miniatures Page.

Please do not post offers to buy and sell on the main forum.

For more information, see the TMP FAQ.

Back to the 15mm Sci-Fi Message Board

Areas of Interest

Science Fiction

Featured Hobby News Article

Riot Police Released in HOF 15mm Range

MarioMaker – Dreams Scale Model – STAR WARS: The Empire Strikes Back – Replica Studio Scale IMPERIAL Probe Droid

Top-Rated Ruleset

FUBAR

Rating:

Featured Workbench Article

Drilling Holes in Minis - Part I

Editor in Chief Bill experiments with Finger Drills.

Featured Profile Article

First Look: Modiphius' Institute Core Box

Need post-apocalyptic robots?

Featured Movie Review

Incredible 2-Headed Transplant, The

Please sign in to your membership account, or, if you are not yet a member, please sign up for your free membership account.

Jeff W	14 Feb 2012 11:49 a.m. PST
Anyone done broken down wrecks of diecast vehicles with flat tires? Any suggestions on how to do it? I was thinking of just paring the tire back to the hub and remodeling with greenstuff, but if anyone has a quicker method, I'd appreciate it.
Editor in Chief Bill	14 Feb 2012 11:54 a.m. PST
Might experiment with heating with a cigarette lighter, then smashing the vehicle down on a suitable surface. (I assume the tires are rubber or plastic?)
Mako11	14 Feb 2012 12:22 p.m. PST
Yea, that'd probably work best. A dremel, or grinder would work too. The hot, metal bar, pushed forcefully against the tire would probably work best though, in order to help control the melting, and to get the desired shape.
WeeSparky	14 Feb 2012 12:27 p.m. PST
A cheap non-stick frying pan? I would definitely recommend disassembling the vehicles and doing just the axle and tires.
ordinarybass	14 Feb 2012 1:31 p.m. PST
If you've got a soldering iron, it would probably melt things in a nice controled fashion. If you don't have one, you can probably get one from harbor freight for a couple bucks.
CorSecEng	14 Feb 2012 5:19 p.m. PST
I tried to make a wreck by smashing the car with a hammer a few dozen times and burning it. It works but don't expect any of the plastic to survive :) They look great as burned out husks. I've never tried to do flat tires. Could be hard to get it to look like a flat tire and not a slightly melted tire.
000 Triple Aught	14 Feb 2012 11:38 p.m. PST
I agree with the others that if the tires are plastic, heating (not melting) them and then pressing the heated plastic against a flat non-stick surface would be the best method.

Sorry - only verified members can post on the forums.