Roger,
Honest Indian!!! That has got too be the best old school way of doing it yourself. Lets give a nose up to $49 resin tire sets. I did basicly the exact, laminate and shape idea to build an AH-1S exhaust, that in the kit wasn't even close.
I just want you to know , you have now solved my own tire need problem to source tires for one of my projects. CHEERS

I want to do something similar... only I'm going to start with a resin doughnut...................

Roger,
Bravo, dude! As someone who does a fair bit of scratchbuilding myself (with minimum of power tools, I might add) I can appreciate the methods you used in creating tires. A simple technique requiring only patience and thought. Thanks for enlightening us!

Mike Kirchoff

Weee, nice work - when you have done one, do you then cast the rest in resin ?

Rodger, that's an excellent SBS,
You should submit it as a feature How To article.

Tremendous Rog!
Is this something you came up with on your lonesome, or is it an established idea that you have perfected?
Cheers
Brad

I have always wanted to see that process - that is awesome!

And here are some he did earlier---sounds like a Blue Peter sound bite :-) :-)

Excelent work ------thanks for sharing Roger
aye
BARV
(GOSMG)

Wow - I think I need to go buy a case of liquid relaxer.
Don't worry about a written explanation - those photos are 100% great.

Give us an idea of how long it takes to make one wheel/tyre - 1 hour?

Wow...I want that patience too... I need my liquid nerve relaxer!
Cheers Andreas

Thank you for the photos and tips. Please submit this for an article. My hats off to you. These are fantastic. I am going to have to try this.

I can only add to the praise that has already been stated!! Thanks a million for sharing your experience. I have a lathe, but I wasn't laughing, quite the contrary, I was crying because I have to hide behind my wallet... As confuscius said - it is not the tool that makes the master craftsman...

Cheers!!

All I can say is WOW that is pretty kewl!

LOL :-) I had to leave replying to this thread so that I could see some of the other replies to what , in my opinion as well, is the work of a master.

I told you Roger when you first showed me the photos of your stuff, and said this is what I do, that you were miles out of my league and I meant that you were and still are miles ahead of my efforts.

More power to your arm my friend

cheers
Cliff

GULP!

Great "how to" Roger, thanks for sharing that. The pics are very clear and I'll definitely try that out on a project I have in mind for a while. Dunno if I have the skill and patience but I'm good at the part with the liquid so whatever the outcome, I win!

Ach! Bugger the wheels, I'll come and have a liquid with you. That at least I know how to do. :-)

Excellent work and tutorial Roger! This is one I'm printing up and saving for future reference. I have to agree with the others: you should see about making an article about this.

Thanks for sharing your technique.

Steve K.

nice idea of wrapping the tread!
I'll have to try your technique on the DM800

loverly jubberly !!---could read this for ever
aye
BARV
(GOSMG)