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MikeC General

Posts : 2221 Join date : 2013-08-25 Location : Toronto, Ontario
 | Subject: Masking rubber tires Thu Sep 29, 2016 1:10 pm | |
| Question for everyone. I just got a metal Heng Long Sherman lower and can't seem to find a way to take apart the bogies so that I can remove the rubber tires before painting. So now I am thinking maybe I can mask the rubber tires on the bogies instead. Would masking liquid wrack the rubber tires ? Maybe I can even use hot glue which I know would come off the rubber tires afterwards. I guess I can try masking tape as well and then scrap off any leakage ? |
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kaptain Jack Sergeant


Posts : 294 Join date : 2012-06-15 Location : Richmond Hill, ont.
 | Subject: Re: Masking rubber tires Thu Sep 29, 2016 1:43 pm | |
| Mike, you can brash on grease on the tiers.... |
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MikeC General

Posts : 2221 Join date : 2013-08-25 Location : Toronto, Ontario
 | Subject: Re: Masking rubber tires Thu Sep 29, 2016 1:44 pm | |
| Then what ? Wipe it off after ? Can I use something like Vaseline ? |
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Strato50 General


Posts : 2095 Join date : 2012-03-28 Age : 35 Location : Hamilton, On
 | Subject: Re: Masking rubber tires Thu Sep 29, 2016 1:58 pm | |
| Tape is my friend, although I'd also like to know how they come off  _____________________________________________ Tiger I - Panzer III - Panzer IV - Chi Nu Kai - Panther G - KV-1b 756(r) M4A3(76) Sherman - T-34/85 - M3 Grant
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dgsselkirk General


Posts : 2386 Join date : 2013-02-12 Age : 61 Location : Kitchener ON
 | Subject: Re: Masking rubber tires Thu Sep 29, 2016 2:33 pm | |
| Hobby rubber masking liquid is the easiest to use and no, won't hurt the tires... _____________________________________________ "There are things in Russia which are not as they seem..." Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov
Too many tanks, not enough time....
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Stince General


Posts : 2303 Join date : 2012-03-21 Age : 46 Location : Windsor, Ontario
 | Subject: Re: Masking rubber tires Thu Sep 29, 2016 2:37 pm | |
| When I did mine, I just used painters tape. Any paint that leaked in was easy to scrap off the rubber after it dried. _____________________________________________ HL Panzer III | HL Tiger | HL Jagdpanther | HL Panther | Mato Sherman Hooben Elefant | HL Pershing | HL Bergepanzer IV | Tamiya Leopard 1A | WSN T-34 HL "Golden" Pan-Tiger | M16 Halftrack | HL Panzer IV | Tamiya KV-1 | Tamiya Tiger
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Negaduck Lieutenant


Posts : 714 Join date : 2013-01-03 Age : 36 Location : Pickering Ontario
 | Subject: Re: Masking rubber tires Thu Sep 29, 2016 2:51 pm | |
| like dean said liquid mask. i use Parma liquid mask a lot and its only $12 for 8oz. its what i used on my tiger 1 _____________________________________________ I do things in the name of science but first hold my beer
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Airbrushler Field Marshal


Posts : 2545 Join date : 2012-04-27 Age : 56 Location : Windsor, ON
 | Subject: Re: Masking rubber tires Thu Sep 29, 2016 8:07 pm | |
| masking tape $1 probably Dollar store i used on all the Shermans i painted for Motomart  _____________________________________________  |
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Jughead Staff Sergeant


Posts : 351 Join date : 2015-12-20 Age : 55 Location : welland
 | Subject: Re: Masking rubber tires Thu Sep 29, 2016 9:20 pm | |
| Greg , what type of olive drab is on that tank ?or type of paint tamiya , vallejo , etc , looks awesome with the dirt |
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Glen B Major General


Posts : 1796 Join date : 2012-03-22 Age : 68 Location : Fort Erie, Ontario
 | Subject: Re: Masking rubber tires Thu Sep 29, 2016 9:34 pm | |
| I paint the wheels then wipe the paint off the tires, carefully, with some isopropyl alcohol before the paint fully cures.
Gives the tires a weathered look, too. _____________________________________________ "Luck favours the prepared!."
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MikeC General

Posts : 2221 Join date : 2013-08-25 Location : Toronto, Ontario
 | Subject: Re: Masking rubber tires Fri Sep 30, 2016 12:43 am | |
| Thanks everyone for all the great ideas. I will try masking tape it as it seems to be the easiest for the time being. |
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