Scale Model Basics: Painting road wheels

Welcome to FineScale Modeler magazine's Scale Model Basics: Painting Road Wheels! This video provides faster, easier ways to paint your scale model's wheels and tires.
00:10 Intro
00:56 Hand-painting the tires
02:57 Processes for clipping and cleaning the road wheels
03:24 Airbrushing tires and using a template for the wheel
04:13 In the workshop: showing the process
05:21 Pros and Cons of each method
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[@aaawwweeee]

Painting so many wheels were really frustrating and your methods would make my modeling much easier and more enjoyable. Thanks !!! Great vid.

[@FineScaleModelermagazine]

Glad we could help!

[@stevemercer952]

Great practical advice in an excellent video. As a tip, for rubber tyred Road wheels on tanks, try using XF-85 rubber black instead of natural matt black. You'll notice the improvement straight away! Model on!

[@crazylocha2515]

Both great tips, especially with 3 tanks in the stash 👍.

[@FineScaleModelermagazine]

We are glad you found them helpful!

[@Brazpastrop]

Another option for painting the rubber pârts of the wheels is the use of those paint markers from Molotow for exemple.

[@Velcroshoeguy]

I have also used the quick wheel sets

[@travelinlightbill]

Great video. I have several Panzer IIIs and IVs in my stash and their numerous and tiny wheels are a pain. Gonna give technique 2 a try. Thanks!

[@michaelcooke2559]

Very nice techniques. Great video as always. Thanks for sharing.

[@FineScaleModelermagazine]

Thanks for watching!

[@DeLuca_L]

Great video !! Thanks

[@FineScaleModelermagazine]

Glad you liked it!

[@billysayers7941]

I found this very helpful I've started building a model car. And I sometimes struggle a little bit on wheels finding the write and easiest way to do them on both cars and aircraft's.

[@FineScaleModelermagazine]

Glad it helped!

[@billysayers7941]

What paints are best to use for model cars and to polish I'm using enamel paint to do this..and would be ok to wet and dry sand paper. And if I wet sand will it bring off the enamel paint.?

[@plasticbuzzardmodelshop9715]

👌

[@toastytoaster9678]

There is a third technique for painting road wheels: intern. ;)