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andreis

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How to make rubber tyre fender?
« on: May 14, 2015, 01:54:15 pm »


Hi guys,
I would like to make my own fender tyres for model boats. Well … my interest would be 1/48 in scale, but the question is more generic: what would be the best approach for making them?


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Andrei
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Re: How to make rubber tyre fender?
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2015, 01:58:59 pm »

If you have one already then its a question of making a two part silicone mould and then casting them in resin. Tomake them from scratch is a whole new ballgame!

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Re: How to make rubber tyre fender?
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2015, 02:34:23 pm »

If you have one already then its a question of making a two part silicone mould and then casting them in resin. Tomake them from scratch is a whole new ballgame!
Assuming I have a master model, a two parts silicon mold will be fine, but I want rubber tyres, not resin.
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Re: How to make rubber tyre fender?
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2015, 02:43:50 pm »

I found an usefull article. Not English tutorial finally, but can use Google translate:
http://www.modelsbuzz.com/making-rubber-tires-for-scale-models-934205.html
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Re: How to make rubber tyre fender?
« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2015, 03:12:47 pm »

Can't you work the other way round and make a hard plaster mould and create silicone tyres?
Plaster of Paris and black silicone left to cure for a couple of days.
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Re: How to make rubber tyre fender?
« Reply #6 on: May 14, 2015, 03:55:20 pm »

You can get rubberised casting resins which set to give a hard rubber material.
[url][/http://www.sylmasta.com/acatalog/Sylmasta-PU21-BLACK--0.61kg--881.html#SID=139url]


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