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You could always undercoat with gesso as it keeps its elasticity.
Nice find! I've never seen tyres sold separately before Edit: regarding painting, whenever I had a toy car with rubber tyres I tried not to undercoat these, sometimes they become eternally sticky. I used them as is with a wash of Vallejo Games Color Earth, it does the trick. It'll be a bit of a chore to remove the mould lines though.
I wonder if, instead of painting, just leave the original rubber, and add some weathering pigments to simulate wear.
May I recommend Liquitex Black Gesso? Better for the tires than a white gesso and it's really good as a product. Even undiluted it shrinks down quite well and preserves detail.
I have recently seen some here : http://www.bemomodels.com/nl/parts-1-50/menu/banden-en-velgen-diversen-322 but found them to be rather pricey.
Since youre from Gent, I found the same 50 tyres-offer (4 euro) in a toy megastore on the N19 (Antwerpse Steenweg - Geel, a couple of hundred yards past McD), similar to a Drealand store but with another name. I bought a few packs and looked for them in the Dreamland store in Oostakker, but no luck. They were in the agricultural toys section (toy tractors etc).Rudi
Still have the mfg name of the 50 pack of tires?
Found this googling http://www.scalefarm.com/_model-kids_kids_globe_farming_toys.htmThe battery operated wind turbine has some uses as well I reckonhttp://www.scalefarm.com/v051897_model-kids_kids_globe_eco_power_wind_turbine.htm
Nice find, I could certainly use a bag of these!!
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