Tyres, Help! Need rubber Tyres.

[Jimbob454]

Hey guys, I was at a toy fair the other day and spotted a couple of ROCO UniMogs! ha, perfect for my next TTTT project. I grabbed them both for $5 nzd! the only problem is, they have plastic tyres.

I was wondering if anyone has a set of 4 rubber offroad tyres for the Uni Mog I could buy? Killer?

Thanks,
Tim.

[Thorsten]

Hi Jimbob,
there is a ROCO spare kit "Tyres" availible. Inside youll find 2 kinds of rubber tyres. The smaller one is good for the unimog.

Another hint. Herpa sales "Offroad Truck wheels" in a small box. They comes out including rubber tyres, wheels and axles. This one also good for the ROCO unimog.

As the last way I suggess you: You can also make tyres by your own.
Take a plastic-tyre in a shape
cant some silicon-rubber inside the shape
So you have a negativ-shape of the tyre

Now you cant latx-rubber inside the shape. After some hours the latex is dry and you can take a wonderfull tyre out of the shape.
(The secret is: silicon and latex dont glue at each other)

Maybee the Roco or Herpa Sparekit is the easier way ;-)

best regards

Thorsten

www.mikromodell.de

[Jimbob454]

Thanks Throsten. I might have a go at making my own tyres

Tim.

[arch2b]

i have lots of the very small lego tires that look like they would fit a slightly larger diameter wheel. they are rubber nad i'm sure teh lego tread pattern would be great for offroading.
they are the knobby ones on the far right..

[Jimbob454]

Ah ha only just saw this post, sorry archy haven't checked here in a while. I have some of those lego tyres but theya re way to big, the uni's hub just slides through the inside. Man some one out there must have some! PLEASE!

Tim.

[arch2b]

see your thread

[freddyg]

not sure if this will help anyone, but i found some neet little rubber tires at both walmart and walgreens, they come on some offbrand hotwheels type toys, one was a 4 wheeler and the other was a pullback type truck, they might be a bit large but seem like they would be a nice starting point.