AFV432

Hi guys not to familiar with R/C cars and i need a bit of advice from the experts im building a 1/16th Chevy Quad tractor and im desperate for some help with tyres to run the thing.
my LHS the guy had what i beleive are tamiya rough rider tyres and after a quick measure they seem to fit the bill for the chevy.
now the help bit does anyone nowof any aftermarket tyres designed with the rough rider front tyres in mind?

thanks in advance

plus a few pics of what i have at the moment



with its little bro





the chassis is handmade from brass tube and the running gear is from a M16 half track

Rob

dragnse7en

If you go back to that same LHS, take a ruler with you, and measure the inside diameter of the tire, and the width of the tire bead. Use those measurements as a reference for shopping around for other tires. I'm guessing that the Rough Rider used 1.5 dia wheels, but don't quote me on that.

ThunderbirdJunkie

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That's awesome!

For aftermarket Rough Rider tires, you're probably SOL, but the stock ones would look pretty good on your project.

If your concern is finding more than one pair, you should be fine, since Tamiya re-released the Fast Atack Vehicle which looks like the same tires.

AFV432

Many thanks Thunderbirdjunkie

the rough rider front tyres look very close what i scaled up are 68mm O.D. with a 30mm I.D. 18mm wide
and the rough rider ones are 70mm O.D. with a 30mm I.D and are 20mm wide so very very close infact the more i think on it the more i want them now

i havent seen the tread pattern on the F.A.V ?
infact i cant even seem to find much reference on them at all?

dragnse7en

The F.A.V. shares the same tread pattern with the subaru brat.

ThunderbirdJunkie

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19805108 is the part number. ThunderbirdJunkie can't find any from any reputable online dealers in the US, but there are a few eBay stores that have them.

AFV432

cheers for the feedback dragnse7en

another one to add to the search bar

AFV432

Brilliant just did a search using that number and ive got some great results many thanks for the help ThunderbirdJunkie

ThunderbirdJunkie

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No problem. BTW, is that the 1/35 Tamiya kit you're using for an example? ThunderbirdJunkie built that one a long time ago.

AFV432

it sure is ive got the gun and limber to scale up and build yet as well

got the wheels and tyres for a grand price of £40 so one happy bunny here now to make the suspension

AFV432

ok got the wheels and tyres now some pics to show what they look like





and the older wheels way too skinny and small imho



many thanks for your help with this guys i'll show more soon

Rob

ThunderbirdJunkie

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Dunno, the real gun tractors had some pretty small and skinny tires compared to the rest of the truck. Either way, they definitely look better with a bigger, beefier tire[&:]

AFV432

the Morrris tractor had small skinny tyres but these are 2mm in difference when scaled and as you say they look better

i may use the smaller ones on the morris