Painting landing gear wheels

[Guest]

we get a lot of foreign coins at the office so i find one the same size as the hub hold it in place the paint around the coin.

Scott

[Guest]

a method i tried recently was to wedge a rod in the hole then stick said rod into my dremel with the idea that i would paint the black wheel slowly whilst rotating rather than moving the brush, if you know what i mean. problem was that i forgot to turn the speed of the dremel down first...............still havnt found the blasted thing.

Sheesh, I just bought a Dremel yesterday. Will try not to get too ingenious ... had a gut hurting burst of laughter too. Thanks.

[Guest]

So right Frikkie. I have now laughed at this so many times. My wife had a good chuckle.

Have you recovered yet Andrew ?

Thanks Scott. Did a similar thing some time ago with those coloured stickers. They come in a variety of diameters.

Laurie

[HAWKERHUNTER]

Hi Laurie

I paint the hub first and then use a black felt tip marker pen to run around the area where the tyre joins the hub. This black line creates a safe area where the tyre joins the hub. I then just paint the tyre up to the black line. Gets a perfect result each time and any colour variation between paint and felt tip is barely noticeable.

steve

[Guest]

Thanks for that Steve which is another great suggestion. Tried others on the main gear. Will try yours on the tail.

Laurie

[Dave W]

I tried Tony Yak faces method last night and it works really well.Now Ive got 4 nicely painted Phantom wheels.