OK...not sure if this has been brought up before and this question pertains to all scales and brands of slot cars that have plastic or non-metal/aluminum wheels/rims/hubs and whether you use your Tire Razor, Hudy or whatever devise to sand down your rims and tires!!
Anyway...question is...if you have cars (Carrera, Scalextric's, Pioneer...) with plastic rims and you have sanded these rims down and then want to mount the tire you are going to sand but are afeared to sand them down on your tire sanding machine for fear of spinning them off the axle whether knurled, smoothed or however attached, have you ever tried, let's say, to use a CB wheel/rim of the same proportions to mount the tire on then sand it down to your liking and then mount it back onto the plastic rim and away you go???
I have done/tried both before and have really not noticed much difference and my mind was at ease to not messing the plastic rim up !! I hope this makes sense and any feed back or ideas would be great...thanks!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!!
Anyway...question is...if you have cars (Carrera, Scalextric's, Pioneer...) with plastic rims and you have sanded these rims down and then want to mount the tire you are going to sand but are afeared to sand them down on your tire sanding machine for fear of spinning them off the axle whether knurled, smoothed or however attached, have you ever tried, let's say, to use a CB wheel/rim of the same proportions to mount the tire on then sand it down to your liking and then mount it back onto the plastic rim and away you go???
I have done/tried both before and have really not noticed much difference and my mind was at ease to not messing the plastic rim up !! I hope this makes sense and any feed back or ideas would be great...thanks!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!!
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