monogram lola tire question

[seal666]

Harry and the HRW team
My revogram Lola has developed a problem,which I may have caused. I got 2 for Christmas and enjoy running them. After light tire sanding one of them sounds like its running on the gear and not the tire. I reaalize the solution is go to a slightly larger rear tire, but I hate to lose the pinstripe on the origional.Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks
seal666

[Derby City Speedway]

This will require additional applications depending on your rubbin but the best and most realistic way I habve found is. Take the tire and mount it on a wheel / axle. Put axle in hand drill, one that has speed control is best.
Get enamel paint of choice and a very fine brush, spin the drill and just touch the tire where you want the stripe.

[chappyman66]

Theoretically you could lower the axle assembly by changing the position of the bearings, which would return some of your clearance, or go to a smaller crown gear. These are more involved than replacing the tires and repainting the stripe though.....

[seal666]

Some real good ideas. I like Bibsters approach using somerhing as a kind of stamp. An empty shot glass comes to mind( guess I'll have to empty it first. Did see th article where the gear was replaced. At this point a bit more work than I want to deal with, getting lazy as I age. As far as spinning wheels and paint bruhes, lets just say George Barris I'm not.

May try an adaptation of Bibsters idea, stamping an image on paint masking, remove the material I need to and use the old airbrush to spray accrylic paint to create the tire stripe.

Thanks for the help.

Bob