Graupner tito nei

[Graeme LinskeyParticipant @graemelinskey75588]

can some tell me the right diameter tyres for the tito I see some around 25mm and 28mm I know its 1/.33 rather get it close as I can

Thanks

[Graeme LinskeyParticipant @graemelinskey75588]

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

Graeme. I would say it depends on what size tyres they hung off the boat. A 16 inch car tyre is only about 13mm in this scale, and so working upwards a 25mm size tyre would be a real 30 inch tyre (I think I have done the maths right) .

​HOWEVER, what looks right on the boat is a different matter and I would say that an approximate size could be obtained by looking at pictures and measuring up the appropriate visual clues on your boat and going from there.

Do we think that Graupner chose the tyres on the basis of the correct size tyre as fitted to the ship (at any one time of course), or they used commercially available model tyres that looked OK ??

I apologise to the purists here, but its the way I would go.

Ashley

[Graeme LinskeyParticipant @graemelinskey75588]

Ashley,

I have been on google Images and 25 mm as I have some here but is not big enough I see a couple of Tito,s on there I can work out the size I need from those pics looks like a 42 mm looks right

cheers

[Roger FugeParticipant @rogerfuge]

Hi Graeme. I have a Tito and use 25 and 30 mm Tyres .I seen have seen Some with 1/24 scale tyres from the Revell Unimog Fire Engine they look good as well I have seen the real Titos and they seem to use what ever to hand

[Martin Field 1Participant @martinfield1]

Actually, a 15" car tyre is likely to be 20mm in that scale. A 15" car wheel is actually about 16.5 inches on the visible rim, because the designation size is measured at the rim seals. Add 2 x 5" for the sidewall height (ish) and you get 26.5inches, divide by 33 and multiply by 25.4.

My years of making slot car wheels and tyres gives me my authority on that one. However, modern tyres can be very odd….extreme diameters of wheels, but with extremely shallow walled tyres. I guess thse too will be used as buffers eventually.

Martin

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