Volkswagen T1 Samba Bus

Andreas Niedermayr Autor
The tires are made of vinyl. They are (in my opinion) not bad, but they don't show any signs of load, i.e. they are perfectly round. I wanted to try a new way to make sagged wheels. So first, I cut the wheels in the center line for a length of approx. 2 cm, then I took a part of plastic sheet (1mm thick, 1 cm long and 3 mm wide) an glued it in the Slot using CA. The plastic sheet slightly widens the tire. Once the glue was dry, I could sand the lower part of the tires with a file. Not much grinding was necessary, just a little bit so the tire touches the underground not only in one point but on a certain plane.
The effect is very subtle, but visible.