Charlie b's layout

[Charlie B]

Well, I have been away from the modeling for a while simply because I wasn't in the right frame of mind. I thought I would try to jump start my attitude, so tonight I decided to try to make some tires for the castings. I bought some 1/8 and 3/16 vacuum hose and inserted a piece of dowel inside the hose. It was a very tight fit so I could only do a little over an inch at a time. I cut the dowell about an inch longer, then I put the end without the hose in my drill and used it as a lathe. While turning the rod with the drill I used my razor saw and cut 1/8 inch "tire and wheel assemblies" (reverse the drill so it is using the teeth backwards)
I was very pleased with the results.     I think you could make stacks of tires this way too, just cut the hose and not the dowel. I had to try them on a casting just to see what they would look like even though the casting wasn't near ready for finish.    
Charlie