Tyre ‘n’ Mechanic

In this lessons you learn how to prepare the stand for the tyre, making sure it is structurally safe and not going to roll off anywhere.

Paul then rolls out some black sugarpaste to cover the top of the cake cutting out a circle where the alloys will be placed.

After filming the last lesson Paul realised that he should really have rounded off both sides of the cake and so just adds it on here. Shows that we are almost live when we do the filming!

Paul uses his shaped cutter to make up the tread to put around the tyre, which starts to bring it to life.

After finishing the tread Paul gets to work on creating the alloy with the help of a small lily cutter.

In this lesson Paul finishes the alloy making various shapes with grey sugarpaste to give it that sporty look. You’ll then learn how to create a really cool looking chequered board.

Paul then finishes adding texture to the tyre using a pme modelling tool and then finishes by adding some glaze, which really adds a sense of realism to the overall look.

Now time to learn how to create the model with his lovely blue dungarees and big protective boots.

Time now learn how to add the arms, hands and that all important spanner using flesh coloured modelling paste. The key is to make sure both arms are an equal size so worth watching how he does that. 

Bringing the body parts together and placing the spanner starts to bring our mechanic to life, but he’s still missing something! Worth checking out the next lesson.

Now to the most challenging part of the design as you learn how to make the entire face from one piece of paste. Using only a couple of modelling tools Paul shows a range of techniques to help bring out the features.

Now to the finishing touches where Paul gives our mechanic his hair and a cap.  Paul’s finishing magic ingredient makes another appearance here with edible dust to bring the mechanic to life.

Paul shares some other ideas you can try out during this project. We’re sure you’ve some of your own, and we’d love to see what brilliant alterations you’ve made.

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In this lesson, Paul shares some insider information about the cost to make this cake, as well as pricing, portions and other vital information for any professional cake designer.

Here, we’ve carefully selected the key parts from the entire tutorial and condensed it into a 11 min long video. More than enough to get you started without taking too much time.