Scale-Master

Thanks Bill!

The jack on the right is the one I will use on the model.  As you can see it is significantly smaller than the test jack, (70% of the size) on the left.  It also is made of brass, but with a few machined aluminum parts too.  Furthermore it has a pattern cut into the top pad that the larger one does not have.

It also works the same way as its big brother.

There is a fork on the handle that fits into the receiver.  You can see the knurling I put on the handles too.

^{1) Was your introduction to modeling at home? - Yes}

^{2) From whom? - My Father}

^{3) What kind of models (cars, planes, trains, etc)? - Mostly aircraft, (his passion), but I went to cars as soon as I could.}

^{4) What did the person who introduced you to modeling do for a living ?  - Worked at Revell.  Job title was Research Analyst.  But that title really doesn't do justice to all of the things he was involved with there...}

^{5) How old were you? - About 4}

^{6) About what year was your introduction? - 1965/6}

I guess I already got tired of the wheel I made at the onset of this project.  I also realized after working on the spare that I wanted more detail on the inside/backside of the rim.  I made this wheel center to remedy both of those issues as well as making an overall thinner rim with the same bead dimensions.  Still a little more clean-up required before a mold is made from it.

I also had to modify the rims I already cast to allow this larger diameter wheel center to fit, as well as to set it into the rim deeper for less overall width.

At least it wasn't a Muira...

Thanks guys.  The brass is .015 thick.  The idea popped into my head while I was building the trunk liner.  It took a few hours to design the art and about 16-18 hours to chemically cut.  Maybe two hours or so to build.  And 15 minutes of playing with it to strip the theads...  I have another smaller one in progress.