astroracer Posted April 19, 2015 Posted April 19, 2015 Hi guys, A lot of you know me from the days when I was operating Machined Aluminum Specialties. That has been 11 years ago when I handed the business over to Terry Kinnear. Anyway, I was doing these pieces for a customer when he stiffed me on payment so, I decided to finish them and offer them to you guys. These are highly detailed and, if the interest is there I can do other pieces and wheel styles. 1/24th scale 275/40-17's & 345/35-18's. These are pics of the 3D models. I have samples coming from Shapeways in extreme detail frosted and I will post pics when I get them. I am just gauging any interest in any of these pieces before i contact a resin caster to produce them. They will have to be resin cast to make them affordable. Mark Smakal MAS 3D in Scale
astroracer Posted April 19, 2015 Author Posted April 19, 2015 That is the plan for now. I hope to be able to offer an unending supply of designs and tire sizes. 17 up thru 21" (or whatever...) We'll just have to see how it goes. The wheels will revolve around the 3D printed designs and my line of turned aluminum rings to flesh them out. Mark
Fat Brian Posted April 19, 2015 Posted April 19, 2015 I would love truly staggered wheels like these. One of my biggest gripes with modern kits is that they don't offer realistic wheel widths. When I had my SC 300 I ran 235/30/18s in the front and 345/35/19s in the back on 18x8.5 and 19x9.5 wheels and it is nearly impossible to find similar fitment in the model world.
jeffs396 Posted April 19, 2015 Posted April 19, 2015 Look GREAT! Hope these become available, count me in if they do!
astroracer Posted April 19, 2015 Author Posted April 19, 2015 (edited) Thanks guys, I hope this comes to fruition also. Here are some jpegs of the 3D wheels with some paint. This is the wheel as I was asked to develope it. I did the intial work in good faith and the "customer" backed out after I had worked on these for a few hours. He said he would "happily" discuss the compensation in his Dear John Letter but then ignored my following posts with a total for services rendered. You can probably tell I am a bit miffed at this guy... There is a pic of the real wheel and the car they are mounted on also. Edited April 19, 2015 by astroracer
1930fordpickup Posted April 19, 2015 Posted April 19, 2015 (edited) These look even better painted. I am with Brian on the tires sizes we have to work with. Not everyone wants 22" wheels on all four corners. It would also be nice to have some nice tires for trucks with a bit more side wall . Edited April 19, 2015 by 1930fordpickup
Jantrix Posted April 19, 2015 Posted April 19, 2015 17's and 18's I would be interested in. No bigger than that.
astroracer Posted April 19, 2015 Author Posted April 19, 2015 Thanks for the feed back guys. Here are some pics of another set of rims. 5 spokes this time. These have not been sent for printing yet. They are much simpler then the Vectors, so I don't foresee any issues with the process.
Devilsnake98 Posted April 19, 2015 Posted April 19, 2015 17's and 18's I would be interested in. No bigger than that. I second this notion, a few wheel options in these sizes, staggered and non would be really cool.
Fat Brian Posted April 20, 2015 Posted April 20, 2015 The five spokes look incredible Mark. Getting down to brass tacks, what is the ballpark for a set of these?
Sixx Posted April 20, 2015 Posted April 20, 2015 Woohoo!!! I'd be in for the 5 spoke wheels & tires!!!!!!!
Stray Posted April 20, 2015 Posted April 20, 2015 17's and 18's I would be interested in. No bigger than that. I second this notion, a few wheel options in these sizes, staggered and non would be really cool. True that. I like the Pegasus wheels but am not into 20+ inch wheels. Between 15-18 inch is good enough. Depending on price, I would be keen also. The five spokes would look good with converse spokes too. Especially with the dish and lip size like that.
socal76 Posted April 20, 2015 Posted April 20, 2015 (edited) I would be interested especially in the last set of wheels in your post. Also, is it possible to have the front tires not as wide as the Pegasus type? They just seem a bit too wide for some applications, like a T-Bucket for example. Just a question I have. Edited April 20, 2015 by socal76
astroracer Posted April 20, 2015 Author Posted April 20, 2015 Thanks for the input guys. I have NO idea what prices will be. That will be totally up to the resin caster. I am just modeling and proto-typing these right now. I do know I will have about 200 bucks of my own money into just the proto-types and that does not include my CAD time. Add another 2K to that for my time. I doubt any of you guys want to cough up 2200 dollars for a set of model car wheels and tires. I don't spend that much on the 1:1 stuff. If there are any specific sizes or wheel designs you are looking for that can be discussed later, IF this project gets off the ground. Mark
espo Posted April 20, 2015 Posted April 20, 2015 I'm in for the 5 spokes and big and bigger tires as long as it's not much more than Pegasus prices.
astroracer Posted April 20, 2015 Author Posted April 20, 2015 I'm in for the 5 spokes and big and bigger tires as long as it's not much more than Pegasus prices. Hmm. I doubt very much these will be available for 10 bucks. Resin Casters just can't compete with the quantity of injection molding. Pegasus is buying thousands of those injection molded tires and wheels at one time. A resin caster can't do that kind of production. I guess that will leave you out. Mark
Lownslow Posted April 20, 2015 Posted April 20, 2015 Hmm. I doubt very much these will be available for 10 bucks. Resin Casters just can't compete with the quantity of injection molding. Pegasus is buying thousands of those injection molded tires and wheels at one time. A resin caster can't do that kind of production. I guess that will leave you out. Mark This castable prototypes alone run into the 50$ range sometimes i buy low but have to put work to prepare them for casting lowest i could make mine was 20$ a set in resin and hes doing aluminum barrels i wouldnt mind flipping 30$ for a set of those vectors
astroracer Posted April 21, 2015 Author Posted April 21, 2015 Mark, as usual looks fantastic. Thanks Mike, I got an email from Shapeways yesterday the tires are on their way. Printed and shipped. Should see them tomorrow! By the way, I can print these out in any scale. I did the 1/24th first because that was the job, but if there is interest in 1/16th or even 1/12th that is doable. Here are some 1/16th scale cheater slicks I did a year or so ago. They are out being cast now. You can see how I did them in three pieces to make them easy to cast.
Metalmad Posted April 22, 2015 Posted April 22, 2015 (edited) I also would be interested in these & also if you happen to do the honeycomb wheels or snowflake (Trans Am Wheels ) in 18 & 20 Edited April 22, 2015 by Metalmad
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