Should Wheels Turn?

[Raul_Perez]

Not in earthquake country!

In earthquake country you need to glue the tires to the shelf just to keep them from bouncing off!!

[OLDERGUY]

Glad some besides me asked the question. This is where there are so many diff. wheels and so many diff. ways the companies have to attach them I sometimes just put them back in the box. Ijust don't have the patience to come with the ways to attach wheels that weren't in the kits. Or maybe I'm just gettin' dumber as I get older, is that supposed to happen. I sure see that there's guys on this site + others, that don't have this problem any way, attaching wheels, I mean. I have done some that are so low that the wheels could'nt turn, rotate, any. But I like'm as low as I can get'tem. Hot rods, customs, or drag cars, fat bodied. Okay stop.

[FactoryStock54]

If I can't get in and go for a ride, what's the point of turning wheels?

I'm not much for "working features" on any sort of model as most of the time they just seem to detract from the overall realism of the subject (ie. huge "dog bone" hinges on doors or trunk lids, or hoods that won't seat properly due to the hinge mechanisms, however nice they may look).

Like others, I've had too many close calls with freely-rolling models (lose cannons?) and given the amount of time and $ I invest in some of my builds I'd rather be safe than sorry.

So I pretty much always lock up the wheels with a drop or two of CA.

[FloridaBoy]

I have been building for way over 50 years and in the early years my cars all rolled, especially using early promo's then AMT 3in1's. Then in the sixties, I began to radically alter my models, including customs, rods, and dragsters, and attached the wheels to the axles static.

Then starting back in 94, I started building customs again, but this time, I wanted wheels to turn, not roll freely, but turn. This gave me some extra flexibility to rotate wheels before I sat them down to wipe off any dust or accumulate. Plus, I wanted to demonstrate to myself that the alterations I did, did not cause the vehicle to malfunction, such as wheels binding on the inside wheel well or exterior cutout. Just to enhance clearnance.

I am still working on making models wheels turning, even if I have to fabricate it, by using brass tubing and rods, then using cryanolate (sp) to fix the mountings, then just slipping on the wheels. This makes it easier to change wheel design should you opt to do so.

When I judged model car contests, I unfortunately took points away from otherwise deserving vehicles because it takes a lot of glue to mount a tire securely, and if I saw one hint of exposed glue around a wheel or tire, it got points taken away. The other problem is during registration, when I see guys bringing in their cars in tupperware boxes, and inevitably at least one car in tupperware, loses a wheel during transit, and the guy is the one who did not bring a spare tool set, or glue.

Ken "FloridaBoy" Willaman

[marinewifejones]

in our house if the wheeles move it makes it fair game for the monster (he loves wheeles)

plus like Clay said large air craft fly over our house since we are in the flight path they are really low when they go over

[Raul_Perez]

in our house if the wheeles move it makes it fair game for the monster (he loves wheeles)

plus like Clay said large air craft fly over our house since we are in the flight path they are really low when they go over

Hmmm...Now I see why Clay likes monster trucks!

That's one happy looking guy!