OldNYJim Posted January 15, 2020 Posted January 15, 2020 Did a search but didn’t find a topic specifically about this... Im building a 60s (ish) Shoebox Ford from an AMT kit and I’d like to add some nicely detailed windshield wipers...anyone got any suggestions of any kits (or aftermarket sources) where I can find some nice ones? Thanks in advance!
stitchdup Posted January 15, 2020 Posted January 15, 2020 mrmodel.com have some nice pe stuff, they're in brazil I think but delivert times are good.
Oldschool4x4 Posted January 16, 2020 Posted January 16, 2020 On 1/15/2020 at 5:21 PM, CabDriver said: Did a search but didn’t find a topic specifically about this... windshield wipers...anyone got any suggestions of any kits (or aftermarket sources) where I can find some nice ones? Thanks in advance! Expand I think the Revell T-Bolt kit has some nice Ford type wipers.
Belugawrx Posted January 16, 2020 Posted January 16, 2020 (edited) On 1/15/2020 at 5:33 PM, SfanGoch said: Detail Master DM-2520 Multi-Piece Wipers Expand Wow those are nice They've really come along way in 15 years ...? Edited January 16, 2020 by Belugawrx
SfanGoch Posted January 16, 2020 Posted January 16, 2020 Nice products and equally nice people to deal with.
peteski Posted January 16, 2020 Posted January 16, 2020 Photoetched wipers are acceptable in 1:43 scale, but in larger scales they IMO are just too thin. They should be more 3-dimensional. But unfortunately there are only 2 options available: kit's chunky plastic wipers, and the paper-thin (but otherwise in-scale) wipers. I wish someone would produce correctly dimensioned metal wipers. Lost-wax brass castings technique could be used to produce them. I have made some better looking wipers using discarded LED leads (which have square cross-section. They look good, but are a pain to make.
LL3 Model Worx Posted January 19, 2020 Posted January 19, 2020 On 1/16/2020 at 7:23 PM, Belugawrx said: Wow those are nice They've really come along way in 15 years ...? Expand Dang, I reckon Lol!!
OldNYJim Posted January 19, 2020 Author Posted January 19, 2020 Some great tips here guys, thank you!
Plowboy Posted January 19, 2020 Posted January 19, 2020 On 1/16/2020 at 11:56 PM, peteski said: Photoetched wipers are acceptable in 1:43 scale, but in larger scales they IMO are just too thin. They should be more 3-dimensional. But unfortunately there are only 2 options available: kit's chunky plastic wipers, and the paper-thin (but otherwise in-scale) wipers. I wish someone would produce correctly dimensioned metal wipers. Lost-wax brass castings technique could be used to produce them. I have made some better looking wipers using discarded LED leads (which have square cross-section. They look good, but are a pain to make. Expand Did you see the photo etch wipers in the second post? They don't get more dimensional than those.
peteski Posted January 19, 2020 Posted January 19, 2020 On 1/19/2020 at 2:45 PM, Plowboy said: Did you see the photo etch wipers in the second post? They don't get more dimensional than those. Expand Yeah, they're ok, but I would take a 1-piece lost-wax brass casting any day over those. But nobody makes an item like that.
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