Revell Cobra 427: Wheels

[kjohan]

I am building (for the first time) this kit, the Monogram/ Revell Cobra and need some advice. 

It is the rather old version, molded in blue "metallic"

The instructions says one shall just enter/ push the assembled wheel (with tyre and rim) onto the the shafts/ axle stubs

Dry mounting gives the impression of a rather loose fit between the wheel (centre) and the axle stubs,
so far I have not (yet) pushed hard all the way "to the bottom" of the stubs.

My questions: 

Is there a "click" function (like on the old Monogram Museum Pieces), close to the bottoms of the stubs
which locks the wheel on the stub and the wheel can rotate ?
If so, I get the impression from the dry assembly (and experience from Monogram Museum Packard), that one has to push rather hard to overcome the click function.
Correct ?

Or is the intention / design such, that one just pushes the wheel as "deep" as possible onto the stub and there secure it with glue (needed to prevent them from falling off) ?
That is the wheels are by design not intended to rotate.

Or is there something I miss / do not understand ?

Advices are much appreciated to avoid doing silly mistakes on what appears to be a rather nice model. 

Regards / G

[vamach1]

I built this many years ago and I remember I would have not used the front TRX tires the next time as they are very narrow.  The wheels are “fixed” on mine but they must just be tight but I seem to remember they did press on.  Perhaps other have built the kit more recently that will chime in.

[Fat Brian]

If you're having to put an excessive amount of pressure on the parts to get the wheels to click "home" you might need to make sure any flash or mold seams are cleaned up on the wheels stubbs. Also you might need to slightly open the tip of the hole if it had flash around it.

[Snake45]

Mine clicked right on with no problem. Brian's idea about checking for flash in the hole is a good one. 

[kjohan]

Followed the advice given by Brian

Plus when looking at the parts, I found it was necessary to do minor trim off on the "bearing bushings" on the front inner wheels

plus took away some minor vertical flash on the steering knuckles in the front, both actions to allow the wheel to move sufficiently long into the axle to snap/ click 

Three of the wheels now clicked smoothly and distincly into place, stays there and can be rotated.

The fourth still does not snapp distincly, and work itself loose when rotated but I think I leave it as it is now

Thanks for your advices 

/ Gunnar

[Paul Payne]

I have built a couple of these long ago- I always glue on wheels since a rolling model can lead to it rolling to disaster...... I also think adding a bit more disc brake detail (especially calipers) is a good improvement on a great kit.