Does anyone make hand-laced wire wheels for the front of a 1960s dragster?

[LDO]

In 1/24 or 1/25. 
 

Thanks. Lee

[Ace-Garageguy]

 

 

Curt can be reached at miniscurtraitzing, 686 Helen Dr., Hollister, CA 95023. Email is ceraitz@gmail.com.

Edited Wednesday at 09:02 PM by Ace-Garageguy

[bobss396]

Wow. I have a set of the old MAS PE dragster fronts with rubber tires. I have to dig them out and take a picture. 

[peteski]

2 hours ago, bobss396 said:

Wow. I have a set of the old MAS PE dragster fronts with rubber tires. I have to dig them out and take a picture. 

I think those used standard rubber O-rings for tires. With round cross-section and no tread or sidewall detail they aren't super realistic but I guess they might be acceptable.

[LDO]

I sent an e-mail to Curt Raitz but haven’t heard back. 

[Ace-Garageguy]

Some years back, I also found several hand-laced wire rims made for scale WW I vintage aircraft, a few of which were sized right for 1/25 dragster front wire wheels.

At the time, all the sizes I wanted were sold out, and I never followed up.

There have been multiple posts on this very forum about hand-lacing wire wheels for various applications, and though it takes a slight learning curve, the results look good.

AND...the guy who does the great looking 3D-printed wire sports car wheels might be receptive to the idea of doing dragster wires as well.

[Exotics_Builder]

42 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Some years back, I also found several hand-laced wire rims made for scale WW I vintage aircraft, a few of which were sized right for 1/25 dragster front wire wheels.

At the time, all the sizes I wanted were sold out, and I never followed up.

There have been multiple posts on this very forum about hand-lacing wire wheels for various applications, and though it takes a slight learning curve, the results look good.

AND...the guy who does the great looking 3D-printed wire sports car wheels might be receptive to the idea of doing dragster wires as well.

I picked up a pair at an IPMS show a few years ago that looked pretty good and are still sitting in the parts box.  Trying to remember whom, thinking it was UMM-USA.  I'll have to pull them out to photo them.  Seems to me they were about right for the AMT Double Dragster kit.

 

[LDO]

I just got an e-mail from Curt. I will be ordering a set from him. I’ll have figure what size to get. I haven’t had a model bench in several years. Now that it’s set up again, I decided to jump in to the deep end. 

Edited Thursday at 06:10 PM by LDO

[Andrew McD]

Ohhhhh, that looks like a wild machine in the making.  Will you be doing a WIP?

[Ace-Garageguy]

7 hours ago, LDO said:

...I decided to jump in to the deep end. 

Oh yes, that's going to be cool.  

[LDO]

8 hours ago, Andrew McD said:

Ohhhhh, that looks like a wild machine in the making.  Will you be doing a WIP?

Thank you. It’s my version of “Dodge Fever”, built by Jim Keeler in 1968.

I will start a WIP thread. After Jim won a National contest with it, he published a 5 part how-to article on building one, but using a 1969 Dodge Daytona body. I mail ordered those magazines. If anyone else wants to do the same, note that the measurements for cutting will not be the same for the 1968 Coronet. Also, the b&w photos of modifying a white body show very little contrast. It’s easy to miss details. That’s why the back end of mine is straight rather than a shallow angle. I’m leaving it this way. It’s my interpretation, not an exact copy. My reasoning is that a real fiberglass drag car body would not start out as an accurate Coronet, then get cut up. 
 

[LDO]

10 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Oh yes, that's going to be cool.  

Thanks. I hesitated posting these, because I take so long to finish anything. I have a model bench set up again after not having one for several years. Hopefully that can get some momentum going for this project. 

[1930fordpickup]

This is going to be very cool.