Monty Posted October 24 Posted October 24 I know there are 8 million five spoke wheels out there but I'm looking to match these as closely as possible, especially the taper of the spokes. Multiple offsets might also be helpful.
Texas_3D_Customs Posted October 25 Posted October 25 https://tx3dcustoms.com/products/ar-torque-thrust Looks like torque thrust to me 2 1
Can-Con Posted October 25 Posted October 25 The rear wheels on the Monogram Boothill Express are very similar. the spokes are a bit more rounded but they have the deeper stepped rim like the ones in your pic. You can check out cobraman's build of the kit here to judge for yourself.
Monty Posted October 25 Author Posted October 25 (edited) I’m slightly familiar with the kit, and as you say, the wheels are very close to what I want, but I’m looking for easy availability - i. e. something readily available, hence the post in this particular section of the forum. TX3D offers a very nice similar wheel in a variety of widths, but I believe they’re actually 1/24 (as are the Monogram kit wheels) and almost all my kits are 1/25. Hmmmm. Edited October 25 by Monty
DJMar Posted October 25 Posted October 25 I believe the wheels in your pic are standard Torque Thrusts with the flat backed spokes, and not the "D" version, which has slightly curved spokes to clear disc brake calipers. The difference is visible, but most people don't notice it. Depending on how picky you are, any of the Revell 1:25 1932 Fords has these wheels in two different offsets. They scale out to roughly 17". AMT had a nice set of standard Torque Thrusts in their '62 Bel Air kit. Pretty close to 15" in 1:25, but without different offsets for front and rear. These will fit a variety of AMT tires. Reliable Resin has a set of racing TTs without the center caps, with different offsets for front and rear. Monogram had a similar set in their Owens-Corning '69 Corvette kit. Fireball has the standard Torque Thrust in 1:25, but in only in 15x7. They have the D in both 15x7 and 15x8. Jay's Resin Wheels has a standard set of TTs in 15 & 17 inch. Single offset. An aside regarding the question of 1:24 or 1:25 - the difference in diameter between the two in a scale 17" wheel is ~.7mm.
Texas_3D_Customs Posted October 26 Posted October 26 7 hours ago, Monty said: I’m slightly familiar with the kit, and as you say, the wheels are very close to what I want, but I’m looking for easy availability - i. e. something readily available, hence the post in this particular section of the forum. TX3D offers a very nice similar wheel in a variety of widths, but I believe they’re actually 1/24 (as are the Monogram kit wheels) and almost all my kits are 1/25. Hmmmm. The difference between 124 and 125 for a 15 in wheel is 0.025 in or 0.6 mm in diameter
peteski Posted October 26 Posted October 26 Just for reference, here are the Revel '32 Ford wheels and tires. 1
iamsuperdan Posted October 30 Posted October 30 These look pretty close. 🛞 19/20 US Mags Standard・ STL File for ・Cults Files come with different widths for the outer rim. And the separate rims make it much easier to paint the spokes and the polished rim.
Trainwreck Posted October 30 Posted October 30 If I'm not mistaken, the Round2 '69 Olds cutlass has a set of torque thrust mags as an option. Don't know if they're exactly what you're looking for but it wouldn't hurt to check them out.
Ron Hamilton Posted October 31 Posted October 31 (edited) The wheels in the original picture looks to me as being a set of DeepDish American Torque Thrust D wheels. I haven't seen them in scale, and I would love to see a set done in 15x7 and 15x9. These in this picture are from ZForce, which are very close, but they're not the deep dish wheels In front,but the rears are perfect, as they're meant for drag racer applications. Edited October 31 by Ron Hamilton 1
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