Time for an update on the EMK (Elusive Model Knox) truck

[Art Anderson]

It's been awhile, I know, but the wheels for this thing have driven me nuts! I had planned on using the wheels and tires, with machined brass hubs, from the Ertl Knox Truck, but the wheels turned out to be made from polyethylene plastic, completely unmachinable! So, Plan B went into action.

I found, at an IPMS show, some 1.3" styrene wooden wagon wheels by Grandt Line, and had snagged a couple of sets of them a year ago. It didn't take much planning to figure out how to make brass hubs, with brass rivet details to replicate the round-headed carriage bolts used to secure the flanges of the hub to the spokes (except that machining those has been tons of fun!). Next was figuring out how to replicate the solid rubber tires most often used on early commercial vehicles--that was solved by wrapping .100" X .060" strip styrene around the circumference of the Grandt Line wheels. The outer center hub was turned off in the lathe, the wheel drilled out to 5/32", and the brass hubs installed with a bit of CA glue to secure them. So, without any further adeu:

The wheel

And, two wheels mounted up on the front axle (which will be steerable from the steering wheel)

Art Anderson

[Casey]

As usual, fantastic work, Art.

I do have one suggestion, though. Can you take or post larger pictures so we can see the detial? I don't know what Fotki's max picture size is, but it would be great to be able to see the hub detail up close.

[Art Anderson]

As usual, fantastic work, Art.

I do have one suggestion, though. Can you take or post larger pictures so we can see the detial? I don't know what Fotki's max picture size is, but it would be great to be able to see the hub detail up close.

Casey,

Frankly, the hub detail is pretty sparse--pretty much what you see there is how it looks, even under a magnifier. Simple turning on the lathe, with brass tubing pressed into it, 12 1mm Scale Details rivets soldered in place to replicate the round carriage bolt heads.

Art

[Art Anderson]

Original uploaded pic from Fotki

Art

[Chuck Most]

Looking incredible- man, if I could be even 2% as meticulous...

[Harry P.]

Looking incredible- man, if I could be even 2% as meticulous...

…you'd still be 98% regular old you...

[charlie8575]

Wow, Art. That looks great.

If you're still coming to MassCar, I'll certainly look forward to seeing your progress on this.

Charlie Larkin