Ben Posted April 13, 2012 Posted April 13, 2012 Here's a new wheel that I just finished machining a center cap for this evening. They will be sent to the caster tomorrow and will be available in resin soon. One the right is a completely machined wheel including machined lug nuts and machined center cap and hub cover (when used as a rear). On the right is what I was going to use. Those are modified Italeri wheels. I added the acorn lug nuts and center cap as well as machining the outer lip back to bring the center of the wheel outward. For the rears, I machined a Italeri Pete wheel in half, added an outer ring with a tubeless hump and installed my little "top hat" in the center. The resin wheel is designed specifically to fit the Italeri tires only, but the aluminum wheel will fit Italeri as well as many after market tires. I think the aluminum wheel turned out better so that's the one that will be copied into resin.
BigBad Posted April 13, 2012 Posted April 13, 2012 It's relly too bad the model manufacturers don't pay attention to these little external details, because the nuts and other details on a wheel really make the wheel realistic. Well, that is what you've done here and they look really good Ben! You are inspired for wheels these days! Those will look real nice on one of those 378 based kits...
monkeyclaw Posted April 13, 2012 Posted April 13, 2012 Ben; Super work as always! Now get to work on some in 1/16 (so I don't have to) ................Matt
Ben Posted April 13, 2012 Author Posted April 13, 2012 It's relly too bad the model manufacturers don't pay attention to these little external details, because the nuts and other details on a wheel really make the wheel realistic. Well, that is what you've done here and they look really good Ben! You are inspired for wheels these days! Those will look real nice on one of those 378 based kits... I have always thought the wheels make or break the model! It kills me to see a very talented builder go all out and build a really nice truck and then either use the old AMT wheels which are out of date and outlawed or they'll use the Italeri wheels which have that giant European looking drive hub!!!!! To me, it just ruins what could have been a great model! Seeing after market wheels on a truck really spreads it apart from others building the same kit.
Ben Posted April 13, 2012 Author Posted April 13, 2012 Ben; Super work as always! Now get to work on some in 1/16 (so I don't have to) ................Matt That would be a big chunk of aluminum to machine! I think Tony over in Australia is making several different 1/16 wheels that look great!
Chris guthro Posted April 13, 2012 Posted April 13, 2012 the new international lonestar wheel and tires from mobeius are the best ive seen yet!
Ben Posted April 14, 2012 Author Posted April 14, 2012 the new international lonestar wheel and tires from mobeius are the best ive seen yet! They are the most accurate representations of an Alcoa ever offered in a kit so far.
MicroNitro Posted April 14, 2012 Posted April 14, 2012 Lookin Good. Is that one of the ones I made you that you modified?
Ben Posted April 14, 2012 Author Posted April 14, 2012 Lookin Good. Is that one of the ones I made you that you modified? Hey Jim, yes, I did all the final cuts on the inside, polished it and then added the acorn lug nuts and center cap (top hat when it's used as a rear)
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