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If you can get Minilites like that I want some!

Can you tell us more, are they scaled for the kit's slick tyres?

Shay, the wheels will be the correct 13" size with tires to match. The kit wheels/tires scale out to approximately 15".

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Always impressive to watch the attention to detail. Great work.

Thanks Tommy.

Amazing work

Thanks Jonathan

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Adding more detail to the front strut mounts including the brackets for the strut brace.

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Any more news on the Minilites yet JC?

It will be awhile till I get them Shay. We are still designing the wheels and the tires. They will then need to be 3D printed and then resin cast. I will post pictures as soon as I have them.

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Almost everything rallyed and raced over here had Minilites used in some shape and size from the late 60's to the early 80's.

If they can be made to fit an existing kit tyre, or even all cast/printed as one piece there's a lot of people I know that would buy them.

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Almost everything rallyed and raced over here had Minilites used in some shape and size from the late 60's to the early 80's.

If they can be made to fit an existing kit tyre, or even all cast/printed as one piece there's a lot of people I know that would buy them.

Shay I can tell you the wheels will be 15 mm in diameter with the front wheel 8 mm wide and the rear 10 mm wide.

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Wow, what a rebuild! You're doing really nice work on this one. It'll be one to be proud of, for sure.

Thanks Art, enjoying your Midget build.

Great job! :o awesome build!

Thanks Douglas.

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Hi JC,

The work on the strut towers looks great ! Those wheels look awesome!!!

Randy

Thanks Randy not quite up to your level but I'll keep trying :) Chief Joseph did great work designing the wheels and tires.

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This should just about be the final wheel/tire rendering.

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Tread pattern is based on this picture.

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REally nice JC! Those wheels look pretty spot on. This is the most exciting thread I've followed in quite some time. When you say " fabricated " as with the parts for the strut mounts, do you mean that you used no 'existing' pieces? Thanks.

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REally nice JC! Those wheels look pretty spot on. This is the most exciting thread I've followed in quite some time. When you say " fabricated " as with the parts for the strut mounts, do you mean that you used no 'existing' pieces? Thanks.

Thanks Gene glad you are enjoying the build. Yep everything you see in the pictures that is white plastic is completely scratch built. The kit pieces are blue, black or gray plastic.

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Those wheels look amazing. Do you know if anyone makes 5lug of these?

Fireball Modelworks did all the hard work on the wheels & tires. I just provided reference material and guidance. To the best of my knowledge these wheels have never before been available in any scale or any style.

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Can't wait to see the wheels and tyres JC.

Now that there's a pattern/mold will they be available for sale?

I can't wait see them either Shay. We are discussing offering them for sale.

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Strut brace fabricated and held in place with some temporary pins.

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Front infill panels fabricated.

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