why is buying them out of the question?
On Jan 19, 11:43 am, Xirus <[email protected]> wrote:
> Everybody hates making them. Especially if you have a lot of them to
> make.
>
> OK. So, I will soon be needing to make wheels. Now at 1/4 scale buying
> wheels is out of the question. I was thinking of making one wooden
> wheel plug and making several molds out of it. I can then use the
> molds to make more of the exact wheel. This is time consuming though.
> And I'm not quite sure what materials to use.
>
> I don't have a lathe, And I don't think I can justify to the wife why
> I need one. The tank in question is a 1/4 scale Tiger II and the
> wheels need to be 7-3/4" to 8" in diameter and I would like them to
> look realistic as well. I can compromise on the look a bit I guess.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions? I was considering cutting out 36
> discs and using 8" poly pipe as the tire just like Dave Manson's tanks
> from Scaledtanks.com
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