Spider
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Post by Spider on Apr 10, 2008 10:15:51 GMT -5
How do you mount double rear resin tire/wheels? I found a way to do the fronts but the double rear may be an opportunity to get a headache. I'm putting them on an AMT DM600 which has a squared rear axle that goes into the rear drum are that is recessed into the kits wheels. I thought about cutting down the kits drums and the axle ends them epoxying everything together but I don't know how to go about cutting the drums and getting them square and all the same length.
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sourkraut
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Post by sourkraut on Apr 11, 2008 21:03:48 GMT -5
I don't know what resin wheels and tires you are using! When I built my DM 800 I used a set of 12.00-24's from RNK, the wheels are separate from the tires. I turned down the back of the wheels on my lathe to the point of being able to see through the spoke openings. This allowed me to use the kit rear brake drums unaltered and only had to narrow the fronts a little. I also added a rim flange to these wheels to make them look more realistic and close the rather large gap between the rim and tire. Dave Natale should have the masters now, but I don't know if the wheels are still separate?
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Spider
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Post by Spider on Apr 11, 2008 21:15:48 GMT -5
Thanks. I figured out how to get this fitting done. I put two pictures of my first mock-up in the In The Shop Area.
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