The Aerodrome Home Page
Aces of WWI
Aircraft of WWI
Books and Film
The Aerodrome Forum
Sign the Guestbook
Help
Links to Other Sites
Medals and Decorations
The Aerodrome News
Search The Aerodrome
Today in History
The Aerodrome Forum

Learn how to remove ads

Go Back   The Aerodrome Forum > WWI Aviation > Models
Spoked Wheel Construction Spoked Wheel Construction

Register All AlbumsGallery FAQ Calendar Mark Forums Read

Models Topics related to WWI aircraft models


Welcome to The Aerodrome Forum, an online community where you can discuss WWI aviation with thousands of other members from around the world. To gain full access to the Forum you must register for a free account. As a registered member you will be able to:
  • Post messages and search the Forum

  • Privately communicate with other members

  • Participate in live chat sessions other members

  • View images by talented aviation artists in our Gallery

  • Buy, sell or trade items in our Classified Ads
All this and much more is available to you absolutely free when you register for an account, so sign up today! If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us.

Closed Thread
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 9 December 2005, 10:55 PM #1 (permalink)
Gil
Observer
 
Gil's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 52
 
Spoked Wheel Construction
I've been making some progress on scale spoke wheel construction. The photo below shows the culmination of all the different media types which has taken awhile to orchestrate. Although not strictly "perfect scale" it's close which was the focus on this round of development. The next revision will focus on true scale and includes a few changes to the fixturing and construction method of the rim.

The wheel is 47.5 mm in diameter (approximately 1:16 scale 700 mm wheel). Construction materials consist of tracing paper, card stock, 2 mm corrugated cardboard, 4 lb. test monofillament fishing line, cyanoacrylate glue, PVA glue, magic model filler, hard acrylic paste, testors non-rub aluminum and brass paints, black gouache paint (tempura/poster paint) and matte acrylic sealer.

-Gil


Last edited by EricGoedkoop; 10 December 2005 at 06:11 AM.
Gil is offline  
Sponsored Links
Old 10 December 2005, 04:27 AM #2 (permalink)
Scout Pilot
 
Capt. Kit Basher's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Pittsburgh, PA United States
Posts: 316
 
Wow Gil that is amazing work, simply amazing! Now if I could get a pair of those wheels in 1/72...

Brian da Basher
Capt. Kit Basher is offline  
Old 10 December 2005, 06:12 AM #3 (permalink)
Pinko Peacenik
 
EricGoedkoop's Avatar
Contributor
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Posts: 1,418
 
Lookin' good, Gil. You've taken this way farther than I have.
EricGoedkoop is offline  
Closed Thread

Bookmarks

Tags
spoked, wheel, construction


« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes
Linear Mode Linear Mode

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Making spoked wheels 1/72 Rakkasan Models 2 18 July 2007 02:17 PM
ssw d-iii, 'iv construction expositor Aircraft 2 11 June 2007 03:47 PM
Spoked Wheels question ot811 Aircraft 2 22 March 2002 10:23 AM
SSW D.IV Construction PaulCameron Aircraft 1 15 March 2002 02:40 PM
Aircraft Construction Barry 2002 5 9 January 2002 06:14 AM


All times are GMT -8. The time now is 08:37 PM.

Contact Us - The Aerodrome - Archive - Top

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2010, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
SEO by vBSEO 3.3.2
Copyright ©1997 - 2009 The Aerodrome