Hi everyone,
I built the wheels. Just wheels. I'm a slow builder. I already know I have no chance to win and I just enjoy building the model
I cut out the parts with a circle cutter and made a slit for inserting the wire using a chisel blade (X-ACTO #17).
Then I laminated the parts to form two discs.
They just look like land mines and their tread surfaces look uneven. I didn't like them look that way and I decided to sand them down.
This is the fun part. I skewered the wheel at the center with a thin nail (the one that's used for hanging pictures) and mounted it on a power drill. Then I rolled it on a #220 sandpaper sheet, flattening the tread first and then making the shoulders round.
Please note that I marked the opening of the wire slot with a pink marker. If you didn't do this before sanding, you might miss the hole filled with the dust.
Then I painted the treads in dark gray with acrylic color.
That's it for today!
Thanks,
Shinji