1/16 British Saladin Armoured Car project - Page 27

**Kevin WS** · #**261** 09-16-2016, 12:39 AM

If I wanted the wheel to remove to display (not all) I would probably coat the inside of one with varnish and add a touch of contact adhesive - only a couple of spots, and only on one surface - inside the wheel. Just to make it "sticky"!

**airdave** · #**262** 09-21-2016, 09:53 AM

Got three Wheesl/Tyres finished!

Wow, lots of parts to cut out.
Assembly is really not that bad...unlike building tank Tracks! lol

Once you get everything cut out, shaped, edge coloured and ready to assemble,
a Wheel goes together fairly easily and quickly.
Only thing that slows me up is waiting between parts for the glue to properly setup.

Anyway, just printed all the Parts for the second set (3) of Wheels.
Once thats done i can move on to the Turret and stuff.

Ignore the Wheel on the opposite side of the vehicle, its my early (oversize) prototype.

**Texman** · #**263** 09-21-2016, 09:57 AM

But I see four wheel/tires?

But they are very nice looking wheel and tires!

**elliott** · #**264** 09-21-2016, 10:09 AM

Wow Dave, your tyres sure do look good. They look utterly realistic.

**airdave** · #**265** 09-21-2016, 10:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Texman

But I see four wheel/tires?

**Texman** · #**266** 09-21-2016, 10:57 AM

Oh, now I see the small print!

**airdave** · #**267** 10-05-2016, 08:15 AM

Finished the remaining Wheels last night!
woohoo!
Once you get rolling (! lol) with the parts, the wheels come together quite quickly.
Its just one of those areas that there are many parts to cut out.
A lot of hoops and ring parts
Time consuming and very repetitive.
My method was patience...focused on getting a little bit done every night.
I'm estimating 10-12 hours of total work (for the last three Wheels).

Six wheels fitted to the vehicle.
Haven't glued them in place yet...but I will eventually.
Its neat to have wheels that rotate, but they move out of place on the Hubs.
And i notice that the very first wheel installed has started to get loose on the Hub.
Obviously the paper is weak and the center hole is wearing bigger.
Another reason to glue the wheels in place.

**Vermin_King** · #**268** 10-05-2016, 09:37 AM

Now that it sits on six wheels, what is going to be the next step?

**airdave** · #**269** 10-05-2016, 10:37 AM

Well, there are a few other detail bits that go on the fenders and body,
but I would like to get going on the Turret.
Theres a lot of designing and building to do (for that).

And I need to get back to the Instruction pages.
I am getting further and further behind on that.

**Kevin WS** · #**270** 10-05-2016, 12:02 PM

As has been noted, very smart wheels!