How to make BF109G Wheels
12-22-2003, 02:28 PM
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How to make BF109G Wheels
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I had some spare time on my hands waiting for my retracts so I decided to make a set of scale hub caps for my Meister-Scale BF109
Below is the 5-1/2" wheel from Unitracts or scalewheels.com and a drawing I made using AutoCAD.
I had some spare time on my hands waiting for my retracts so I decided to make a set of scale hub caps for my Meister-Scale BF109
Below is the 5-1/2" wheel from Unitracts or scalewheels.com and a drawing I made using AutoCAD.
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RE: How to make BF109G Wheels
I then taped the plastic circle to the front of my drawing and gently scored the plastic from the back side to give me a good reference for the small spokes.
12-22-2003, 02:42 PM
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RE: How to make BF109G Wheels
Here is 2 layers of 1.00 MM thick plastic glued together and rounded on the edge to give me the hub inside of spokes. I then glued it on top of the first disk.
12-22-2003, 02:55 PM
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RE: How to make BF109G Wheels
Now the fun part begins... I glued little pieces of 1.00 X 1.50MM strips to create the spokes. By the way... I am using a product called Tenax-7R to glue everything with. You just brush it on and the plastic melts together.
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RE: How to make BF109G Wheels
Here I put some cute little Brass bolt heads and washers I found at the local train shop. I also glued down 2 smaller disks for added detail.
12-22-2003, 03:10 PM
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RE: How to make BF109G Wheels
After a few more added plastic details and hand cut plastic bolt heads... WALA!! sorta looks like BF109 Hub Cap...
Stay tuned!! I will be soon making a mold from latex and laying up some fibergass and resin casts.
You can visit my Meister-Scale BF109 Construction Site at http://mysite.verizon.net/res07ptp/
David Pearson
Stay tuned!! I will be soon making a mold from latex and laying up some fibergass and resin casts.
You can visit my Meister-Scale BF109 Construction Site at http://mysite.verizon.net/res07ptp/
David Pearson
12-22-2003, 06:03 PM
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That is most impressive. If I can learn how to post pics on the new rcu, I'll try to put my 80' 109G2/6 optional parts i'm making from polyurethane resin. Scale flying composite blades, exhaust headers, composite spinner. Also Im working on a dummy DB605. Iv'e seen many radials, why not an inline. Time is limited now however.
Good work
steve
Good work
steve
