The problem, by the way, with the spoke pattern on the first tire was that the second side wasn't properly "in sync" with the first side. This takes some careful thought. You can't just flip it over and start laying spokes. Basically, to get the right look the pattern of spokes is just one hole off of the front side -- rotated 9 degrees. I may decide to "restring" the second side of the first tire. This is fairly easy to do since it's not soldered in place. I'd just have to cut the spokes. On the other hand, probably no one else would really every notice.

All this having been said, these spoked wheels really are easy to make once you get it all clear in your head! The diagrams I've included above should help anyone that wants to give it a try.

Think of the joy of building a model in the scale YOU want -- and not have it dictated by what's commercially available (or not available as the case may be).