I was driving my Tiger III around in the snow and noticed I had lost 5 of the road wheel halves. I found 4 of them, and used one of the "spares" on the hull to fix the last one. Hopefully when the snow melts tomorrow I'll find the missing one.

I don't want to glue these on, because you have to remove the outer half if you ever need to get at the screw behind it to remove a wheel.

How do you guys keep your wheels on?

Steve

Still glue, but try some goop. Like rubber cement so you can pry parts apart if used lightly. Or you could try some rare earth magnets, but will need to then use a ferrous metal screw for it to attract to. You'll have to measure the inside cavity of the wheel to see what would fit.

http://www.lowes.com/pd_48915-1149-140231_0__

http://www.rare-earth-magnets.com/magcraft-nsn0601

What is a Tiger III?

Assuming this is a Panzer III, which is notorious for losing wheel halves while driving in anything... use blue Lock Tite. Let it sit for about 20 minutes to let it cure, and it'll be removable if you need it to be.

Second... don't take your German tanks out in the snow. Panzer 3-4s' tracks are too narrow for anything deeper than an inch and you'll risk tearing off your idler or mashing up a gearbox. Tigers and Panthers interleaving road wheels are terrible in the snow as they get clogged up and cause the same issues.

The problems that plagued German armor in Russia affect the R/c versions exactly the same way...

I used shoe goo on my metal PzIII wheels. I'm assuming that's what you have.

You can drive that on the snow, just make very wide turns, and try to stay in frozen (not soft) areas. Or get the winterketten tracks.

Sorry, it's a Panzer III.

The PIII and my Sherman went through it like a champ. Sherman bogged down a couple of times (it has narrower tracks) but it's all light snow here. This is Alabama.

Here are pictures of my Sherman and my son with is 1:24 tiger.

http://imgur.com/a/5Jnx5

I love seeing tank tracks in the snow.

Steve

Heh, cool, well if it's not causing a problem now still keep in mind they aren't indestructible!

Here's my T-34 ripping around.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI0LMa7Igrk

I have discovered an easy way to increase the friction fit of the outer wheels is to just put a piece of clear tape over the socket and then press the wheel in place. The two layers of tape increase the interference fit and makes it quite snug. So far so good.

For the rear idler I used some super glue. Hopefully it will break free if I ever need to get at the screw.

Steve

They make debonder for super glue that works pretty good.

Watch the super glues. It is brittle so any shock or impact to the ilder will most likely break the bond, such as turning and hitting the ilder or a rock, paver, tree, table leg, etc. A real easy fix on the idler, but a bit of an eye sore is to use colored micro zip ties around the spokes. When it's moving you can't see them but on the shelf if your staring at it, might gnaw at ya.