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Title: Spoke wheels for Rumpler?
Post by: nmroberto on September 12, 2015, 07:14:44 AM

Does anyone make a good spoke wheel and tire for a 1/32 Rumpler C IV?   If not specifically for a Rumpler, what would be acceptable?

Thanks

Title: Re: Spoke wheels for Rumpler?
Post by: Des on September 12, 2015, 08:02:49 AM

Have a look here;  http://www.scalespokes.com/  I have used quite a few of his wheels for my scratch builds and they are pretty good, not overly expensive either.

Des.

Title: Re: Spoke wheels for Rumpler?
Post by: nmroberto on September 12, 2015, 10:40:02 AM

Quote from: Des on September 12, 2015, 08:02:49 AM

Have a look here;  http://www.scalespokes.com/  I have used quite a few of his wheels for my scratch builds and they are pretty good, not overly expensive either.

Des.

Nice,  but which would be correct for the Rumpler?

Title: Re: Spoke wheels for Rumpler?
Post by: Des on September 12, 2015, 11:42:30 AM

Send an email to John Vojtech at Scale Spokes and ask him which wheels would be most suitable for your Rumpler, don't forget to let him know the scale. On the home page of their website they have a contact page, here you will find all the different ways to contact John, he is a very nice bloke.

Des.

Title: Re: Spoke wheels for Rumpler?
Post by: Berman on September 13, 2015, 12:40:13 AM

WWI Aero Journal issue number 145 has a large list of German tire sizes on page 95. The list contains many aircraft.  The correct size for the Rumpler built C.IV's is 810mm diameter by 125mm so simply divide those figures by 32.  Same size for C.IV's built by Pfalz but those built by Bayru used 800mm by 135mm tires.

Title: Re: Spoke wheels for Rumpler?
Post by: nmroberto on September 19, 2015, 07:54:41 AM

Quote from: Des on September 12, 2015, 11:42:30 AM

Send an email to John Vojtech at Scale Spokes and ask him which wheels would be most suitable for your Rumpler, don't forget to let him know the scale. On the home page of their website they have a contact page, here you will find all the different ways to contact John, he is a very nice bloke.

Des.

He probably is a "nice bloke"  but I've sent three emails with no answer. 

Title: Re: Spoke wheels for Rumpler?
Post by: Des on September 19, 2015, 09:32:43 AM

Don't know whats happened Robert, I wrote to him last week and still waiting for a reply.

Des.

Title: Re: Spoke wheels for Rumpler?
Post by: Ernie on September 19, 2015, 08:50:57 PM

Robert, you could try and give him a call.  I've
talked with him before and he really is a  helpful
guy.  Store's number is (847) 537-0867.

Cheers,
Ernie

Title: Re: Spoke wheels for Rumpler?
Post by: Des on September 23, 2015, 11:51:27 AM

Robert, I received a reply from John today, this is a week after I wrote to him, so obviously he is back at his desk and answering emails.

Des.

Title: Re: Spoke wheels for Rumpler?
Post by: nmroberto on September 24, 2015, 01:17:57 AM

Quote from: Des on September 23, 2015, 11:51:27 AM

Robert, I received a reply from John today, this is a week after I wrote to him, so obviously he is back at his desk and answering emails.

Des.

thanks Des