Hello all,
I got to meet John Vojtech of UMM-USA at a swapmeet at the Indianapolis IPMS show/contest this weekend. What a pleasant fellow! I saw he had several of the UMM-USA/Scale Spoked Wheels on the table that I had not seen on the website when I was first introduced to these two months ago. Here is some info you might find of interest. He says they have improved their process, the wheels are thinner now (I can attest to that having bought an original set for the DR1). He said they take about 1/2 hour for the people has trained to make. He also mentioned the man and woman he has making them are in their 60's which I found a bit incredible given the minuteness of the wires. I purchased a set for the EIII that looked great. One very nice upgrade... they used to come with a set of black and white rubber tires. They now come with a set of black rubber but also a set of gray plastic rims. That will be the route I go with. He said to follow the new instructions on his website to install the rims into the plastic tires.
I also purchased a very nice rivet making tool he had that had detachable points to make rivets in about 20 different small to micro sizes. I thoroughly enjoyed meeting John and seeing up close some of the various tools he had for sale.
