New spoked wheels.

[Des]

A new range of spoked wheels will be available shortly from Scalespokes, a new company formed in conjunction with UMM. These are magnificent wheels and come in 1:72, 1:48 and 1:32 scales, they have aluminium rims and hubs, copper wire spokes and real rubber tyres, the picture below is a bit fuzzy but gives a good idea of what the wheels will look like. John is hoping to have them released before Christmas, here is a link to their new website.  http://www.scalespokes.com/new/  and  http://www.scalespokes.com/

Des.

[pepperman42]

Those are a home run!!!

Steve

[bobs_buckles]

miniature masterpiece 
Thanks for the heads up!

Von Buckle

[Tony Haycock]

They are stunning, and a pair will find their way onto my Eindekker. The only minor isue I can see is that until the middle of the war (i.e. post-Eindekker) most aircraft and car tyres were grey, not black.

[Des]

The tyres will be available in either a black or white rubber, but can be painted what ever colour you like.

Des.

[Dekenba]

I can see the day when models are sold, not just with added AM in the box, but pre-built to such a degree that you merely need to take the lid off the box and - voilà!

[Tony Haycock]

The tyres will be available in either a black or white rubber, but can be painted what ever colour you like.

Des.

That solves the problem!

[pepperman42]

The tyre upgrade kits that will be offered are described as "flattened" and resin so its all good.

Steve

[lcarroll]

    I couldn't find any prices mentioned but by the looks of them(appear to be very high quality) I suspect they may be a little expensive. Oh well, "what price happiness?"
Cheers,
Lance

[GAJouette]

  Looks to be an excellent product. I'm wondering how difficuft they are to assemble though.
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette

[pepperman42]

One way of reading the site is they are already assembled, you just put the tyre on and then add valve stems etc. That does seem like an expensive proposition though doesnt it?

Steve

[mike in calif]

Yes, but for 1-2 planes, they might really add some "pop".

[GAJouette]

One way of reading the site is they are already assembled, you just put the tyre on and then add valve stems etc. That does seem like an expensive proposition though doesnt it?

Steve

  Steve,
You may be right about the preassemled part.Yes it is an expensive proposition,but it would certainly up the detail. Might be an awesome addition to WNW's new Fokker E family my old friend.
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette

MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR to you and your's

[coyotemagic]

Yes, but for 1-2 planes, they might really add some "pop".

Right.  Since I would only use them on a couple planes, it's an expenditure I can live with.  I have a 1/48 scale HR Fokker B.I that I've been itchin' to build, but have put off until I could make acceptable wire wheels.  I struggled for hours just to make one wheel using pe.  It's worth it to me to just buy the wheels and devote more time to detaling the rest of the model.  After all, if we were not building a model with wire wheels, we would simply cut a plastic wheel off the sprue, clean it up, paint it and slap it on.  It doesn't diminish the skills required in building a model any more than using pe seat belts or pre-rolled MG jackets.  I think it's actually closer to using lozenge decals as opposed to hand painting them.
Cheers,
Bud

[pepperman42]

Oh Im not doubting the value or cost. Im just not sure how "assembled" they are. Either way its all good.

Steve