Spoked wheels 1/48After Dave put the spoked wheels tutorial online again I read it carefully, also the posting created by Kent.
The last days I experimented a bit and followed finally the way of Kent because I thought it is easier to realize.
So I made my own tool, only all a bit smaller due to intend scale of 1/48.
The first tries failed, the I made an aluminum spacer on the lathe.

The next things are needed are two small rim halves, turned from aluminum on lathe. The hub was soldered.

The hub is here on the drill shaft, one half rim locked on the spacer and a first layer of spokes is wound in.

The second layer of spokes uses an offset row of nails and runs on top of the hub.

Now comes a tricky part!
The second half of the rim is put on top, needs to pressed down heavily and the rims are glued together with the spokes with CA.

After the glued is hard all the threads around can be cut and the wheel removed from the tool. I secured again with CA and cleaned the rim outside. I used some wheels from the spare box for the tires.

The tries are not yet glued, I painted only the spokes with some dark metal paint.

The outer diameter of the rim is 10mm.

Thanks to this great forum I'm really happy with the result of my first spoked wheels!
Cheers,
Frank
PS: This thread will be enhanced to a build report.