Spots on the Internet (2022)

[Guest]

By the looks of it, yes. Odd that one of the wheels has supports for the hub while the others don’t, even though they seem to be identical other than the tread pattern on the tyres.

[Dave Ward]

If they can do it in 1/35 - maybe 1/12? - Thinking of all those motorbike kits that needed spoked wheels!
Dave

[rtfoe]

Looks like they are having the connecting supporting arms in place. There goes PE.

Cheers,
Richard

[Tim Marlow]

Looks like they are having the connecting supporting arms in place. There goes PE.

Cheers,
Richard

PE is still useful for things made of sheet metal, like Stug schurtzen and gun shields Richard. You get both strength and scale thickness in those sort of applications. On the other hand, things like PE spokes always look too flat anyway….

[Mini Me]

A certain musical lyrics comes to mind.........."It's the end of the world, as we know it"! .........

[Ian M]

......... but are they all in one piece??

they wont be for long lol

[Dave Ward]

CSM have added these to their Facebook page

WOW
Dave

[scottie3158]

They do look good.

[adt70hk]

They do look good.

But how fragile?

[David Lovell]

On the Copper State Model Facebook page.....................
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:surprised: 1/35 Wire wheels for their WWI Armoured cars. No info on how these are made - obviously 3D printing comes in somehow, but are they all in one piece??
Dave

Pretty dam impressive if only to show what can be done and what the future holds ,only concern is at what cost to the customer ,they don't seem like you can knock out mass numbers double time ,still the future looks bright. Dave

[Neil Merryweather]

Pretty dam impressive if only to show what can be done and what the future holds ,only concern is at what cost to the customer ,they don't seem like you can knock out mass numbers double time ,still the future looks bright. Dave

Actually,Dave, with this technology you can build as many as will fit on the build plate in the same time it takes to print one.its just a question of how much you want to spend on your machine.
I sound like a broken record, but this really is the future,chaps.

[Ian M]

Pretty dam impressive if only to show what can be done and what the future holds ,only concern is at what cost to the customer ,they don't seem like you can knock out mass numbers double time ,still the future looks bright. Dave

I think that Phase Hanger resin in the US has more or less gone 100% over to 3D printing. Products stil look good and the price pretty much the same (all things considered).

[Dave Ward]

One of my concerns would be the longevity of the wheels - do these resins become brittle with age? Some plastics do, and 'creep' under load. Does painting affect the mechanical properties?
Dave

[Neil Merryweather]

One of my concerns would be the longevity of the wheels - do these resins become brittle with age? Some plastics do, and 'creep' under load. Does painting affect the mechanical properties?
Dave

no-one knows yet ,Dave.
I do agree the wire spokes seem very vulnerable.
Of course, just because you can doesn't mean you should.....
That said ,there are resins with many different properties so it wouldn't be impossible to use a less brittle resin for the spoked wheels, maybe?

[AlanG]

1/48 HK Models B-25J