Who Makes Treadplate in 1/24 or 1/25 scale?

If you cannot find actual treadplate in styrene sheet, Archer makes dry transfers of the diamonds so you can add it to plain styrene sheets, though I don't remember what scales they make it in.

I use Plastruct treadplate for 1/25th scale modeling. Their sizing is way off though. At one time their 1/48th scale chequerplate was identical to what AMT used on their firetrucks. They then called the same size stuff HO scale.  You need to check it out at in person because if its off the web the sixing may not agree with the actual scale you want. The stuff they call 1/25th scale has diamonds that scale out to 2-3 inches.

Italeri has some chrome plated tread plate in thie truck accessories kit also

Thanks

Carl

i dont know if he is still in business, but try Fred Resin Workshop. theres was pretty good. i used it on a 1/25 tractor trailer i did about 2 years ago and it is pretty good.

dpty_dawg_ca

I use Plastruct treadplate for 1/25th scale modeling. Their sizing is way off though. At one time their 1/48th scale chequerplate was identical to what AMT used on their firetrucks. They then called the same size stuff HO scale.  You need to check it out at in person because if its off the web the sixing may not agree with the actual scale you want. The stuff they call 1/25th scale has diamonds that scale out to 2-3 inches.

Italeri has some chrome plated tread plate in thie truck accessories kit also

Thanks

Carl

I agree checking in person is necessary.

I was just checking one brand at a LHS ( don't recall the name right now ) but the 1/24 version was dual  diamond tread plate.....can't use it on WWII armor, I presume.

A 1/48th version looked better as far as spacing but the raised pattern was just elongated blobs. UGH!

I may ask Plastruct if they will send CADD  ( DWG ) files for me to check as it appears I am just wasting money if I buy any diamond plate marked 1/24th scale.

TheWildChild

i dont know if he is still in business, but try Fred Resin Workshop. theres was pretty good. i used it on a 1/25 tractor trailer i did about 2 years ago and it is pretty good.

Thanks for the tip.

Unfortunately, his website is closed due to illness and website restructuring.:

http://www.fredsresinworkshop.com/

*Sigh*... Buy this, buy that...

Get some screen and some foil, then burnish the foil down onto the screen...

Instant tread-plate...

i have one sheet left so i cant give it away,   but try Don Mills ,  models 25-1  tread plate, the plate is a little thick but the diamond pattern is to scale

Hans von Hammer

*Sigh*... Buy this, buy that...

Get some screen and some foil, then burnish the foil down onto the screen...

Instant tread-plate...

Been thinking of methods to make the tread plate as well.

Very good idea, Hans, but the method doesn't sound as if it will make a diamond pattern tread plate.

I've tired making foil impressions of the small parts I have with diamond pattern tread plate and shifting the foil to enlarge the area of the impression.

Hard to get a neat overall effect.

I'll keep trying various methods while looking.

mike midnight

i have one sheet left so i cant give it away,   but try Don Mills ,  models 25-1  tread plate, the plate is a little thick but the diamond pattern is to scale

Thanks for the info.

Must be in demand by folks if sheets are sold at auction on Worthpoint .

Unfortunately, Diamond tread plate is not listed on his website and seem to have been discontinued.

Sprue-ce Goose

Hans von Hammer:

*Sigh*... Buy this, buy that...

Get some screen and some foil, then burnish the foil down onto the screen...

Instant tread-plate...

 

Been thinking of methods to make the tread plate as well.

Very good idea, Hans, but the method doesn't sound as if it will make a diamond pattern tread plate.

Isn't this diamond tread plate?

Actually "Diamond" and "tread" plate are redundant when used together, IIRC from my welding days...

Hans von Hammer

 

Sprue-ce Goose:

 

 

Hans von Hammer:

*Sigh*... Buy this, buy that...

Get some screen and some foil, then burnish the foil down onto the screen...

Instant tread-plate...

 

 

Been thinking of methods to make the tread plate as well.

Very good idea, Hans, but the method doesn't sound as if it will make a diamond pattern tread plate.

 

 

Isn't this diamond treadplate?

Yep !

However, my understanding of your description of burnishing foil onto a screen would seem to create this:

However, what I might do is glue a screen to a flat surface and trim away sections for the diamond plate pattern.

Then I could burnish foil onto that.

.....if the glue welds the screen segments onto the base layer and those segments aren't torn off during trimming.

I'll give that method a try.

Appreciate the help !

Looks like that stuff was burnished onto plastic or fiberglass screen..  Wire screen is what I'm talking about, and it should give you a pretty good tread-plate pattern if the foil is lightly burnished... That way only the "top" of each wire is transferred to the foil..

Hans von Hammer

Looks like that stuff was burnished onto plastic or fiberglass screen..  Wire screen is what I'm talking about, and it should give you a pretty good tread-plate pattern if the foil is lightly burnished... That way only the "top" of each wire is transferred to the foil..

Gotcha !

Thanks for the clarification.

I will give it a try.

                         I got some on E-Bay very cheap and it was said to be 1/35th but upon recieving it ,it looked more in the 1/24-1/25th scale. Techstar was the name on the packaging,let me find it and I'll shoot a pic or two next to a stainless rule.

                           II'mmm Baaacck.LOL Always liked sayin that. Heres the stuff.

                           If you can reproduce it as HVH  thinks great please share it with all of us.Great idea HVH,even with one piece of the stuff I have,it possibly could be reproduced for personal purposes just as you stated with the screen Hans.

                                                              Greg"Detailfreak"Rowley

                       Well gotta run the bigfoot hunters are in northern Mn. and I'll be darned if there aint a bit of a commotion outside right now, cripes its them theyve found me.LOL

Greg"Detailfreak"Rowley

Thanks for the photos.

Product looks good.

I did find this

Techstar Diamond Treadplate

but the nothing further so far regarding a manufacturer website.

I'll do a further search, but will try the method Hans described first as being able to produce my own parts would be far more useful ; I am not dependant upon an uncertain supply.

Unfortunately, my digital camera doesn't do very good macro photography so I'd post a description of my results.

Post again when ya get free of those Bigfoot hunters ...........

                                   That was close.LOL After my best search on evil-bay alas I could not find anyone selling Techstar treadplate.PM you.

detailfreak

                                   That was close.LOL After my best search on evil-bay alas I could not find anyone selling Techstar treadplate.PM you.

Did you check that link I posted?

Techstar Diamond Treadplate

The product looks kinda similar, but the photo doesn't give as close a view.

I just tried the foil burnishing method advocated by Hans von Hammer.

The result looks like the proper size pattern and I'm satisfied that I can use the method to create realistic looking diamond tread for my projects. 

Thanks again, Hans!

No sweat...

Just a little "Old School"...