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                        SO MANY ROADWHEELS, SO LITTLE TIME...

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        SO MANY ROADWHEELS, SO LITTLE TIME...
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 10:12 AM
                        Based on responses to the earlier post about the worst part of armor (roadwheels), out of curiosity, how many of the little buggers (1/72) or big buggers (1/16) do you think you've done over time? Do you paint both sides?
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                        djmodels1999
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: United Kingdom / Belgium
                        Posted by djmodels1999 on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 11:53 AM
                        Lots! The worst, for me, are the Sherman type of wheels/suspensions..! I just hate them! The HVSS are only slightly better than the VVSS..
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                        spector822002
                        • Member since
                          December 2003
                        • From: Southern Maine
                        Posted by spector822002 on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 12:02 PM
                        I spray em' on the sprue (both sides ) then take em off and finish em (sand and paint rubber etc) it just gives me a bit more control over the rough process , and they dry better without the paint pooling up and drying into a chunk somewhere . How many have I done ? Way too many I am afraid !Big Smile [:D]
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                        wipw
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                          January 2003
                        • From: Utah - USA
                        Posted by wipw on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 12:27 PM
                        I haven't a clue as to how many, both in 1/35 and 1/72. I not only do both sides, I even do both sides of rubber tires for the double wheels on Panther, Tigers, etc. before I glue the wheels together.
                        Bill ========================================================== DML M4A2 Red Army ========================================================== ========================================================== -- There is a fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness". (Author unknown)
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                        zokissima
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
                        Posted by zokissima on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 12:44 PM
                        I paint them completely, then paint the contacts. Yep, I absolutely paint both sides.
                        Since I only recently got into armour (a couple months ago. Prior to that, years and years of nothing but 1/48 scale aircraft) I haven't done as many as other people here. To date, the tanks I've built amount to just over 300 road wheels. With the kits I have lying around waiting to be built, that number is at least a thousand!
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 12:58 PM
                        I'm glad you asked that. I've been keeping track:

                        1/72 scale: 3,250

                        1/48 scale: 210

                        1/35 scale: 10, 961

                        1/25 scale: 112

                        1/6 scale: 10

                        Most of the time, I just paint them black, apply 'Fuzzy Fir' (used for flocking car model seats) and giggle a lot.

                        Ron
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 1:14 PM
                        Ron,

                        You are sick, sick, sick. You really should talk to someone about that "Fuzzy Fir" thing.Big Smile [:D]



                        I've done so many roadwheels, I can't even begin to count them all.
                        And yes, I do paint both sides.
                        If I didn't, I would wake up screaming in the middle of the night that I didn't paint both sides!Tongue [:P]


                        What I have found that works well for me is to thin the paint a little (dip your brush into whatever thinner is applicable for the paint before you dip you brush in your paint). That way the paint flows better and will follow the crevase between the rubber and the metal on the roadwheel. This makes a nice definition line between the two without the headache.
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                        zokissima
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
                        Posted by zokissima on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 2:31 PM
                        "1/35 scale: 10, 961"
                        Bow [bow]Bow [bow]
                        ...that's all I have to say to that...
                        At my current rate, it'll take me over 20 years to get there.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 2:39 PM
                        Zokissima, I'm exagerating of course... sure seems like that many! (heck, one Churchill seems like a thousand or two!)

                        Latch, I was thinking of doing my entire BARV in "Fuzzy Fir" when I get one.... Yes, I mean something like fur, not wood. pine, fir, hmmm. Maybe pink Fuzzy Fir.... with white tracks.... maybe a throw pillow or two on top by the TC.... (that would be fun to do to a Tiger, now wouldn't it... hmmm.)

                        Ron
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 2:44 PM
                        I have no idea but I sure wish SOMEONE would start a fad and make seperate rubber tires for the wheels!
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                        lizardqing
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Dahlonega, Georgia
                        Posted by lizardqing on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 2:53 PM
                        I do believe Ron has inhaled a bit to many fumes while doing those thousands of roadwheels!Big Smile [:D]
                        Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop
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                        wildwilliam
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                          December 2009
                        • From: West Grove, PA
                        Posted by wildwilliam on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 3:01 PM
                        Ron,
                        that is an odd number of 1/35 wheels!
                        either there is a strange vehicle in there, or you are short a wheel?
                        or was it a spare?

                        :-)

                        ed.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 4:04 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by lizardqing2

                        I do believe Ron has inhaled a bit to many fumes while doing those thousands of roadwheels!Big Smile [:D]


                        Agreed. Look for Ron soon on a "This is your brain on solvents" advertisement.

                        Matt

                        Both sides for me too.
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                        zokissima
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
                        Posted by zokissima on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 4:30 PM
                        lol, so I can relax then. No sense in starting 5 kits in a vain attempt to build up my numbers. Why I'd want to? Call it alpha male syndrome :)
                        Either way, I'm still fairly new to the armour game, but with the few kits I've built, and with the seemingly endless count they had, I would have fully believed your nums :)
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                        mark956
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by mark956 on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 4:57 PM
                        LoL Guys.
                        mark956
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 4:58 PM
                        yikes ron!
                        I don't like those little road wheels, so i don't count. Haven't made that many though, but i decided i don't like them.
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                        tigerman
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
                        Posted by tigerman on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 5:04 PM
                        .....and for those that have done indy tracks, count those up!

                        http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y269/wing_nut_5o/PANZERJAGERGB.jpg

                         Eric 

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                        Dwight Ta-ala
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Philippines
                        Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 5:22 PM
                        I have done more than a dozen tanks so that is already lots of road wheels. And yes I paint and finish both sides. The most difficult road wheels so far are those of the Panzer 4 chassis as the rubber portion is thinner than that of the M4.

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                        wipw
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        • From: Utah - USA
                        Posted by wipw on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 5:27 PM
                        QUOTE: Latch, I was thinking of doing my entire BARV in "Fuzzy Fir" when I get one.... Yes, I mean something like fur, not wood. pine, fir, hmmm. Maybe pink Fuzzy Fir.... with white tracks.... maybe a throw pillow or two on top by the TC.... (that would be fun to do to a Tiger, now wouldn't it... hmmm.)


                        Hey Ron, you could do up a diorama and have the song about the 'Chevy Van' going on in the background!! lol This AFV of yours sounds like something out of the 60's to me! Could you see driving up to the beach with your boards strapped to the top of that thing??! Oh the images that are coming to mind!!! lol How are you going to attach the water bed? Where you going to hang the mirror ball? What color curtains you going to use? LOL Oh, the humanities!!! LOLOLOL
                        Bill ========================================================== DML M4A2 Red Army ========================================================== ========================================================== -- There is a fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness". (Author unknown)
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 9:22 PM
                        Much too many to count Evil [}:)]

                        And yes, I do paint and weather both sides Black Eye [B)]
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                        djmodels1999
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: United Kingdom / Belgium
                        Posted by djmodels1999 on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 1:39 AM
                        Yes, Ron, where does that extra wheel come from..??! LOL
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 3:57 AM
                        I just had a funny thought.. Tamiya bringing out a kit based on the venerable Dragon wagon the 1:35 scale Shaggin Wagon..
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 4:33 AM
                        This thread needs an extraction fan. Ron isn't the only one affected by the fumes.

                        Matt
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 5:23 AM
                        Here.. i give you the Shaggin Wagon

                        Take a look:

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 7:16 AM
                        Something strange brewing in the Netherlands?Wink [;)]
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 7:30 AM
                        No more than usual Whistling [:-^]
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 1:01 PM
                        The extra road wheel is a spare.... gotta keep a spare around (look at my waist). Yeah, I usually, buy a kit, glue up and Fuzzy Fir the road wheels, put 'em in a diorama and throw the rest of the kit into the spares box.

                        By the way, what're these 'fume' things and what th' heck is an 'extraction fan' for?

                        Hang on... head rush... gotta lay down.

                        Okay. better now. I love that dragon wagon! I wonder if you could win a contest with a color scheme like that? LOL

                        Ron
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                        wipw
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        • From: Utah - USA
                        Posted by wipw on Thursday, March 18, 2004 4:28 PM
                        Man, Michael, I think we've all got a pretty good idea where all those fumes went!! lol

                        Love the purple, though! And the dice are the perfect touch. Mirror ball might be a bit of a distraction to the driver, though!! lol

                        Great job!
                        Bill ========================================================== DML M4A2 Red Army ========================================================== ========================================================== -- There is a fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness". (Author unknown)
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