1/35 Frankentruck

[Old Wombat]

Mission creep!   

[su27rules]

            

[Rick Lowe]

If you're happy with them, they do the job as you need them to, and you've levelled up your skillset, it's win/win/win.

  

[frank2056]

I printed 2 sets of tires, 14 in total (I paid for the build plate and I'm going to fill it up, dammit!) Here's Steve considering opening "Steve's Bigfoot Tire Emporium":



The tires are just out of the curing station, so they still have some supports visible and small dings. It's hard to see where the sagged section is, but if I put the tire on a flat surface, it will roll until the sagged section (which is thicker, therefore heavier) is facing down.

Front tire. Some small supports (and dings) are visible.



Rear tire. I had to drill the attachment hole in the back a bit deeper since it was too shallow:



The radial ribbing isn't very visible and not really close to the reat tire, but it's good enough. I used the published dimensions for the Michelin tire compared to the ltaleri tire. I may have used a larger tire dimension, but the Italeri is a scrawny tire any way you look at it:



On the shortened M923a1 chassis:



The back tires are loose and slightly twisted. They are close together, but when pushed onto the axles, they're about 3mm apart. Close, but since they're at a fixed separation I don't think it would be an issue in the real world.

Somehow I've ended up with two parallel truck builds. How did that happen?