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Mojo
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Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Thursday, January 05, 2006 - 05:39 AM UTC
Didnt know where to post this, so it goes here cuz its for my deuce..Tried something a bit different last night. The Tamyia 6x6 kit that im building has a pair of drums so you can model the truck with a tire or two missing.. So it occured to me that the spares cound be tossed in the back as cargo.. But the drums would have to be modified from this

To this

Sanded the detail off, then with the smallest drill I have, attempted the 8, yes 8 bolt holes for the axle flange. Then drilled out the center.. Not real happy with the result, but Ive got one left...
Also added real wire to the winch

Ive got a milliput hook and ball made up for the end of the wire.. The "rope" they offer just didnt seem to fit..

Oh yeah, and everything is green... :-)

Dave
MrRoo
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Queensland, Australia
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Posted: Thursday, January 05, 2006 - 05:42 AM UTC
Dave I am sorry to say your winch cable is over scale quite a lot.

cheers
Cliff
jRatz
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Joined: March 06, 2004
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Posted: Thursday, January 05, 2006 - 07:53 AM UTC
Dave:

Cliff is right -- a scale winch cable would be less than 1/32 of an inch in 1/35. Try stripping some strands out of your wire, then re-twisting the remainder ... If the retwist doesn't come out smooth, then it will even look realistic ... Only folks who relied on a winch kept it & the cable in proper shape ...

John
Mojo
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Posted: Thursday, January 05, 2006 - 03:58 PM UTC
Thanks guy, I have some fairly fine wire that I can twist up...


Dave
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