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[WCP RC MODELS]

Hi everyone
A new thread just for tank parts we are working on and making for people. Will have lots of different bits and pieces in here

[WCP RC MODELS]

Just an interesting project we had recently for one of our customers
They are restoring an old Tamiya Leopard 1A4, but needed road wheels
So we measured up the old one and designed a new multipliece wheel we could print with limited supports which could be used to get their model running again. They are goign to press the old brass bushings into the new wheels themselves
We designed a JIG aswell to weld the multiple pieces together and keeping a wheel that runs straight & true

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[Herr Dr. Professor]

I saw the video, and apart from the comfort I took knowing that even the super modelers Klutz out like me, I was left just a bit mystified: at 2:28 Will brushes in a liquid (which looks like the same as the glue), uses a form of some kind to press the wheel in, leans some pressure on it, and then removes the form. (This is all before removing the bottom jig.) Is that step just to ensure correct alignment? Is the liquid Will brushes in not a glue?

[WCP RC MODELS]

I saw the video, and apart from the comfort I took knowing that even the super modelers Klutz out like me, I was left just a bit mystified: at 2:28 Will brushes in a liquid (which looks like the same as the glue), uses a form of some kind to press the wheel in, leans some pressure on it, and then removes the form. (This is all before removing the bottom jig.) Is that step just to ensure correct alignment? Is the liquid Will brushes in not a glue?

The brush carries with it EMA Solvent weld which is pulled into the join by capillary action, it works by softening the faces and when i press the whole lot together the faces literllay weld together and become as one, it means the join is literally as strong as the plastic itself!
The leaning on it to apply pressure was just for the video, i actually use an arbor press to apply alot more pressure when the solvent applied.
The steps on the individual parts are for alignment, it means that as everything goes on and slides together they effectively centre align themselves so the wheel runs straight and true.
The Top & bottom JIG work together by being able to apply pressure whilst keeping everything aligned.
On the 251 wheels i used a threaded press to apply pressure & leave them, however have found the use of the arbor press much easier.

I will put an arbor press in my next wheel video to show the equipment better. Might need to clean the workshop for the purpose of a video haha

[Herr Dr. Professor]

I find Will's process of construction interesting, and I have one a WCP 251s and Will is making me a CCKW. The CCKW was a workhorse for the Allies during WWII, the mechanical hero of the "Red Ball Express" drivers who kept the Allies equipped as they struggled to Germany in 1944. I only wish I could afford a whole fleet, but my money tree is no longer producing much. RC tankers, my ethnically prejudiced opinion is that if you have so much as a single U.S. WWII AFV, you need a CCKW and a "Jeep."