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King Tiger Road Wheel...but whose?
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2017 3:14 am
by SCHWEREPANZER
This is frustrating--I have a set of metal King Tiger road wheels purchased on Ebay some time ago. These arrived in a clear, see though, thin plastic box-like container that seems to have been made for this brand of wheels. Also in the box were the separate pin axles (in two sizes for inner and outer wheels) and separate hubs (again, in two sizes for the inner and outer wheels). The pins are sized so that they can easily fit into Tamiya metal swing arms...but the wheels themselves are definitely not Tamiya wheels. Can anyone tell me who made these wheels?
Here is a pic:
Thanks to all who can enlighten me.
Besten GruBen,
Ralph
Re: King Tiger Road Wheel...but whose?
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2017 9:10 am
by tomhugill
Greetings Ralph!
The only aftermarket ones for tamiya were asiatam. I do recall some of their products being packaged as you describe
Re: King Tiger Road Wheel...but whose?
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2017 3:18 pm
by c.rainford73
Yes they were packed in plastic as you've mentioned Tom. I've seen them in blister packs in the past.
Re: King Tiger Road Wheel...but whose?
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2017 6:00 pm
by SCHWEREPANZER
Thanks chaps. Seems the consensus is that these are Asiatam wheels. I thought, obviously mistakenly, that the Asiatam wheel hubs were molded in with the rest of the wheel. The reason I ask the question is that I need to purchase another set (as the Tamiya axles and swing arms work well with my application) and I need to know what I'm looking for. Thanks again.
Ralph