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01-10-2008, 05:39 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Rectalville
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|  Scale lug nuts and studs!
Did this to my new set of RPM Revolvers. I'm thinking of adding another set of 5 in between the ones that are there. I also have bolts small enough to replace all the little molded-in "lumps" on the outside rim of the wheel, paint the rim and make them look like super-scale beadlocks. I might take the nuts off and paint the studs black, too. Wadda you think?  |
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01-10-2008, 06:08 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Minnesota
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Looks good... more info on the hardware you used would be super  |
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01-10-2008, 06:14 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Rectalville
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All the info you need is right here: Welcome to scale Fastener heaven!!! http://www.microfasteners.com |
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01-10-2008, 06:29 PM
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| ~THE SCALE SHOP~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: KILLEEN TX
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what size did you order?
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01-10-2008, 06:36 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Rectalville
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those are the 1-72 x 1/2. But I also have the 0-90 and the 00-90 sizes. I used them all over a Revell Big Deuce 1/8th scale '32 Ford kit I'm working on. I'm replacing every single molded-in fastener with these. I'm up to over 600 so far!    |
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01-10-2008, 06:42 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Minnesota
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That's just sick! Can you buy a kit or do you have to order all the sizes separate like McMaster?
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01-10-2008, 07:24 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Rectalville
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You gotta order 'em all seperate. Me and a bunch of other people have e-mailed them BEGGING them for assortments but no luck. thanks for the compliment on the 1/8 scale stuff. Hopefully someday I'll have time to finish it. If you think that motor's something, you should see it now. Now it's got a big Blower on top of it, all done in Chrome paint (like spazstix) and three carbs on top of that! And all of it's done up the same way with the hardware. |
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01-14-2008, 01:12 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: May 2007 Location: Vivaa Las Vegas!(Ringgold Ga. is home)
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01-14-2008, 02:03 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Rectalville
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Actually, That's from a STATIC 1/8 scale '32 Ford kit by revell, and the Jag parts are from a Monogram 1/8 scale jag kit. The quickchange used to be a solid-axle centersection that I made the brackets for to make the winters. I still need to moount the brakes, etc. I DO have functional scale U-joints for it, though (but they're resin-cast, not really for our kind of stuff). I DO have another 1/8-scale kit that DOES have a working halibrand-style rearend, as the kit is motorized and has working steering and clutch, and the motor also turns the belts and stuff on the twin Blown engines (it's a big, crazy dragster kit) but it would be pretty much useless for our use, but you COULD use it to master machined stuff off of, I suppose... |
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01-14-2008, 02:18 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Rectalville
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I added the perfect finishing touch to these last night. LOCKOUTS!!!  I just made these from a bic pen tube, that I heated up and shoved over the wheel nut, let it cool, and then made a piece to go in the center using just about anything I could find that would fit one-inside the-other to plug the hole. (A chunk of the inner piece of the bic pen, some aluminum and styrene tube, and a chunk of styrene rod.) Then I used another piece of styrene to similate the cross-bar piece on the knob. Then I colored them with black, red and silver sharpie markers.  I know they look more like TTB ford lockouts, but they're close enough for me. Total cost: $0. Time involved, about an hour, but I spent most of that looking for materials around my house. I think in all reality once I got to work the only thing holding me up was waiting for the glue and ink to dry. How much it adds to the looks of the rig: Priceless.  Last edited by JavelinSST390; 01-14-2008 at 02:24 PM. |
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01-18-2008, 06:37 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: May 2004 Location: South Wales, UK
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They look great, well done! I'm gonna have a pop at making some too  |
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01-18-2008, 08:44 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: in the woods
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Impressive creativity, looks cool also |
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02-09-2008, 09:58 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Im Your Neighbor
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very smart on the lockouts
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02-09-2008, 11:36 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: weather sucks ,mn
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mnster makes the lockout nut covers in 1.9 and 2.2 this was berfore I finished painting them  |
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02-10-2008, 04:42 AM
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| MWRCA'er  Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Machesney Park IL
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02-10-2008, 08:47 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Eau Claire
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Good find!, I totally forgot about them. I used to get stuff there for scale plane builds......game on! |
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02-10-2008, 09:14 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2006 Location: Arlington, VA
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I've been ordering from Micro Fasteners for awhile now, great variety of scale nuts and bolts they have.
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02-10-2008, 10:09 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Orlando
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02-10-2008, 08:36 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: weather sucks ,mn
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thanks well it's had a few changes here and there so when its done i'll post up pics | |
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02-10-2008, 09:05 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Port Charlotte, FL
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sweet i never really thought of that ill have to give er a try if ya dont mind
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