| Intakes |
Ah the mysterious Falke intake wheel. No known donor kit. Suspiciously a BMW variant, die cast probably 1:32 scale.
First time around I scratch built an intake wheel one lazy Sunday afternoon. A few "spokes" were slightly off so I'm reworking a new one.
Basically the scratchbuild uses a wheel rim from the S800 Toyota because it has the correct inner diameter, along with various bits of styrene flat/tube.
Above: You can see the original intake (left), resin copy (right) and the S800 wheel flipped over (top).
The goal will be to create a thin intake wheel and incorporate it with the cowling as a single part.
 
I started by printing off a scaled, 18 spoke wheel template from the computer.
The template is transfered to the S800 rim and centered.
I took a knife and scored the outer edge of the wheel, inline with each spoke from the print out.
Using a circle cutter, I created a .02 styrene disc and glued a piece 6mm tube which will act as the hub.
After gluing the disc/hub, I cut 18 spokes from 2.5mm wide styrene flat bar and proceded to insert them in opposing pairs.
It's a fairly delicate procedure - almost too delicate for the scale I'm used to, 1:1 construction ;-).
 
After things cured, I sanded back the spoked side then procedded to cut S800 lug details off. I want this to be thin.
| Lug Nuts and Axle |
Lugs formed from styrene hex rod. Axle round rod.
After inserting the hub, the entire part is dressed down with liquid solvent to dull any hard edges.
I'm not 100% satisfied with the result (too round) but I'm short on time to bother with another.
 
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| Intake Mystery - part 1 |
Well I think I solved half of the intake mystery. The intake is two parts, with the inner part coming
from the Saturn V (monogram kit). That still leaves the source of the spoked wheel.
 
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| Intake Mystery - part 2 - Solved |
Thanks to research by Dr Tak, the intake mystery wheel part comes from a 1/32 Gunze Skyline!!.
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| Miscellaneous |
Miscellanous modifications, donor part replacement......
 
 
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