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paul_c

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I currently building the old but excellent Airfix 1/12 Bentley. So far a brilliant kit but let down by those wheels...... Very heavy flash and broken spokes have left me dreading tackling these so I was wondering if any company produces after market replacements? I know some people fabricate their own but that's not for me!

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If your feeling brave you could always tackle it yourself and respoke the wheels yourself. It has been done many times and the results are fantastic. I have a 1/8 revell jaguar e-type which i may be respoking the wheels to. There are many tutorials on the internet which can help.

Just a thought for you if you dont want to spend alot of money 😊😊

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6 hours ago, paul_c said:

I currently building the old but excellent Airfix 1/12 Bentley. So far a brilliant kit but let down by those wheels...... Very heavy flash and broken spokes have left me dreading tackling these so I was wondering if any company produces after market replacements? I know some people fabricate their own but that's not for me!

 

Other options for spoke dilema on this Britmodeller build, just read the whole article relating to the spokes:-

 

 

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I've got a set of Pinto wheels: they're good, and a huge improvement over the Airfix offering. The only down side is that shipping (to Australia, anyway) puts the price up a lot more, so that when it comes to rebuilding the other Airfix Bentley in the stash (the one I made when the kit was first released, which has suffered through several house moves) I'll try going down the do-it-yourself road.

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