delticfan Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 I have a Sword 1/72 T5 but compared to the Airfix F6 the tyres look a bit on the thin side. I measured the Airfix ones (main gear) and they scale up to 200mm wide but the Sword one are approx 160mm wide. Does anyone know the correct width and any suggestions on aftermarket alternatives......Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Barracuda Resin products makes a very nice set of main wheels, nose wheel, and nose strut for the Lightning in 1/72 scale. BR72209 is the stock number. You can visit their website to see what it looks like. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delticfan Posted October 23, 2016 Author Share Posted October 23, 2016 Great help Mike thanks. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVW Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Hello, so far I didn't recognize this point. After browsing trough the different flight and maintenance handbooks I have about the Lightning. I couldn't find the tyre sizes. There is always a reference to Dunlop tyres, for example for the F.6 to Dunlop DRR3595T for the main gear and AH52017 for the front gear. There are however some dimensions for checking the correct alingment of the landing gear and with some calculation the tyre width comes to around 185mm which speaks for Sword. I'm not very confident about this and I hope the the forthcoming DACO book will show the tyres in high res so you can read its dimensions. Or maybe someone can give some light whats behind those Dunlop numbers? Regards, Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob G Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Here's a thought - send a polite email to someone who might know. I'd be trying The Lightning Association or a museum as first ports of call. http://www.lightning.org.uk/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 I can measure one for you on Tuesday if it helps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delticfan Posted October 30, 2016 Author Share Posted October 30, 2016 Martin and everyone, thanks for the additional advice, if you could measure the tyre width this week that would be really helpful, I'm doing a mix of airfix and sword models so would like a bit of commonality in parts and think the undercarriage should all look the same. Thanks again looking forward to the definitive answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Puff Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 + 1 for Roy's wheels. I don't know about their accuracy, but given that they're from him they won't be far off the mark. They certainly look the part! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 The size on the tyres are 33 x 6.75 inches of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delticfan Posted November 1, 2016 Author Share Posted November 1, 2016 That's interesting, giving a width of 171mm but assuming as with car tyres that the size written on the tyre is its uninflated width the scaled down size is somewhere between the airfix and sword tyre. To me the airfix one looks right either that or get some resin ones. Thanks for taking the time to measure up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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