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Re: A/C Cobra 1/24 glue bomb rebuild
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 2:25 am
by Parker
Calm down everyone.
Based on the entirety of this thread, Scott will scratch build a new spoke wheel using nothing but baling twine, a yard of barbed wire, toothpaste & the first thing he finds down the back of the sofa!

Re: A/C Cobra 1/24 glue bomb rebuild
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 2:36 am
by Twokidsnosleep
Parker wrote: Tue Sep 01, 2020 2:25 am
Calm down everyone.
Based on the entirety of this thread, Scott will scratch build a new spoke wheel using nothing but baling twine, a yard of barbed wire, toothpaste & the first thing he finds down the back of the sofa!
That is freaking funny...had a good long chuckle at that one
I cobbled it back together and ca glued it all backish into place so it was the only one that didn’t roll.
Not terrible if you don’t look at it too closely and it was in place.
Then it fell off and I rolled over it with my chair...really

Re: A/C Cobra 1/24 glue bomb rebuild
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 2:46 am
by Twokidsnosleep
So now that wheel is dead .Oh the humanity
So three wheels perfectly in place, I would have to destroy to get off and I have cemented the body and chassis in.
Oh shite
I decided to sacrifice some other spoked Fujimi wheels. They are stupid wide and look like whore boots.
So easy to sacrifice, but I have to shave them down to get spokes to fit.
I can only get two layers of spokes and not three. But I can get the tire to rotate and stay put
The parts for the wheeel:
Together:
Compared to the whore boot on the right it started out as
Sitting on the car, just don’t look too close

Re: A/C Cobra 1/24 glue bomb rebuild
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 4:00 am
by aur0ra145
Wow, nice recovery!
Re: A/C Cobra 1/24 glue bomb rebuild
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 5:13 am
by Twokidsnosleep
aur0ra145 wrote: Tue Sep 01, 2020 4:00 am
Wow, nice recovery!
Barely recovered
By the skin of my, well you know
Too bad, they were really nice rims. It was all my fault not being cautious with force

Re: A/C Cobra 1/24 glue bomb rebuild
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 6:04 am
by digger303
Re: A/C Cobra 1/24 glue bomb rebuild
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 6:17 am
by Parker
never in doubt.
Re: A/C Cobra 1/24 glue bomb rebuild
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 7:14 am
by Twokidsnosleep
Parker wrote: Tue Sep 01, 2020 6:17 am
never in doubt.
Had my doubts when I heard the crunch under my chair wheel
Definitely a code brown moment
