We had a request from a customer to re-scale our 2-hole Budd Wheels to fit the AMT “Tall Tires”. Not knowing the exact dimensions of the tall tires, we ordered a set of them to use for testing.
The first test print seems to have come out really well. There’s some minor tweaks I want to make, but once it’s dialed in these will be available to print on demand. We should be able to do the same for our 5-hole and 10-hole wheels as well.
One of our current projects is creating some detail parts to improve the 1/43 scale Austin Mini released by Heller. The kit itself is old and fiddly, but can still build into a decent model with some effort. We’re hoping that our detail parts will help push these kits just a bit farther.
So far we’ve developed a better, more detailed wheel, along with 2 different types of tires. The tires in the original kit are 2-piece and leave you with a seam that you have to deal with. Our tires will be one piece and the wheel will press in, so it’s easy to paint separately. The tires themselves come in 2 types, one is a more traditional, all purpose tire. The other has a little more pronounced treads that might look great on a rally build.
Our current project is the roof rack. A perfect add on for a rally build to hold spare tires and equipment, but a useful addition for a family car to store luggage for trips as well.
Next up we might work on some additional lights to further increase the rally build options, but either way we’re hoping to have something ready to offer later this year.
If there are any specific items you think would look great on one of these Minis, be sure to let us know!
We’ve recently been working on a custom order for small scale Firebee target drones Here’s a sneak peek at the 1/200, 1/400, and 1/700 test prints.
We need to make a few changes so they print more reliably, but they’re looking pretty good. We may not make an official release for these, but once we finish they’ll be something we can print on-demand if requested.
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