Military wheels ??

[Panther F]

I like the small set better. Closer to scale.




~ Jeff

[Gregg]

Hi Jeff , it's Panther G. I'm building an 8x8 truck to haul my tanks.

[trucked-in]

Hello all does anyone know of a place to get ww2 style treaded tires to fit semi rims just cant get a handel on these dam tires. I made my rims out of alum round stock and cut them on my lathe worked out great now i need tires but only want ww2 style tires the duce i modeled is a reo white like the one i had years ago bought from supplus 150.00 bucks drove it for a few years and sold it i have more in this toy truck then the real one hey thanks all tim

[sassgrunt]

Tim, I tried to send a PM, but maybe it never got through. There is a large Lego tire called a 24 x 43 (part number 3740) that looks very much like a WW2 uni-directional tire. It is made out of a dense foam, and has a more squared cross-section than I would like it to have (I have not figured out a good way to round it off) but it will fit Tamiya semi-truck wheels if you cut out the 6 'stiffening ribs' that run around the outside of the wheel. You can find them on Evilbay, but you have to be patient - the people who sell them there try and charge $10 per tire, if they can get away with it. -Mike