Wheels for Liebherr LTM-1300 crane

New wheels for Chriess' model of the six-axle automobile crane in 1/24 scale. Slightly better shape, about the same difficulty.

File list

jerab-kolo.bmp - the kit and an instructional drawing; 1500x2100 px image in 200 DPI, intended for print on one A4 page. One wheel per page, so print it at least twelve times (plus thirteenth one for the spare wheel).
jerab-kolo.dwg - the same in vectors (AutoCAD 2002 format)
*.htm - instructional texts. If you are disgusted by my misspelling (English is not my primary language), feel free to correct it or translate to any other language you know ;-).


Marks and symbols

Instructional drawing is in the same scale as the parts.

Material and print

I recommend at least 0.2 mm thick paper (160 g/m2) for the print. Thicker paper is fine, thinner one needs laminating.
Don't forget to turn "preserve aspect ratio" on and "stretch to page" off.

You will also need some cardstock (cca 0.4 or 0.5 mm thick), cardboard about 1 mm thick (exact thickness doesn't matter) and a piece of corrugated cardboard about 3 mm thick (or the like).


Assembly

Roll and glue ring 3 and insert an equally wide rolled stripe of cardstock inside it; the stripe should be long enough to create a layer thick enough to work as a tab (length of A4 is not enough, you will have to cut at least two such stripes). Roll rim 2 (printed side inwards) and glue it. Roll another card stripe around its outer surface. Close the wheel by gluing two disks 1 to the sides of the rings.

Laminate disk 4 with a cardstock, then corrugated cardboard and then once more with card. That gives you a thick sandwich with good radial strength. If you want the wheels to turn, drill the hole for an axle. The disk should fit tightly inside rim 2; if it's too loose, glue a stripe of paper around it. If it's too big, grind it a little with a sandpaper. Finally glue it between those two dashed lines on part 2.

Roll & glue ring 5 and add a rolled stripe inside it as before. Close it with disk 6 (it's good to laminate it with cardstock) and glue it to part 4.

Tyre sides 7 are intended to be burnished to roundish, "inflated" shape (dampen or lick the paper to make the shaping easier). If you don't like burnishing, draw circles in the middle of the tyres, score along them and fold the tyres roof-wise. Finally glue them to parts 1.

Laminate bolt heads 8 with a cardboard about 1 mm thick. Cut them out with a sharp knife (snap-off blade will do), by pressing the blade vertically down - any horizontal movement would delaminate the cardboard. Glue the heads on disk 4.

If you have enough time and patience, add treads 9 to the tyre. Laminate them with 0.4 mm cardstock, cut to pieces and glue them onto the designated places on tyre 3.

Repeat this eleven or twelve more times to get all the wheels you need ;-).


That's all, folks.

Enjoy the build and see you later with another models!

B@F



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