1:12 wheels

Do any of the Fujimi 1:12 Skylines come with two sets of wheels? Is there any source for aftermarket 1:12 wheels? Or tires (not slicks?). Just curious - a shot in the dark.

Being a much more uncommon scale, I'd imagine you'd have a hell of a time finding 1:12 wheels, much less a variety of them.
For the tires, this idea came to mind: Take the kit tires and put them on a drill, or other rotary tool, sand the living hell out of them until there's no tread left. Then recarve new treads with a pattern. I think that the hard part would be the new tread, but I have seen it down before. (Carving rain slicks out of regular slicks.) HTH

RC world buddy, or scratchbuild.

Rc car wheels maybe !

The only 1/12 scale R/C car wheels you will find are usually racing foams and will not look anything like what you probably want.

check out pro-line. go check out a R/C car mag. wheels and tires have taken a major step forward in the past year or two.

Proline does not make "scale" looking 1/12 scale wheels. The only R/C cars out on the market today that are 1/12 scale are pan car, carpet racers.

1/10 wheels have a diverse selection but they would be entirely too big, heck they aren't even proportionate on R/C cars. Take my advice on this matter as I work at HobbyTownUSA and I am fully aware of R/C products.

And if you aren't talking about wheels/rims from R/C cars. The dimensions and side wall size of R/C car tires would not be a good choice either. R/C cars have a very small sidewall not suitable for adapting to a 1/12 scale model and still retain realism.

Will, I have spent many hours looking for me rims for my 1:12 projects and drawn a blank every time.
When the time comes, i'm going to have to make my own. But it the tires which are the hardest part.
Have you received your 1:12 now then.
If so did you notive that the front wheels are smaller that the rears, If I remember correctly 15" front and 16" rears.
Maybe an order with HLJ for a spare set of Fujimi Skyline BBS rims etc would be the other way to go.

I agree with Hiroboy, parts@hlj.com has been a great help for me when I wanted only engine parts or wheels from some kit that I like (weeell, U may guessed it's the RB26DETT from Tamiya, yes but I've managed to get several other parts as well). U need kit number and the part number from the kit but how do U know wich kit has the wheels U like? The box art can be misleading.

Hiro - I think I'm going to be forced to make them myself, as well. Yes, I have received my NSX, and man is it ever intimidating. Soon I'll get up the nerve to baby step my way through it. For the rims I've pretty much decided that I'm going to have to cast some resin centers and use some tubing (1.5" dia pipe/tubing is 18" in 1/12, that would be a good start) since I don't have a lathe or anything. Seperate centers and rims would facilitate adding offset to the rears (hot on an NSX!) Tires will indeed be the hard part, and I wonder, are the Fujimi tires solid or are they like the NSX tires (hollow like RC)? If they are solid, they could conceivably be stretched, or even cast in resin. The only problem there is that I'd like to have 19"-18" or 18"-17" on the NSX - they look so good with stepped wheels (right, Jay?)

Skunk_werkz - I've been looking at RC wheels, and found some Yokomo rims that are close in diameter. They also have the fake rivet detail, and if that was trimmed off and the diameter made smaller, they would be suitable for centers, I think.

I am reluctant to ask HLJ for the parts - I see that as a service for people who get the kits damaged, and I don't want to take advantage of HLJ's courtesy by just asking for parts. Imagine how many Fujimi Skylines they would have sitting around, missing wheels! That's an expensive kit, to boot, not a $15 Tamiya. But, it looks as good an option as any. Perhaps I can ask them for some wheels, cast them, and send them back? Yeah right.

Check this out. 1/12 Nissan Silvia from ebay. Maybe you can use this.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1042&item=6933713574&rd=1

Quite a few for sale right now.

I was recently wondering what there was in the way of wheels for an old built-up Monogram Ferrari Testarossa 1/12 kit I have here. To the two of you who wuld make their own wheels, what style were you thinking of? If it's something that might be appropriate for the Testarossa I might be interested if you'd be willing to cast a second set. What will you do about tires?

they look so good with stepped wheels (right, Jay?)Yes, they do. :sunglasse

I was ideally looking for mesh (BBS but further apart spokes) if I could find some to modify. But if I have to make them completely from scratch, Rays TE37s would be much easier. The idea would be just to cast the centers, and machine the inner and outer lip since I wand different offset in the front and the back, and I also want 19" in the rear and 18" in the front. Making the centers seperate from the lips would make them more modular, like a 1:1 3-peice. If that plan ever gets off the ground, I would be willing to reshoot a few more centers. But don't bank on anything from me until you see it.

Check this out. 1/12 Nissan Silvia from ebay. Maybe you can use this.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1042&item=6933713574&rd=1

Quite a few for sale right now.

Yeap , done that, the wheels are Huge, more like 23" and don't fit under the arches at all.

Will, Yes the Fijimi Tires are the same as the Rosso ones, Hollow.

To Willimo,

If I understood correctly, HLJ doesn't plug them from kits. They order the parts from the manufacturer in this case Fujimi. They have some parts lying around from kits that are damaged or that have been missing parts from the factory and if they don't have the parts in stock they order them from the source. :naughty:

How about Import tuner 1/18 scale models for 1/12 models wheel source? I put 1/24 scale wheels on a 1/18 scale model. Fits perfect!

i got some 1/12 14" cragars with 235's on em. if you want them willimo>?
lol, just joking man.
laters, WIDE

I was ideally looking for mesh (BBS but further apart spokes) if I could find some to modify. But if I have to make them completely from scratch, Rays TE37s would be much easier. The idea would be just to cast the centers, and machine the inner and outer lip since I wand different offset in the front and the back, and I also want 19" in the rear and 18" in the front. Making the centers seperate from the lips would make them more modular, like a 1:1 3-peice. If that plan ever gets off the ground, I would be willing to reshoot a few more centers. But don't bank on anything from me until you see it.

Hmmm I'm wondering what Volk TE37's would look like on a Testarossa... 19" rears and 18" fronts would be hot I bet. I'm gonna see if I can find someone to photoshop it up for me to see how it looks!

Hmmm I'm wondering what Volk TE37's would look like on a Testarossa... 19" rears and 18" fronts would be hot I bet. I'm gonna see if I can find someone to photoshop it up for me to see how it looks!
We are talking about 1:12 wheels here, not sure if you knew that.
Did they make a Testarossa in 1:12?

I hate to sound like an ass here, but I DID read the subject line, otherwise I wouldn't have posted anything. I know it's surprising when someone actually reads something here, so I understand. :smile:

Oh, and yes, Monogram made a 1:12 Testarossa a long time ago. If YOU had read my original post, you would already know that. :nono:

I hate to sound like an ass here, but I DID read the subject line, otherwise I wouldn't have posted anything. I know it's surprising when someone actually reads something here, so I understand. :smile:

Oh, and yes, Monogram made a 1:12 Testarossa a long time ago. If YOU had read my original post, you would already know that. :nono:
Yeah your right sorry. scan reading whilst at work.
:banghead:

May I just post this pic as an exemple, dude, don´t give up on the RC-world:

http://h1070012.hobbyshopnow.com/ProdInfo/HPI/450/HPI3039-450.jpg

http://h1070012.hobbyshopnow.com/ProdInfo/HPI/450/HPI4762-450.jpg

http://h1070012.hobbyshopnow.com/ProdInfo/PRO/450/PRO109700-450.jpg

Can u say B L I N G?!!!

Check out Pegasus Hobbies at the "Plastic-car-tire-and-wheel category", that´s all I did today...

Here's a wheel that took me less than 15 minutes to make. Compare them to the 14" rears. To make this, the tire used is included with the 1/12 Corvette and '57 Chevy (and the Camaro I'm guessing) that was cut open to fit a taller rim, a 1/12 Testarossa rim was cut open with a Dremel, and spare RC rims I have sitting in my rollaway. I could just as easily use the TR tires but I wanted a slightly taller sidewall. I cut the RC wheel down to fit into the rim - pretty easy since the spokes are straight.
http://images8.fotki.com/v124/photos/4/43509/381975/PB020109-vi.jpg

The car is an old glue bomb that I built when I didn't know any better, and now I want to restore it with these wheels. Originally I was trying to find modern wheels for a 1/12 '57 Chevy project, but forget that. This just looks too cool to me. Not sure what to do with the rear flares, or just use the stock body and live with narrower tires. But that's for another thread..

I will post a pic in the next 2 days with the 1/12 camaro with hobbyworks rc wheels it should look cool
maybe not here is the pic

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/586501-med.jpg

If you're interested in some BBS wheels, these might be suitable for you. But then they're pricey.

http://www.pgperformance.com/merch.htm

Those are almost perfect. Unfortunatelt, "Approxamately" 1.5" in diameter could either be the same size as what I've got or a golden 18" wheel in 1:12.

Yeah never mind the price... $40 EACH! That's $160 just for the wheels!

Or $40 for one and I'll be all mad scientist and repop them in resin. Then put the master on my desk to hold down all the homework I'm neglecting.

Then hope that whatever tires you have will fit over them.

Have you tryed the "DUBBS" diecast trucks. They come with a large Variety to choose from. just keep in mind that will look more like "15" inch wheels instead of the "23" inch wheel they were meant to be.

15? Sweet!

What was Uncle Rico doing at my girlfriend's house?

have you looked at HPI's Super Nitro Wheels?

http://www.hpiracing.com/graphics/wheels/snmesht.jpg

wheels are 2.2" in diameter (57mm) and are 35mm wide