What a lot of work! I did it- all four!

[waaytoomuchintothis]

[FootScoot]

Holy Cow! That is just plain cool! 8-) You know how partial I am to these little fellers. Great job on those wheels too. :)

[Ember]

Congratulations. Looks great. But I still think you're bonkers. :)

[waaytoomuchintothis]

Aw Embs, you say the sweetest things... But yes, its a genetic thing. My father was a loon.

Dave and Ken, as fellow small car crazies, I have to tell you, I was way over my head on this thing. I am astonished that there were only two failures to toss out. I have ordered some textbooks and I intend to get fairly serious when I wade through them.

[TuscoTodd]

Those turned out sweet! :D

[Wolseley Hornet]

[Austin]

Wooww Very very nice looking.

[waaytoomuchintothis]

Thanks, guys. Frankly, I don't know if I would have done this if it weren't for people on HRW encouraging me to try it.

No, no, David. I've had all the tools for years. The aluminum round bar was $7 for 3 feet. That's the only thing I didn't already have. Some of the best wheels available are $6/pair- not fancy or pretty, but very well made and dependable. It floors me to see people trying to get as much as double that. Its so Ninco-ish to double price things. Besides, nobody makes anything this tiny that I could use. A 1/32 scale 10 inch wheel just ain't out there that I could find. The closest I came was drivers on an S scale steam locomotive switcher.

Like I say, I have ordered a stack of old instruction textbooks from used book outfits I get antiquarian theology and history books from, and they may make a lot of the trial and error stuff I did to make these look pretty sad. I'm pretty sure there are a lot of steps that I did that are probably not necessary. I would have sought these books long ago if I thought I would need to make something other than little bronze knobs.

[waaytoomuchintothis]

That's a good point- Anybody who wants one of these things needs to get a summary of the huge amount of research I did to find a good one that didn't cost a fortune. I pumped people for information, did tons of internet research, visited around- you name it. There's a lot to learn. And that's just getting your hands on one. I wanted a Unimat originally. Surprise- they haven't made them in many years, although I am told someone bought the name and makes some kind of similar tool, nothing like the legendary Unimat of the 1960s, from what was then West Germany.