Hi everyone
first of all I did not realize that my version of Deere 8R would cause so much interest. Question of rear wheels will be answered now:
Rear wheels are made of following parts (per one wheel of course):
- 2 x
http://www.bricklink...&colorID=3&in=A to squezze Power puller tire.
- Power puller tire is filled with
- 94,8 tire (fits perfectly inside of power puller tire) and put over
- wheel futuristic 14 x 70 (
http://www.bricklink...tem.asp?P=32057)
All this parts are on
- axle 10 threaded (
http://www.bricklink...tem.asp?P=3737b) and
- axle nuts (
http://www.bricklink...Item.asp?P=4698)
Why threaded, because I use a pair of axle nuts per wheel in order to make tire 115,5 mm in diameter. (for rear tire group 47 as copied)
One axle nut is a gray part which you can see on inner side of rear axle, but other is covered with yellow Wheel 62.4 x 20S (which acts like wheel weight)
So you see rear tire is made of 100% LEGO parts (only modified for this model).
Front wheels are futuristic painted in yellow (since there are only metallic silver and white ones). I use them because I want to make front wheel track as narrow as possible. ideal front track will be 17 studs ,but I do not want to cut axles or universal joints.
In order to do something like this you need to be patient and have strong fingers or use tools like this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pliers
Brickshelf folder will be public sun.
After several years I've decided to make some kind of standard for my models based on quadtrac tractor driving wheels which are 36" in diameter. Only thing that could represent it is turntable with 54 mm diameter.
...so Group 40 tire (1355mm) could be represented with 81.6 x 38R Tire
Group 42 tire (1460mm) could be represented with 81.6 x 38R Tire on wheel futuristic - stretched to 88 mm diameter
Group 43 tire (1602mm) could be represented with 94.8 x 44R Tire,
Group 46 tire (1840mm) could be represented with power puller tire
Group 47 tire (1955mm) was explained above...
I hope that I was no to much for today.
If you have questions I'll try to answer them, but please eMail me on address posted on brickshelf.
Kind Regards
Igor Ipsa