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Thanks I_Igor - Team Thrifty's Axion (which is stunning - hats off @TeamThrifty!) was one of my first inspirations. I spent a while looking for the tyre / wheel combination that TeamThrifty had used but in grey to suit the Massey colour scheme, but couldnt really find anything that was quite right at a reasonable price. Then looking at the tyre scales, and going by height rather than width, the 2.2" RC tyres equate roughly to a 580/70 R38 rear at 1:12.2 and the Claas tyres roughly matched a 480/70 R28 at 1:12.9. According to the Massey brochure those tyres are the standard fitment on the 6716S and so that set the scale for me. 1:12 also gives me a bit more space to squish in the various motors, transmissions, fake engine etc and given my newbie status i'm going to need all the space i can get! Cheers

Good evening cognoscenti I am working on a (roughly) 1:12 MOC of a Massey Ferguson 6716S tractor, and need a bit of help with getting some custom / 3d printed rear wheels. For the front wheels I'm using the Claas / 6x6 tow truck tyres 23798 with light grey six spoke 15038 56mm D x 34mm wheels (although loader style solid wheels would be better if i can find some). For the rear i have bought some RC4WD ZT0129 2.2" mud basher tyres (https://www.modelsport.co.uk/index.php?product_id=401784), which fit pretty neatly (with a bit of fiddling) onto the Porsche rims 23800 62.3mm D x 42mm. However, I would really like to get some custom or 3d printed wheel loader style (ie solid dish) rims with an axle connection, six pin holes and a more neutral offset to match the real tractor for the reat tyres. Any recommendations on whether anyone has already made such a wheel, or who could make one? I have already had a look at the third party tyres for technic rims thread, but not found quite what i am after yet. It would be even better if i could also get solid dish loader style wheels in 56mm D x 34mm to go on the front. I think the simplest fix would be a combination of the Porsche rim and a solid dish. However, a neater solution would be to mimic the 'beadlock' arrangement that the RC models use, but make in lego technic - ie a main dish & rim, a slide on collar, and a locking rim (which pins the tyre in place against the slide on collar and the main rim) held in place with eg 6no 3/4 pins (RC beadlock uses tiny screws here). beadlok by hpil 102, on Flickr# Creating a beadlock type technic wheel would then open up a whole range of RC wheels fitting better onto lego (or lego compatible) rims... So, any suggestions of offers to create some 3d printed rims for me? hpil