DalaGStanator's Customs, Mods and Experiments

All my rolling stock (except Rocket) uses wheels made of cardboard "discs" glued to each other with decent results, despite minor imperfections due to rough edges. For other land vehicles (or aircraft), I'd just need the same technique but with discs in only one size; i.e., no flanges. Luckily, the homemade circle drawers I use instead of a compass can make the discs small enough to nearly match the rubber tyred plastic ones I've built my shells for. Each one of these is made of four discs, including the one painted to look like it has a rim. If I had a material with similar properties that could be sanded/filed, I would've been able to smoothen them so they could roll more like the originals. One thing's for sure, I wouldn't cast them in hot melt glue again. Gluing a smooth tread on top wouldn't quite fix them due to the imperfect discs.



While they appear to be the right size for my existing bodies, the aforementioned rough edges will make them get stuck or not move at all. Unlike before, I'd make them in different sizes and widths depending on vehicle type and (for the first time) use 'dual' rear wheels for heavy duty/commercial. Even in a small scale like this, I could still put a little more effort than usual. Some toothpicks happen to be thinner than others, and bearings will have to be appropriately sized for them.