Hi Mike,

I don't know of a source of these wheels commercially but the bible for this kind of work is Gerald Wingroves book – The Complete Car Modeller 2. It chronicles the build of his model of a Buggatti Royale. He describes how to make wire wheels, individual tyres and how to form complex body parts in copper and brass. It's worth getting in my opinion. The books 1 and 2 are usually available from libraries on inter-library loan if not in your local.

Here's a couple of scans from the book. He models all parts of the car accurately as far as possible including the engines external features to exact scale.

Engine

Finished model

Best Regards

Terry

Made these a few years ago for a model car – not exactly to scale for various reasons, but that is mainly a question of patience – about one day apiece to make – I don't consider buying things like this to be model engineering. Buying the tools is one thing, but buying the bits? No thanks.

**LINK**

Was a good article a few years ago about building a model MG – detailed description of how to make wire wheel models, tyres, etc, including inforamtion on spoke layout, and material sources.

Edited By wotsit on 20/10/2012 19:58:45

Hi Mike,

That would be very nice but unfortunately they are not working models, at least as far as the engines are concerned.

Regards

Terry