Armory 1:72 Supermarine Spitfire wheels with a diamond tread pattern and five-spoke hubs is a resin set that replaces the plastic wheels from the kit. The tires are cast with a weighted tire effect and the hub has five spokes.
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This is an accessory wheel set in 1:72 scale from the Armory company, not a model of the aircraft. The set is intended for kits of the Supermarine Spitfire fighter and represents the form with a diamond tread pattern and a hub with five spokes. This pair of features sets it apart from the other Spitfire wheel sets from the same manufacturer.
The diamond pattern is made up of a dense mesh of small fields that injection-molded plastic cannot cast in this scale, and the parting line across the tread breaks it up as well. A resin casting is one piece and the pattern on it stays legible even after the paint has been sprayed on. What shows most, though, is the weighted tire effect: the lower part of the tire is flattened the way the rubber sits under the weight of the aircraft.
The Supermarine Spitfire was a single-engine fighter with main landing gear retracting outward from the wing root; the wheel track was narrow as a result, and the landing gear is one of the prominent recognition features of the type. Several types of hub and several tread patterns were used on it during production, so the combination of pattern and hub is a recognition detail of a particular machine.
Wash the parts in warm soapy water and let them dry, otherwise the mold release residue will keep the paint off. Cut the casting blocks off with a saw or a knife, do not snap them, and level the mating surface with a file; sand wet or with a respirator. They are glued with cyanoacrylate glue (super glue). Apply a primer, spray the tire dark gray and paint in the spokes of the hub with a brush; fine dry dusting in a lighter shade brings out the engraving of the pattern nicely. Seat the wheel with the flat area pointing straight down.
The set is an accessory, not a kit of the aircraft. It is supplied unpainted; glue, paints and the base kit are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.
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