1:24 21 inch Vossen X Novitec NF9

Twenty-one inches for an Italian supercar

Twenty-one inches corresponds in 1:24 scale to a rim roughly 22.2 millimeters in diameter; the real wheel measures 533 millimeters at the bead seat. The NF9 pattern comes from the joint line of the Vossen forge and the German house Novitec, which has long devoted itself to conversions of Ferrari, Lamborghini and Maserati cars. Characteristic is a dense ring of slender spokes converging into a small center.

What you will see through the spokes

What gives away most about the wheel is a look into its innards. The gaps between the arms are so wide that on a finished model both the inner wall of the rim and the place where the brake disc belongs stay uncovered. The casting therefore does not end at the face but continues backward in a deep dish. In that lies the difference from a wheel out of an ordinary injection-molded kit, which tends to be a single piece with a flat bottom and has a smooth partition without depth behind the spokes.

When to reach for the rims alone

This variant assumes that the rubber shoes will stay from the box or be obtained separately. It makes sense mainly when the profile of the original tires suits you and you want to swap only the wheel discs. At the same time you keep the width of shoes the body is built for.

Before gluing

Rid the mating surfaces of grease, and only then spray the primer. Try dry whether the hub seats on the axle pin, and check that the arch is clear; with a large diameter the inner edge of the fender often has to be worked or the axle seated lower, so that the wheel turns freely.