How to widen wheels and make disc brakes Heat bending styrene and circle cutting tools

this video shows how I've adapted some old wheel rims to fit wider tyres and using circle cutting tools to make disc brakes.
#modelcar #plasticmodelcars #scratchbuilding #amt #revell #monogram #heatbendingplastic #modelcarwheels #modelcardiscbrakes #circlecuttingtools #howtomake

[@ramblers69]

Nice tutorial Pete

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

I hope it makes sense.🤞🤔. I'm pleased with result👍😉. I've just remembered they came from the 55 Chevy Cameo. I'm putting it all under a 65 Chevelle stn wagon 🤞😃

[@AmateurScaleModelBuildi-lj3so]

That circle cutter would come in handy quite often. A lot of great scratch building tips. Thanks for sharing Pete

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

Yes it does and they are inexpensive. The Olfa cutter is better made. I'm glad my tips help with your modelling👍😎Pete 🤓

[@theintake8961]

Pete you are the made scientist of styrene! Great tutorial! Thank you so much! ☕👍

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

Thank you very much ,ha,ha,ha,ha 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@garytanck]

That tool is so neat! I want one! 😁❤️🍻 Cheers Mate!

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

The Olfa cutter is better made of the two and should only cost about ten dollars,I guess. They are worth the cost👍👍😃

[@1964bc]

🏁 Hi Pete. Great info. Thank you. Have a great day.

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

I hope it helps in your modelling,Louis 👍😎

[@maddogmerv]

Great information. Thank you for sharing. I've never tried that material before, but I am now excited to give it a go and widen out some wheels.

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

??i was only using styrene strips i cut from sheet??

[@modelcarmadness5119]

Very good tip on bending that styrene, i don't know how i didn't get the notification on this video, just found it now, but I'll have to try making some of that coiled styrene.

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

Glad to hear from you Ted 👍😃

[@kyledehartsscaleworks]

Very cool Pete. Going to have to track down a circle cutter for sure. Looks mighty handy.

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

Yes. Very helpful and inexpensive tool👍😎

[@kyledehartsscaleworks]

@@petesmodelcarcustoms584 appreciate the tips and recommendations as always!

[@greybeardmodels]

Nice explanation Pete, good bit of craft work. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

You got up for a pee😅👍

[@greybeardmodels]

@@petesmodelcarcustoms584 one of the benefits of old age 😩🤣🙄

[@thescalemodelcarguychannel8681]

Awesome video Pete ❤😊

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

Thank you Shawn 👍🍻😎

[@stig800]

Really good video 👍

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

I hope it makes sense,Stig 🤞😀

[@seamybmw]

Playing catch up again on Pete's videos lol well done on the rim the circle cutters are handy little tool to have on the bench👍👍

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

Yes 👍Circle cutters are very handy, I'm thinking of buying a dsaipa,or however you spell it,one🤔

[@ModelCarMinion]

Neat trick, good tip Pete.

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

Thanks a lot Steve 👍😀hope you find it useful🤞👍

[@garytanck]

Pete, nice! Great video! I've done wheel widening before to. I've also widened tires by cutting two tires and gluing both tires together to - but it was semi truck tires. Talk about heating and bending and stretching sprue is something I've done allot to. I've made wires to radio antennas to.

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

That's good👍😀

[@garytanck]

@@petesmodelcarcustoms584 i use to build my own roll cages for racecars using sprue,,, cut them and round them, bend them using a small candle or cigarette lighter

[@bkmodelcars]

The chrome was for what Pete😅 That's a pretty good idea Thank you sir

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

Ah Butch. I think I sneezed after saying, "The chrome is ..🤣🤣🤣👍😎

[@bkmodelcars]

@petesmodelcarcustoms584 I'm lmao out loud mind you GreT job I love it

[@MonsterHobbiesModelCarGarage]

That is cool Pete. I got my Dad's hole punches.

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

So have I but they don't go up to 20 or 40 mm diameters. Nor do they mark the centre

[@MonsterHobbiesModelCarGarage]

@@petesmodelcarcustoms584 Yes, that is an issue. I need to make headlight lenses for a Model T though, and they would be good for that. - Dad did teach me how to find the center of a circle using a compass, but I never did get that right. Maybe now that I'm 50, I can figure it out better! LOL!

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

@@MonsterHobbiesModelCarGarage set you dividers to the radius size. Put one point on the circumference. Scribe an arc in the area you think the centre is. Now move divider point 120 degrees to a new point on the circumference. Scribe a line in the area you think the centre is. There should now be a small x,giving the centre point.i hope this explains it and I can get out of bed and make some coffee. Geometry at 6.30 am 😅👍

[@MonsterHobbiesModelCarGarage]

@@petesmodelcarcustoms584 Thanx Dad! (He taught me the same thing 40 years ago, but I wasn't good at it.)

[@DB.scale.models]

Well, a very good scratch build, bring back some memories of a certain car I did. Yes I have used the hot water treatment. Never tried it with coffee, styreen the other sweetener 😊 I alway wanted a little hole cutter. I will have to look for it. There is no getting used to metric, in the US. I get upset when I go to the auto parts store and say I need this . What size motor 366cubic inch. They stare at me, ok 6 liter. What is the trucks tonnage? I say 3/4 ton. another icy stair K2500. Is it four wheel drive , I said, "K, that means four wheel drive in Chevy language." Lol it's here to some extent. I only say the Mets measurements for the people living out of the US.😊

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

I knew you'd have used hot water and been in it😅👍. The hole cutter is a cheap but very useful tool,they come with spare blades. The Olfa cutter is better made. Our weather temps are metric too,centigrade😀not Fahrenheit

[@DB.scale.models]

Yes, I know that ,lol. you also talk funny😅 Wa a, what is that ? We don't have it here. but coffee we have and water ,but no wa a here😂 Sorry, it's fun. I like the differences in the same language. We say stuff weird here, too. Like Texas oil is not oil, it's O. Some say ant, but others say ont( spelled wrong) My family says something weird for here, Fokes for mom and dad. But the German is showing. folks is volks, it means people.😊 I don't hear that anymore here.😮

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

I'm originally from South London so had a sort of Cockney accent that's been corrupted by a New Zealand girlfriend and my living in various parts of this country. Over here I think the accents change at about every 50 miles🤣

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

Propa King's Ing lish I speke Gov'na