Barracuda Studios are not happy – not happy that you have to use the Vinyl wheels on your otherwise excellent 1/32 scale kit of the ME-262 jet from Trumpeter – they are so discombobulated they have decided to do something about it. They have cast two different types of beautiful wheel sets for your kit and we have the details and links directly from the horses’ mouth… (so to speak - Sorry Roy)
We’ll just hand you over to Roy from Barracuda studios – he has
all the facts!
Barracuda Studios
is proud to announce 2 new sets in the popular and fast growing 1/32nd scale.
The Trumpeter Me-262 is a very nice and well-reviewed kit. As with most of
their 32nd scale aircraft models, the tires are supplied in vinyl, making clean-up
and painting problematic.
These new tires are far from resin copies of the kit wheels.
These are all new, designed from scratch based on close study of actual
surviving original wheels and tires. Even the tread pattern on the mainwheel is
painstakingly recreated, down to the centre
row of tread blocks that are narrower than all the others. Raised tire beads
and tire size data are beautifully moulded.
We think these are the best 262 wheels ever done, but... we
might be a little lacking in objectivity!
We'll leave that decision up to you.
This set consists of detailed, accurate resin cast
mainwheels with exacting tread pattern and a choice of two styles of ribbed hub
nosewheel. The nosewheel tire patterns included are smooth and ribbed. The
mainwheels are molded without the brake lines, which are added by the modeller
from the included wire and pressure couplings. Complete, illustrated
instructions in colour detail the easy to install brake line procedure, which
will yield a much more realistic look than if they were molded in. These wheels
are designed to replace the vinyl/plastic kit tires in the Trumpeter kit, but
will greatly improve both the Hasegawa and Revell offerings as well. 
This set consists of detailed, accurate resin cast mainwheels with exacting tread pattern and a choice of two styles of smooth hub nosewheel. The nosewheel tire patterns included are smooth and ribbed. The mainwheels are molded without the brake lines, which are added by the modeller from the included wire and pressure couplings. Complete, illustrated instructions in colour detail the easy to install brake line procedure, which will yield a much more realistic look than if they were molded in. These wheels are designed to replace the vinyl/plastic kit tires in the Trumpeter kit, but will greatly improve both the Hasegawa and Revell offerings as well.
In other
BarracudaNews, the reprinted Mustang decal sets in 32nd and 72nd are due
early next week. The Mustang cockpit stencils and placards are also due back in
stock next week.
More new resin is coming very soon. Watch this space for
announcements.
Happy modelling!
Roy
