Icon Alfa 179 wheels & tires
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Icon Alfa 179 wheels & tires
Received my replacement wheels and tires for my 1/12th Protar Alfa 179. The quality of the resin casting is superb. As good or better than MFH. My tires had been melting away for several years so I was very happy and surprised that Derek took on this project. I drilled out the resin wheels for tire valves and the rim bolts. Painted with primer, gloss black, clear, and Alclad polished aluminum. A final trick I use is a Japanese chrome powder. This gives the alclad a more polished look.
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Re: Icon Alfa 179 wheels & tires
Hmmm..., by "Japanese chrome powder", I assume you mean Wave's Kosutte-GinSun (or GinSan) product? Very interesting. Thanks for sharing that.
Cheers,
Chris
Kosutte-GinSun references:
http://www.f1m.com/forums/viewtopic.php ... 7&p=177506
http://www.f1m.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=18636
Cheers,
Chris
Kosutte-GinSun references:
http://www.f1m.com/forums/viewtopic.php ... 7&p=177506
http://www.f1m.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=18636
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Re: Icon Alfa 179 wheels & tires
Hi Dave,
also I am building a Protar 179 kit and I am very interested by Icon wheels and tyres.
Please, can you say me the differences between Icon wheels and Protar kit wheels ?
Thank you,
ciao,
Giovanni La Rosa
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P.s.
From my reserch, I think that the wheels color was not polished aluminium, but a silver whit a semi-gloss clear varnish over ( a protective trasparent paint to preserv the wheels).
also I am building a Protar 179 kit and I am very interested by Icon wheels and tyres.
Please, can you say me the differences between Icon wheels and Protar kit wheels ?
Thank you,
ciao,
Giovanni La Rosa
giovanni@fratelli-larosa.com
P.s.
From my reserch, I think that the wheels color was not polished aluminium, but a silver whit a semi-gloss clear varnish over ( a protective trasparent paint to preserv the wheels).
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Re: Icon Alfa 179 wheels & tires
yes Giovanni, please post progress ... must have been ages since i saw some new stuff from you.glr190959 wrote:Hi Dave,
also I am building a Protar 179 kit
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Re: Icon Alfa 179 wheels & tires
Hi Wim,
you are right about my slow Alfa building , but the family and my work leave me too little time for the modellism !
But the build continue and now I' m working on the body, the final step.
Can you say me which are the differences between the Icon and Protar kit wheels ?
Thank you,
ciao
GiovanniLa Rosa
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you are right about my slow Alfa building , but the family and my work leave me too little time for the modellism !
But the build continue and now I' m working on the body, the final step.
Can you say me which are the differences between the Icon and Protar kit wheels ?
Thank you,
ciao
GiovanniLa Rosa
giovanni@fratelli-larosa.com
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Re: Icon Alfa 179 wheels & tires
I think Derek at Icon could answer the question best. Other than the Protar tires are crap, that is all I can contribute.
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Re: Icon Alfa 179 wheels & tires
Too many kits this month! But soon enough
will all of the front wheels fit the kit's rotors?
will all of the front wheels fit the kit's rotors?
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Re: Icon Alfa 179 wheels & tires
My cast resin wheels pictured above are basically the same as the kit wheels but do not have the chunky molded in bead lock bolt details like the kit wheels do. They come with small detents where they should be drilled for your choice of hardware for the bead lock bolts and the air valves. Or you can choose not to add the hardware, Also my 15 inch front wheel pictured above is slightly wider or narrower (I'm not sure now which without looking) then the kit wheels. This is for no other reason then I made a mistake and when discovered it was too late to correct. One last thing I want to point out is that Dave is using these tires and wheels on the 179C. The 179C used Michelin Tires. My tires are Wingfoot and meant for the earlier 179.glr190959 wrote:Can you say me which are the differences between the Icon and Protar kit wheels ?
Thank you,
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They look nice Dave thanks for the props.
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Re: Icon Alfa 179 wheels & tires
Hi Derek,
thank you for your explanation !
Soon, I will order you a set of 179 wheels and tires because my Protar Alfa is almost
at the end of built.
Thank you,
Regards,
Giovanni La Rosa
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thank you for your explanation !
Soon, I will order you a set of 179 wheels and tires because my Protar Alfa is almost
at the end of built.
Thank you,
Regards,
Giovanni La Rosa
giovanni@fratelli-larosa.com