[WWI] 1/72nd Alb DV Question

[Eric Gallaud]

Hello,

I just measured both 1/72 Eduard and Cooper resin Albatros wheels
Eduard = 10mm
Cooper = 10.65mm
I have to add also that the Cooper wheels are very well cast and look 
very nice on my Albatros ;-)
If you know a place where they are available, I am interested to buy 
some more sets.

All the very best,
Eric

Patrick Cook a écrit :
> I did some measuring last night to see what I could learn.  I compared 
> the Eduard 1/72nd scale Albatros D.V wheels to the Roden Albatros D.V 
> kit wheels.  The Roden wheels are larger than the Eduard ones by about 
> the thickness of a sheet of paper.
>  
> I checked the size of the wheels against both the Osprey and Windsock 
> Datafile drawings/profiles.  Again the Eduard wheels appear to be too 
> small by about the thickness of a single piece of paper.  We are 
> talking about VERY small differences.  If I didn't have calipers out 
> to measure them with, I would not have been able to detect a 
> difference of that size.
>  
> If anyone has these 1/72nd scale Cooper resin wheels, could he/she 
> please measure the difference in sizes between them and the kit wheels 
> and let us know how much bigger they are?
>  
> Patrick C.
> Atlanta
>  
>  
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* James and Linda Fahey <mailto:fahey.j.l at clear.net.nz>
>     *To:* World War I Modeling Mailing List <mailto:wwi at wwi-models.org>
>     *Sent:* Monday, November 16, 2009 02:14
>     *Subject:* Re: [WWI] Alb DV Question
>
>     Yes thats an interesting point Patrick, I remember when I first
>     got the Cooper wheels I compared them to the Eduard kit parts and
>     thought the difference wasn't worth bothering about. In 1/48 it's
>     a different matter altogether. I should dig them out and take a
>     side by side photo . . .
>     James
>
>         ----- Original Message -----
>         *From:* Patrick Cook <mailto:festercook at msn.com>
>         *To:* World War I Modeling Mailing List
>         <mailto:wwi at wwi-models.org>
>         *Sent:* Monday, November 16, 2009 5:19 PM
>         *Subject:* Re: [WWI] Alb DV Question
>
>         My understanding has always been that the 1/48th scale wheels
>         are the ones that are incorrectly sized.  I have not heard of
>         that issue about the 1/72nd scale Albatros kit wheels.
>          
>         Patrick C.
>         Atlanta
>