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Posted: Monday, September 02, 2013 - 01:54 AM UTC
A new update is available from Blitz Workshop, big wheels for a big wheeled RSO.

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If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!
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Posted: Monday, September 02, 2013 - 02:35 AM UTC
Can we see the back side of the wheel casting to see how Blitz handled the front wheel brakes? For some reason Riich made the rear wheel brakes separate pieces but incorporated the front brakes into the wheel moldings.
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Posted: Monday, September 02, 2013 - 08:33 AM UTC
I prefer the solid disc style wheels myself, but I would use these just for the hard treads.
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Posted: Sunday, May 18, 2014 - 01:57 AM UTC
Website is no longer online, have they gone out of business?
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Posted: Sunday, May 18, 2014 - 02:23 AM UTC
Guy used to sell on eBay but not anymore it seems.

They have a blog here with a contact email. I'll try this and let you know.

http://blitz-creations.blogspot.de/

Cheers,

Christophe
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Posted: Sunday, May 18, 2014 - 02:25 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Can we see the back side of the wheel casting to see how Blitz handled the front wheel brakes? For some reason Riich made the rear wheel brakes separate pieces but incorporated the front brakes into the wheel moldings.


Maybe this pic will help you?

165thspc
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Posted: Thursday, May 22, 2014 - 02:55 AM UTC
I prefer the open disc wheels myself - I think it makes the vehicle more visually interesting and opens up the underbody for the viewer to see more of that great detail! They are not TOO hard to drill out. I substituted a plain plastic disc for the back side of the front wheels just so I could cut the brakes out of the back side of the front wheels and make them more of a detail match for the seperately molded rear brakes.



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Posted: Thursday, May 22, 2014 - 03:02 AM UTC
Partial build log on Skoda RSO can be viewed at:

https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/205790&ord=&page=1
165thspc
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Posted: Monday, May 26, 2014 - 08:07 AM UTC
Front brake drums that were cut out of the front wheel assemblies:

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