1120 Production
RSO Road Wheel set
1120 production 1:35 Scale Set No. Z-05
Review by Terry Ashley

Dragon
Introduction:
1120 Production, an offshoot of K59 have released this set of replacement resin road wheels for the available and forthcoming Raupenschlepper Ost RSO kits from DML and Italeri.

The Set:
The set consists of 8 wheels cast in a light cream resin with just the casting plugs to be removed. The standard of casting is very well done without any blemishes apart from the odd bit of fine resin film in the lightening holes that is easily removed.

Details on the wheels is excellent with the correct contours of the rim disc and correctly shaped lightening holes along with the inner hub detail. The notable improvement over the DML RSO kit wheels is the better definition of the central hub detail that is very understated on DML wheels and grossly oversized on the Italeri kit wheels.

resin parts
1120 production
Resin wheel details
1120 production

Fitting the resin wheels to the DML RSO kit is very straightforward without any modifications needed on the wheels or kit, simply fit the kit axle hubs (parts B10) into the resin wheel recess and then fit the wheels as per the kit instructions, all very simple. To fit the wheels to the older Italeri kits you will need to trim about 2mm off the kit axles to take the new wheels, you may need some other minor trimming but test fitting the wheels will determine this?

Fitting the wheels to the DML RSO kits
1120 production
Images showing the real RSO road wheel with the 1120 Prod resin and DML kit wheels for comparisons
1120 production
The 1120 prod resin wheels fitted to the DML RSO kit along with the Friulmodel metal track and sprockets to add further detail to the kit.
1120 production

Conclusion:
This is a superbly cast update set that adds considerable detail to the road wheels on the DML or Italeri RSO kits with the resin wheels simply replacing the kit wheels without alteration in the DML kit and only minor alterations needed to fit the Italeri RSO kit.

The increase in detail definition makes this an almost indispensable update set for anyone wanting a more accurate representation of the RSO road wheels than is possible from the stock kit wheels.

Rating 9.5/10

References:
7.5cm Pak 40/4 auf gep.
Selbstfahrlafftte Raupenachleper OST (RSO)

Nuts & Bolts Vol. 09 Revised
book
Raupenschlepper Ost - RSO
Nuts & Bolts Vol. 29
Volker Andorfer, Anthony J. Greenland
book
Allied & Axis No.20
Raupenachleper OST

Ampersand Publishing
book
Raupenschlepper Ost (RSO)
Militar's Kits Special Volume 2

ISBN 2-9509986-2-3
book
Thanks to my credit card and Rainbow Ten for the review set.


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