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7 mm/ft scale
B1, B2
GER 0-6-0T R24/S56, LNER J66-J69 passenger driving wheels.

4′ 0″ diam., 10 oval spokes, low hump inner rim, apparent tread 5″.
Hub 12½″ face dia., 2½″ out from the tyre, pin between at 10″.

Source: preserved loco measured direct at York in 1994.

Casting: 28.0 mm tread dia., 22.2 1/d., hub 1.6 mm out from the tyre, pin at 5.8 mm.

Casting prices and stock . GER loco sets, price list

Scans of the castings in a set for a GER R24, S56/LNER J67,8,9

Scan of casting B1   Scan of casting B2

Cross section diagram of casting B1
This example shows a tyre width of 3.5 mm for Gauge 0 Fine.
For Scale7 remove more metal from the back of the wheel to give a tyre thickness of 3.2 mm instead of 3.5 mm.


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