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B98
GC 4-6-0 Class 8/LNER B5 plain wheels and Midland 4-4-0 Compound tender.

3′ 6″ diam., 10 oval spokes, rectangular inner rim, apparent tread 4″.
Hub 14″ face dia., ½″ out from the tyre.

Casting: 24.5 mm tread dia., 19.8 i/d, hub 0.3 mm out from the tyre.

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Scan of a casting in a set for a MR 4-4-0 Compound

Scan of casting B98

Cross section diagram of casting B98
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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