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.
3′ 9½″ diam., 12 oval spokes, rectangular rim.
Hub 13″ face dia., ½″ out from the tyre.
Sources: Mike Barnsley, Midland and South Western Junction Railway, 2 Locomotives, Wild Swan (1991).
Works drawing: North British Locomotive Co. No 26560, May 1906.
Casting: 26.5 mm tread dia., 22.5 mm i/d., hub 0.3 mm above the tyre.
27 Mar 2013