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.
4′ 8½″ diam., 15 oval spokes, vee inner rim, apparent tread 4″.
Hub 17¾″ face dia., ⅜″ out from the tyre, pin between at 14″.
Source: 8F No 48305 measured direct at Loughborough in 1995.
Casting: 33.0 mm tread dia., 27.9 mm i/d., hub 0.2 mm out from the tyre, pin at 8.2 mm.
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Scan of a casting in a set for a LMS 2-8-0 8F.
27 Mar 2013