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7 mm/ft scale
B486
Early tender and bogie wheels.

3′ 6″ diam., 10 rect spokes, rectangular inner rim, 3″ apparent tread.
Hub 12″ face dia., ½″ out from the tyre.

Casting: 24.5 mm tread dia., 21.0 mm i/d., hub 0.3 mm out from the tyre.

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Scan of the castings in sets for a Stockton & Darlington 4-4-0 Saltburn.

Scan of casting B486

Cross section diagram of casting B486
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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