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B497
GWR 4-4-2 La France bogie wheel.

3′ 0″ diam., 9 oval spokes, rectangular inner rim, 4″ apparent tread.
Hub 11″ face dia., 1½″ out from the tyre.

Casting: 21.0 mm tread dia., 16.3 mm i/d., 0.9 mm out from the tyre.

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Scan of the castings in sets for a GWR 4-4-2 La France.

Scan of casting B497

Cross section diagram of casting B497
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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