54" Diameter Wheels

YellowHillsCentral · December 18, 2009, 09:59:44 AM

Does anyone know where I can find me some 54" diameter 1:20.3 scale driver wheels?

Thanks
CJLM

Kevin Strong · December 18, 2009, 10:48:36 AM

My first thought would be someone like Don Niday (Iron Creek Shops). He does 1:20.3 standard gauge, and might be able to help. http://www.ironcreekshops.com Failing that, perhaps some of the Gauge 3 manufacturers in the UK might have something. They'd be rough castings you'd have to turn yourself. Not sure who the manufacturers are, specifically. Marc Horovitz's gauge 3 locomotive he wrote about in the most recent Garden Railways magazine used drivers from that source. You can e-contact him via the e-mail address in the magazine.

Later,

K

tac · December 18, 2009, 11:59:40 AM

Give David Bailey a call at - www.djbengineering.co.uk

...and tell him I sent you.

Good luck and don't fall over at the cost. Custom-made Fn3 wheels as castings are not that cheap, but machined RTU might be trifle more that you are prepared to pay.

tac
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Bruce Chandler · December 18, 2009, 09:33:51 PM

How close do they have to be?

The Aristocraft Pacific drivers are 50" in 1:20

tac · December 19, 2009, 05:59:22 AM

...and that fact could save a couple of hundred $$$, not least having to buy a lathe and learn to use it, if you don't already have one.

Them wheels could be VERY expensive.

tac
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YellowHillsCentral · December 20, 2009, 07:00:16 PM

Well I am trying to model the New Zealand Railroad 4-8-4 in 36" gauge. My railroad supposedly bought one of them when they were being scrapped and converted it, so I guess the wheel size could vary just a tad.

Thanks,
CJLM

YellowHillsCentral · December 21, 2009, 09:12:13 AM

I think I will probably end up just getting the Mikado. But I am going to model it in 1:20.3, because after all, it was 'narrow gauge,' and I have a love for both 4-8-4s and narrow gauge. I can't hurt to mix them. (I hope)

tac · December 21, 2009, 05:50:02 PM

Quote from: YellowHillsCentral on December 21, 2009, 09:12:13 AM
I think I will probably end up just getting the Mikado. But I am going to model it in 1:20.3, because after all, it was 'narrow gauge,' and I have a love for both 4-8-4s and narrow gauge. I can't hurt to mix them. (I hope)

Wow!! Some model!! It's going to be over a metre long when you've done.

Are you going to use the Aristo-Craft model as a basis for this loco?

Please keep us posted on your progress.

tac
www.ovgrs.org

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