Following on from the discussion generated in parts one and three in this series of Great Eastern wagons on wheels inserts, through the post came a packet from Andy Beaton of Ragstone Models, purveyor of fine kits and castings for the discerning modeller, in which were two pre-production etches for these very wheel inserts.
Ragstone Models’ GER wagon wheel inserts. Photograph ©Adrian Marks
WK302 are scaled at 3½” wide and WK301 at 2″ wide. Even though my GA for a GE wagon of the 1890s doesn’t indicate the dimensions of the insert, I was able to ascertain the width was probably about 2¾”. Following discussion with Andy we agreed that the thinner one ‘looks right’ when installed on a Slater’s wheel, and I’ll follow this post up later with photos showing this. I suggested to Andy that the domed bolts looked a bit too big on the narrower inserts, but conversely, the ratio of the rivet size to the width of the wider insert looked pretty good. Once painted, weathered and given suitable highlights and shadows I’m sure they will look the part.
June 26, 2012 at 4:15 pm
Ade,
I’m not suprised Andy has come up with those mate, there’s some nice components for GER based loco’s and rolling stock in Ragstones range.
ATB, Col.
June 27, 2012 at 4:31 pm
You have written “rivet” and that is a reasonable assumption… without official drawings the fixings could just as easily be nuts and bolts. However, given the purpose of the fixing… the technology which was contemporary to the use… and the cheapness of rivets… I think that rivets are the most likely. If you have a drawing which shows this fixing, please see if there is a tube between the front and back rings to avoid “crushing” when closing the rivet.
regards, Graham
June 27, 2012 at 4:46 pm
I also wrote ‘domed bolt’ earlier in the sentence. Hedging my bets, you see.
Drawing 7040 is at the NRM, but probably isn’t on my list of urgent wants, just as long as the fixing looks the part.