Parkside Dundas wheel dimensions

Started by JanW, March 24, 2016, 06:21:53 PM

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JanW

I am looking fore someone who knows the dimensions of the Parkside Dundas 6.2mm wheels.
At the moment I'm building a small layout with code 40 track to NMRA standards.
This means that I have to replace the wheels of some of my rolling stock.
I have tried the Farish rp25 wheels which are fine, but it would be even nicer if I could find wheels with a tyre width of 1.8 mm (code 72).

Of course I could order a small amount, but living overseas means that it will be cheaper to buy everything I need in one order.

So if someone knows or could measure the wheel width (and perhaps the flange width) I would really appreciate it.
And if possible a photo with Farish rp25 and Parkside Dundas wheels....

Jan

NTrain

Parkside and modern Farish wheels are basically to the same size.

I have 6.2mm wheelsets which are done to NMRA standards and you can see details here

http://n-train.net/N-Wheelz-6-2mm-plain-disc-10-Pack


Dr Al

Parkside also do 7mm diameter wheelsets (good for fitting to old style Farish Mk1 coaches) and 5.1mm diameter wheels (good for container wagons):

http://www.parksidedundas.co.uk/acatalog/PARKSIDE_DUNDAS_WHEELS.html

Cheers,
Alan
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JanW

Quote from: NTrain on March 24, 2016, 07:24:31 PM
I have 6.2mm wheelsets which are done to NMRA standards and you can see details here

I already found your wheelsets but I need spoked wheels. If you ever decide to make spoked wheels I'll be the first to order them!
I'll try the Parkside wheels so I can compare them to the Farish wheels.

NTrain

I did look at doing spoked wheels, but they need injection moulded spokes and the cost was prohibitive. I need to have a quantity of about 10000 wheelsets doing to keen the cost reasonable.

JanW

Quote from: NTrain on March 24, 2016, 09:32:12 PM
I did look at doing spoked wheels, but they need injection moulded spokes and the cost was prohibitive. I need to have a quantity of about 10000 wheelsets doing to keen the cost reasonable.
You would need about 200 customers like me then. And of course the funds to set it all up.

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