A package arrived today from
Mainstation with stuff for this project: two lengths of HOm flex track (12mm) and some OO scale (i.e. 1:76) Bachmann Branchline spoked wheels. The 1:76 wheels are the closest I've been able to find to the 2ft 6" diameter spoked wheels used on W&MR. The wheels are 11mm in diameter, while in real life they would've scaled down to 9.1mm. So they're 1.9mm too big. Nevermind - it's the look that I'm after...
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Modifying them to 12mm gauge is pretty easy - thanks to the calipers they can be modified to the narrower gauge just by pushing one of the wheels in. The axle will then be shortened. My first project for the wheels will be W&MR passenger bogies, probably 3D printed in brass. The idea is I'll be able to replace the bogies on the Frateschi "old time"
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