terry callaghan | 18/03/2013 08:37:28 |
237 forum posts 10 photos | hi caps, are there any drawings for the rainhill loco. I have looked at the back issues of ME and there are a few there for a 3.5 gauge loco. I am looking to make a 71/4 gauge. can anyone let me know how you scale it up from 3.5 to 71/4. thanks, michael |
Stub Mandrel | 18/03/2013 20:54:31 |
![]() 4318 forum posts 291 photos 1 articles | Michael, Fizzy's times by two and spread the wheels by an extra 1/8" each side should see you OK. Neil |
fizzy | 19/03/2013 19:54:39 |
![]() 1860 forum posts 121 photos | Now i might be wrong but i believe the wheels were only wooden on the rainhill rocket, subsequent rocket's had cast iron wheels?? |
jason moore 1 | 19/03/2013 21:01:47 |
21 forum posts | Fizzy, According to a book i have called "After Rocket the forgotten years" by H.M.Whitcombe. nine locomotives of the Rocket class were built, the last two being Northumbrian and Majestic. All of the class were fitted with wooden wheels. |
Stub Mandrel | 19/03/2013 21:19:22 |
![]() 4318 forum posts 291 photos 1 articles | The original in the Science museum still has its wooden wheels, even if much else has changed. Neil
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Ian S C | 20/03/2013 13:36:02 |
![]() 7468 forum posts 230 photos | Just out of interest,one of the first questions (unanswered) in General Questions was about a 5" G rocket. Ian S C |
jason moore 1 | 21/03/2013 15:52:09 |
21 forum posts | I have not heard of the design and it would seem neither has anyone else,on here anyway. Does not mean it don't exist though! |
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