Which wheels would be the best to use as replacements on Peco 4 wheeled wagons? The plastic ones on mine don't seem to run very smoothly.
Best Wishes
Andy
Hi Andy are these new wagons or older ones?
Quote from: Stephen Rainsbury on March 02, 2021, 22:42
Hi Andy are these new wagons or older ones?
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They are new ones.
Andy
Hi Andy, last year (2020) I purchased the newly released 6.2mm diameter wheelsets from Greenwich, they are very well made. I brought to my work table every Peco wagon I had, old and new and replaced all those horrible plastic wheels that the models come with. What a difference the new Greenwich wheelsets have made. The wagons run well, and I no longer have wheels riding guard rails on my scratch built turnouts.
Hope this helps. Me very happy camper! :) :) :) :)
You can use the Greenwich wheels that I would recommend, or the Graham Farrish wheels.
Quote from: Robin Webster on March 03, 2021, 06:49
Hi Andy, last year (2020) I purchased the newly released 6.2mm diameter wheelsets from Greenwich, they are very well made. I brought to my work table every Peco wagon I had, old and new and replaced all those horrible plastic wheels that the models come with. What a difference the new Greenwich wheelsets have made. The wagons run well, and I no longer have wheels riding guard rails on my scratch built turnouts.
Hope this helps. Me very happy camper! :) :) :) :)
Just to add to Robin's reply there are a couple of suggestions as to a source of the new Greenwich wheels here (https://www.009society.com/forum/index.php?topic=4600.msg32878#new) on this forum.
Thanks everyone for your help, it looks like I'll be ordering some Greenwich 6.2mm wheels soon.
Best Wishes
Andy
Quote from: Andy Lock on March 03, 2021, 13:35
Thanks everyone for your help, it looks like I'll be ordering some Greenwich 6.2mm wheels soon.
Dundas do 10% 009 Soc discount on some items, I am not sure it applies here but might be worth checking.
Not on the wheels I think you'll find, it tells you at the bottom of their advert on the back page of the News what's discounted.
Quote from: Hobby on March 03, 2021, 16:08
Not on the wheels I think you'll find, it tells you at the bottom of their advert on the back page of the News what's discounted.
I didn't think it would, but was at work at the time so couldn't check :-)
I bought some of the 6.2mm wheels from Dundas which arrived the day after they were posted. The difference they have made is incredible, the Peco coaches and wagons now run very freely indeed.
Didn't Peco announce new N Gauge metal wheels last year? What became of those?
Mal.