Does anyone know what make of wheelsets are used in the Society's freelance wagon kits?
They are rather nicely made with a finer and more realistic profile than many of the popular Peco or Farish types, and run very smoothly in most applications.
I'm pretty sure they're Greenwich wheels, also available from Dundas models and usually Light Railway stores but they seem out of some at mo
https://dundasmodels.co.uk/webstore/index.php/hikashop-menu-for-module-108/category/505-greenwich-couplings-accessories
https://www.lightrailwaystores.co.uk/collections/all/wheels
I should also mention that the Greenwich wheels and axles are brass, not steel so are not attracted to fixed uncoupling magnets as can happen with steel wheel and axles.
It may depend on how long they have been 'in stock' before being sold...
To the best of my knowledge these initially used the Dundas wheels that were made by Gibson(?), with metal (brass) tyres, plastic centres and steel axles - apart from the Tralee & Dingle cattle van that because it shares a chassis with the Dundas T&D stock used 'regauged 12mm gauge wheel sets' that I think may have had steel tyres.
Current production I believe use either the Greenwich or Mosskito. Dundas sell both types in a range of sizes (https://dundasmodels.co.uk/webstore/index.php/hikashop-menu-for-module-108/category/511-dundas-models-009-wheels-bearings), as do Light Railway Stores (https://www.lightrailwaystores.co.uk/collections/all/wheels)
The current society kits have Mosskito wheels according to our chief Elf in our group, who are packaging the kits.
Stan.
Quote from: Stan Williams on October 12, 2023, 10:11
The current society kits have Mosskito wheels according to our chief Elf in our group, who are packaging the kits.
Stan.
Neil Moss is the person responsiable for the design, production and direct supply of the Greenwich wheels.
The 5.6mm, 6.2mm and 8mm disk wheels on 14.9mm pin point axles are the Greenwich wheels.
The 6.2mm wheels with three holes as well as the driving wheels, pony truck wheels, 6.5mm gauge and 12mm gauge wheels are Mosskito wheels.
Thanks all. So the 6.2mm disk wheels I have from the 3 plank wagon kits are Greenwich.
They make a finer alternative to Farish for converting Peco chassis to metal wheels. I also recently discovered that they can be fitted into the bogies of the unpowered dummy chassis that come with Tomytec railcars, allowing them to be repurposed as coach chassis.