Ekhem Railway - VGJ 20, wheels

This article was published Mar 15, 2023.

Made below drawing for the driving wheels today. These exact wheels does not exist today, either with correct diameter or same number of spokes. So I decided to make them myself. There is several ways to go.

  1. You can let a firm make them for you, takes years, if at all possible since only for this model
  2. You can settle for the closest looking wheels from Slaters or similar, not so nice ...
  3. You can ask someone to make only the wheel rings for you and 3D print the spokes and weights
  4. OR ... you can let Shapeways print them in metal ..

Number 3 above is the most likely way I will go, but if Shapeways could do it, it would be a very interesting solution not only for this loco and scale, but for many more. So.., I decided to upload. It turned out to be 80 euro for one pair. Question is if it would be worth trying ... This is only first beta version which probably will have to be altered later on.. Hmm..

/Henrik

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