I am in the process of scratching a small rail car in 1/35-1/32-54mm . This is for Civil War era rail cars.

Has anyone done this? Waht did you use? How big were they? anything....

thanks

Now I may be completely wrong here, but I get the feeling that the wheels of this period were far more simplistic than later wheels. Perhaps nothing more than a metal 'carriage/wagon - type' wheel... Which would make life an awful lot easier....Jim

You're right - they were a glorified spoked metal wheel placed on an axle.

This is what I'm trying to do

Scott,
You could have someone turn a brass master on a lathe and then cast your own resin copies...

It scales out to about 2 feet in diameter, which I thought looked pretty close scaling the wheels in the picture with the guy leaning on the mortar. You will have to add the spokes with some half round styrene stock. (I did not have any of that lying around here in the pattern shop.)

It only took me about 15 minutes to turn it and you are more than welcome to it. PM me your snail mail addy and I'll tape it to an index card and mail it to you.
It was one of those "I wonder if I can make that" type challenges. I am sure there were probably hundreds of different style wheels so this one ought to at least get you close.

Shaun

Ok - where's the "JawDrop" emoticon thingie

NICE Shaun!!!

PM on the way!

And so is your brass wheel master.

Shaun

Now THAT is impressive...Jim

Scott, go to www.modelrailroader.com and look through the archives to find the wheel you want. It's there.
Then, from the links page on that same site, find the Walther's link and go there concentrating on "Large Scale". Look for 1/32 or 1/22.5 parts and look for your wheel. Then, buy it.
Model Railroader magazine is published by Kalmbach, which also publishes Fine Scale Modeler and, I find, is a great source for tips on everything relating to our medium such as weathering, painting, superdetailing, scenicking, etc.
Check it out!

Cuhail