You're right, Pete (almost). I have cut them from mild steel, and the spokes are indeed not formed, but rather just silhouettes. This is quite acceptable for outside-frame locos, where the wheels are about invisible anyway, but obviously wouldn't do for inside-frame locos. Since the question regarded wheels for a Lady Anne bash, they would work.
The treads are G1MRA profile and are turned on a CNC lathe. This is the difficult part, as finding a shop to do the work in small quantities is difficult and it's not something you want to do by hand. (At least, I don't; it takes me a half hour a wheel to turn treads.) So, I haven't put these into production. I've only done two sets and am about to install one on the project I'm currently working on. Right now, the performance is unknown. I suppose if they work out well, I could have a couple hundred made up, but are there that many Lady Anne bashers out there, or would I end up with 172 in my estate? best regards, -Vance- Vance Bass FH&PB Railroad Supply Co. 6933 Cherry Hills Loop NE Albuquerque, NM 87111 USA http://www.nmia.com/~vrbass/fhpb/
