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Upgrades to the rear wheels covering installing spoked wheels with strakes around the outside, or an alternative commercially available one is recommended.
The steering can use a commercial set-up with a worm and wheel mechanism to make the engine look more the part with a lot more time on the construction, and one is recommended.
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I'm an everyday English fellow in his late 60's who has a passion for model engineering in steam and writing.
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PYRTE 13 - George Hughes
PYRTE 13 - Rear Wheel and Steering Upgrade
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Contents:
Rear wheel upgrade
Installing a smooth wheel
Installing strakes
Producing and fitting the spokes
Rear wheel hubs
Hub assembly
Alternative wheel build
Alternative steering
Links
Contact me
Rear Wheel Upgrade
Building proper rear wheels for a traction engine like PYRTE with spokes rather than solid wheel centres as the simpler version explains, along with strakes sitting on the outside of the rim to provide extra grip takes a little more effort on the part of the builder, but can improve the appearance of any traction engine considerably.
In fact there are two tedious operations in producing these wheels. The more mind-numbing is making and fitting the spokes;
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