johnarcher Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 A quick question that I have wondered about if I may. Slaters sell S7 length axles for their 7mm drivers, are the wheels of a fine enough profile to work properly with true S7 track when so set? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Western Star Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 You are correct to say that Slaters sells S7 axles for loco driving and non-driving wheels and that the standard range of wheels for 0-FS do fit on those axles. Although not sold by Slaters that company does manufacture a range of S7 driving and carrying wheels which are sold via the Scaleseven Group. Please let me know what wheels you want and I can check to see if that part is in the S7G range. Or, follow this link for a summary of the range... sorry to say that the summary is not up-to-date as there is no mention of the recent release of S7 wheels for class 37 and class 47 diesels. regards, Graham Beare, Trade Liaison Officer for S7G. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnarcher Posted November 16, 2019 Author Share Posted November 16, 2019 52 minutes ago, Western Star said: You are correct to say that Slaters sells S7 axles for loco driving and non-driving wheels and that the standard range of wheels for 0-FS do fit on those axles. Although not sold by Slaters that company does manufacture a range of S7 driving and carrying wheels which are sold via the Scaleseven Group. Please let me know what wheels you want and I can check to see if that part is in the S7G range. Or, follow this link for a summary of the range... sorry to say that the summary is not up-to-date as there is no mention of the recent release of S7 wheels for class 37 and class 47 diesels. regards, Graham Beare, Trade Liaison Officer for S7G. Thanks for the reply. You don't say they're OK so do I assume that the normal Slaters FS drivers are not compatible with S7 track, even on the S7 axles? At the moment I was wondering about wheels for the Slaters class K Mannng Wardle kit (or maybe the S&D one), which I don't think are available in true S7 form? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hartleymartin Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 Slaters offer a few S7 wheels for GWR Broad Gauge. I believe you have to send your Slater's wheels to a service where they get re-profiled to S7 standard. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daifly Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 (edited) Just to be clear, Slater's Finescale wheels are just that. They are not intended to run on S7 trackwork irrespective of the length of the axles. Most Slater's loco wheels purchased from Slater's will need refining to meet S7 standards. However, as Graham stated above, specially manufactured S7 wheels for popular prototypes are available to members through the S7 Stores. Here is a link to the current list of available S7 wheels. S7 Group Slater's Wheels Dave S7 Group Webmaster Edited November 16, 2019 by daifly 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcD Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 I have used FS wheels on S7 axles but only on GER tram locos where you can't see them. They run ok on my test bed but i wouldn't run FS wheels where they are visible. Marc 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnarcher Posted November 16, 2019 Author Share Posted November 16, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, daifly said: Just to be clear, Slater's Finescale wheels are just that. They are not intended to run on S7 trackwork irrespective of the length of the axles. Most Slater's loco wheels purchased from Slater's will need refining to meet S7 standards. However, as Graham stated above, specially manufactured S7 wheels for popular prototypes are available to members through the S7 Stores. Here is a link to the current list of available S7 wheels. S7 Group Slater's Wheels Dave S7 Group Webmaster Thank you. A post above mentioned a re-profiling service, useful perhaps if one needs a wheel that is not made properly for S7 (like the Manning Wardle ones I mentioned), is that done via the S7 group or a member thereof? I am asking as I am tempted by 7mm (partly for the usual reasons af ageing eyes etc), and having done P4 would prefer the finer standard, but I have no facilities to turn my own wheels. Edited November 16, 2019 by johnarcher Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Western Star Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 The S7G has a member who offers a re-profiling service for Slater's 0-FS wheels to the S7 tyre profile. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnarcher Posted November 17, 2019 Author Share Posted November 17, 2019 12 hours ago, Western Star said: The S7G has a member who offers a re-profiling service for Slater's 0-FS wheels to the S7 tyre profile. Thanks again. That is a crucial point for me, as the sort of prototypes I would be thinking of would mostly need drivers smaller than the 4' 7" that seems to be the smalles in the S7 list kindly provided above. If I do muster the decisiveness to make this big change obviously my very first act will be to join the helpful S7 group. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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