Hi Harry, That is a spiffy engine, but you're right, a bronze coloured flywheel rim does detract from a really nice appearance. You could always make it as shown, but retouch all future photos to have an iron coloured rim before showing them ! Lateral thought du jour. Cheers Jeff Dayman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harry Wade" <hww@xxxxxxxx> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 5:14 PM Subject: [modeleng] Flywheels pumps, etc > At 02:59 PM 2/22/06 -0500, you wrote: > >Sounds like you already "know the drill" for doing a jacketed rim. - Jeff > > Jeff, > Yes, but sometimes one needs a gentle reminder that there was/is a > "drill." In this case, since the flywheel is 9"+ in diameter, the slices > would have to be of quite large pipe. If anyone would like to have a look > at a built example of the engine (with red brass castings) go to > <http://community.webshots.com/photo/547881417/2035951370034675872TqdXbS# > > Regards, > Harry > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line. > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.