Timing Gears

I want to share some photos from JH who is also recreating a R51RS. From the photos sent to me from JH, he appears to be much further along than I am.

JH took some photos of the timing gears from a generous owner of R51RS who was willing to show what is behind the cover. I really have to thank JH. I spent many months searching the internet for photos of the the R51RS timing gears. The picture I have on an earlier post is the set that Josef Heft sells. I hope to get my set from Josef in the next month or so.

 Copyright JH

 Copyright JH

In the blog post Weiss und Blau, it was noted that in the 1950s, one could have bought the timing gears from Ernst Hoske (known in the /2 world for his tanks). I'm always surprised by the number of R51RS replicas that are out in the world, given that only 17 were only produced and only about five original are know to exist today.