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The Victrola the Fourteenth I got as a project was missing a wheel and the caster itself was bent. I found another post about just replacing them with modern versions so I felt better about it (as do my floors).

What I got was brass and plastic. Two questions: 1) what color should the brass parts be, and 2) what color should the metal ring around the leg be? I know this is a compromise between original and modern, but I want it to look as authentic as possible.

Thanks,
Mark

The original color is steel, and the one I have in my collection is colored Rust. The wheels are iron and the large roller bearing around the outside edge of the original caster isn't present on the new one.

Painted caster + cleaned and scrubbed ring.