...... the next tram was this Atlas Editions
Allan Beijnes 1931 Werkspoor tram for the RET (Rotterdam) system.
Again this was stripped down and the original paint removed for detailing. I was going to repaint this into LT colours but I liked the Rotterdam colour scheme to I repainted it into it's original colours losing the markings in the progress.
This was re-gauged and re-powered using a Kato-Atlas drive from a N-gauge Atlas dash 8 40-B. The original truck side frames were filed flat and the tram truck frames stuck over the top.
Holes were cut into the die-cast chassis and the gear boxes were cut from the Kato-Atlas chassis. A new motor from my stock was installed and the propshafts made from 0.5mm i/d neoprene tube.
I made up a new motor support from brass and adapted the split frame pick-up system originally used. The pick-ups are soldered to thin double sided PCB stuck to the chassis thereby maintaining insulation.
The interior was cut around to fit over the gear boxed and motor.
Next up was the detailing. The front windscreens were cast lumps and I decided on the following action....
And some more interior detail.
Again a new strassenbahn pantograph was fitted.
Again, this still requires finishing.
The third tram is one of the die-cast models made as a souvenir model of the tourist Lisbon trams. Stripped and repainted into LT colours. The pantograph is temporary as it's a SBB version not really suitable for a tram.
Motorised with a Kato 4 wheel n-gauge drive and the original tram side frames extended to 28mm
More to come in due course...... and I may re-gauge the drives to 16.5mm as the München and Rotterdam tramways are 1435mm (standard) gauge. Lisbon trams are metre gauge.