Trams: Is There Much Tramway Interest On Here??

One has to wonder about safety, 4 bods in safety garb. I wonder how we allow cars and busses on the roads these days without a bloke or 4 in safety gear with red flags walking in front!

But lovely to see a horse tram, very under represented these days.
 
SevenOfDiamonds said:
If any of you are in, or within range of, London this coming weekend, I can confirm that there will be G Scale at the London Festival of Railway Modelling, being held at Alexandra Palace on 15th & 16th March . . . in the shape of the Whiteleaf Tramway.
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I thought you might be interested to see a couple of pictures of the 53-foot end-to-end tramway layout we took to Ally Pally at the weekend.

View from Lacey Green (balloon loop and tram shed) towards Bryants Bottom (passing loop) and on to Town Square . . .
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View from the opposite end (Town Square) . . .
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Of course, with overhead wiring on a demountable layout, problems could occur, but the maintenance section is ready and waiting . . .
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. . . and, if the problems get worse, they can always call on the local bus operator to maintain the service . . .
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While we ran a very mixed fleet (track power and on-board battery; and trams in various liveries), I couldn't resist posing my corporately-liveried LGB trams outside the shed after the public had all left on Saturday afternoon . . .
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Next outings (of different versions of our modular layout) are in Southampton and Guildford in June.

Cheers

David
 
A pic copied across from David's Pic of the Day, 21.03.2025, a view of a trams running on the G Scale Whiteleaf Tramway, on display at the Solent Local Area Group (SLAG), G Scale Society exhibition, Wickham Community Centre, Hampshire, 17.11.2024.

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David
 
DafyddElvy said:
Very nice, but at 360 euro just for a body shell I'm afraid I'll not be getting a set of what I assume are 3D prints, very nice though.


David
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I think if you look at the price plus the cost of a chassis (sub @100) it would be a pretty good price for a kit/scratch aid build if only it was a Combino which sadly it is not.
 
DafyddElvy said:
Very nice, but at 360 euro just for a body shell I'm afraid I'll not be getting a set of what I assume are 3D prints, very nice though.


David
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I s'pose there's quite a bit there, and would have used quite a bit of material. Essentially that's 120 euros per carriage ................ makes 00 look a bit pricey ;)
 
dunnyrail said:
I think if you look at the price plus the cost of a chassis (sub @100) it would be a pretty good price for a kit/scratch aid build if only it was a Combino which sadly it is not.
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Not quite sure how you've priced a chassis at under £100, for me wheels alone are going to be circa £60, plus 2 underfloor motors at roughly £50-60 each.

Their is also a wee added problem that the seller doesn't sell to britain, and coming from Europe theirs londons (yes I'm being cynical) tax to add on top of the €360. Remove the tax and it wouldn't look quite so bad.


David

I'm tempted to say I could wait for Scotland to rejoin the EU, but I'd never suggest such a thing :giggle::lipssealed:
 
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Rhinochugger said:
I s'pose there's quite a bit there, and would have used quite a bit of material. Essentially that's 120 euros per carriage ................ makes 00 look a bit pricey ;)
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Digressing slightly, I have some friends who still buy 00 models and I had a huge shock when I saw the 00 prices these days, £100+ for a coach, £40-50 for a 4 wheel wagon.

If someone would like to take the 00 stuff I have I could buy quite a few larger scale items.

edit my writing is getting worse, sorry folks
 
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DafyddElvy said:
Digressing slightly, I have some friends who still buy 00 models and I had a huge shock when I saw the 00 prices these days, £100+ for a coach, £40-50 for a 4 wheel wagon.

If someone would like to take the 00 stuff I have I could buy quite a few larger scale items.

edit my writing is getting worse, sorry folks
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USA Trains power bogie 4 wheel around £84 plus a couple of in stock LGB bogies foc.
 
A pic copied across from David's Pic of the Day, for 7.4.2025, a view of a trams running on the G Scale Whiteleaf Tramway, on display at the Solent Local Area Group (SLAG), G Scale Society exhibition, Wickham Community Centre, Hampshire, 17.11.2024.

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David
 
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