Trams made in Wuppertal / G scale

[schienenkönig]

And another small step forward. Tw 3818 (Scale 1:22,5) has been painted and labelled.


@ Jasper:

From top to bottom:

H0 models
Top: Large-capacity carriages 1005-1009
Middle: 3-axle vehicles 3001-3004
Bottom: KSW trailer 536

Peter

 

[maxi-model]

Awww...

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I have a lot of Jägermeister stuff from the café we had, strange as I don't drink it.

Love seeing your work. In refference to an earlier post of yours. I always wonder if the people racing these historic F1 cars get a kickback from the original sponsors and still active parent companies, e.g. Phillip Morris. For a long time it has been illegal to display tobacco and other "harmful" products' liveries in motorsports and elsewhere. It annoys me, as a former smoker, to see these full unadulterated liveries allowed in most "historic" classes covering the era's from the '60's. They don't even enforce the "Halfway house" compromise of using barcoded logos, and euphemistic alternatives, used in period, to provide a compromise when racing in territories where the brandings were blocked. Go figure. Max

Starting grid at recent historic F1 race - 1970's - 1980's era.


P.S. I'm still a big fan of motorsports. I did apply the full contemporary liveries to race car models I made, before giving up smoking (about the same time I took up garden railways, there's a coincidence ).

 

[Jasper]

Annoying indeed.

 

[schienenkönig]

Actually, I only wanted to digitise the LGB tram car for a Dutch friend. However, the headlights broke off because they were made of cardboard. In addition, the lantern roof was not very well constructed. So I decided to pimp up tram car 28 from Nijmegen. This meant giving it closed platforms and a more stable lantern roof. I have until April to complete the project.







Vriendelijke groeten uit Wuppertal
Peter

 

[dunnyrail]

I like to use old plastic paper holder circles for lamps if you can get them, many these days appear to be cardboard but fortunately I have a small supply in stock,

 

[schienenkönig]

I like to use old plastic paper holder circles for lamps if you can get them, many these days appear to be cardboard but fortunately I have a small supply in stock,

I found a 13 mm plastic pipe in our school workshop.

The roof was reinforced and adapted to the extended platform. Unfortunately, the carriage is about 93 mm too short. The windows do not match the drawings, which I thankfully received. There is also a three-window version. This would be about 4 mm shorter than the original LGB model. As I still have a few LGB tram bodies left over, I will probably build this one too. It will then be a little more accurate. I am now continuing to build this four-axle carriage (incorrectly). It is intended for a Dutch friend.
The tram came with one Lyra pantograph, but the original had two. We searched and searched. They are obviously unavailable. Then I asked two other tram model builders. One was able to help me, and today, after only one day of waiting, it arrived at my place.

I am looking for this roof lamp. It shines white on the side of the line number plate and also white as a headlight. Has anyone built something like this before, or know where I could buy a lamp like this?
Peter

 

[dunnyrail]

I found a 13 mm plastic pipe in our school workshop.

The roof was reinforced and adapted to the extended platform. Unfortunately, the carriage is about 93 mm too short. The windows do not match the drawings, which I thankfully received. There is also a three-window version. This would be about 4 mm shorter than the original LGB model. As I still have a few LGB tram bodies left over, I will probably build this one too. It will then be a little more accurate. I am now continuing to build this four-axle carriage (incorrectly). It is intended for a Dutch friend.
The tram came with one Lyra pantograph, but the original had two. We searched and searched. They are obviously unavailable. Then I asked two other tram model builders. One was able to help me, and today, after only one day of waiting, it arrived at my place.

I am looking for this roof lamp. It shines white on the side of the line number plate and also white as a headlight. Has anyone built something like this before, or know where I could buy a lamp like this?
Peter

Not sure if you would get an exact copy but Boat or even Dolls House miniature suppliers may do something you could modify by grafting 2 lams together?

 

[Northsider]

I have used the domed caps from mirror screws:

Drill out the centre from the outside, which removes the threaded section, and insert an LED in the hole...

 

[Jasper]

Never heard of mirror screws. The things you learn on a modelling forum....

 

[Rhinochugger]

Never heard of mirror screws. The things you learn on a modelling forum....

Try looking at your face in them

 

[Chris Vernell]

Try looking at your face in them

Objects in mirror are closer than they appear

 

[PhilP]

Objects in mirror are closer than they appear

Unless you are standing in front of a gentleman's convenience..

PhilP.

 

[Jasper]

Unless you are standing in front of a gentleman's convenience.

Those things have mirrors where you live??

 

[playmofire]

Objects in mirror are closer than they appear

I had to think about that; I've always thought of them as not being as far away as they seem.

 

[schienenkönig]

Another step forward. The roof was prepared for the Lyra pantographs. The interior of the roof was painted so that I could install the lighting. My Dutch friend sent me this sketch for that purpose.In addition, the buffers were modelled on the original.
I will probably have to completely replace the entry steps.













Peter

 

[schienenkönig]

've seen that movie, and noticed the hand wheel. I ordered some from Betram Heyn (Binnewald).
Mounting plate for the roof current collectors, side trim strips adjusted.
The lighting was also recreated with 3 mm LEDs. The front light on the roof is also finished. Now the question is whether it was only switched on in the direction of travel or whether it was always on. Our Dutch model builders are in demand.


The light on the roof is improvised. Unfortunately, I have no way of printing something like this or designing it differently. The light was a spotlight from Noch. I drilled it out to 3 mm on one side. Then I used a clear stub from a sprue (Revell double-decker bus). The other side of the line sign was made using a sawn-off 5 mm LED tip. A 3 mm warm white LED was installed in the middle.



Peter
Here is the movie:

 

[dunnyrail]

From what I see in the Vid with sundry trams heading away the lights only appear to be on at front in direction of travel.

 

[schienenkönig]

Me again.

Little things that come up during construction or are only discovered later. The windows on the front sides were enlarged and the lower red light was removed.




On the sides, the windows at the top were made slightly narrower and adapted to the original.


The driver's cab was fitted with a handbrake. The gear wheel for the driver is still stuck in the post.

Peter

 

[schienenkönig]

A few small details were added, but unfortunately a mistake crept in. The steps are too big. I'll have to redo them. Walkways were installed on both sides of the roof. The driver's cab has been completed. The hand wheel I ordered for the control switch is much too small. I ‘turned’ an LGB hand wheel to 13 mm using a small drill and a file. They have now been painted.


An additional strip has been inserted into the front window.



Peter, who hopes he's not annoying you with the construction report.

 

[grizzmo]

Peter, who hopes he's not annoying you with the construction report.

I am really enjoying the build updates, so no annoyance here.