A cryptic heading....however I was fairly amazed recently when the Grime Street Blog ticked over to 100,000 plus views, I can only put it down to a stuck F5 button on my various laptops!

To be honest I'm always gobsmacked that anyone is interested in what I'm doing, the subject matter is hardly mainstream add that to my ramblings, well 'nuff said! So thank you to all who have looked in and taken an interest, whilst I doubt it's inspired many I do hope it's shown that modelling trams doesn't have to be card roads and Superquick buildings with really detailed trams of every system running, nothing wrong with that if that's what you want but you wouldn't run a 73 on a West Highland layout, so that was my aim with Grime Street......hopefully objective achieved.....

Anyway as the layout is now near as damn it upto scratch and a pause is taken before carrying on with board 4 (That's the 'not Hunslet' depot) I can hopefully get a few half done projects finished to bolster the fleet....bigger layout, more stock!!

So Chamberlain 73 has nearly been finished......

This has been sat patiently waiting to be finished for a good few months, it's very nearly there now and as close to completion and as detailed as I've ever managed!

It was going to be a pivotal trucked one, but I cocked up the mounting plates for the Halling drive (lopsided) and the easiest way was to put in some more...but I then had to use cast P35 trucksides to make it work easier....so I did, upshot is I now have three 41mm drives to fit to some more 'real' Pivs....

I need to add a bow rope and a couple of platform handrails, I will probably add the black beading between the red and ivory band...

I think the one thing that now really makes a Leeds car a Leeds car is the fantastic array of transfers that Andy aka purpledoor has produced for these cars, anyone modelling a Leeds tram is indebted to him for the time and effort taken to produce them, a big thanks from me......

So a few pics