I don't know how, but I must have really upset the Gods of Railway modelling, as they have decided to severely restrict the amount of time I have free to model. However risking further wrath from the Gods or worst still the Domestic Overlord, I managed to find the smallest amount of spare time since my last update, and I have even had what I thought was a good idea.

Stand by your beds, first things first the good idea, whilst I was pretending to take in the details on a recent house viewing, I was secretly thinking about the workbench of DOOM. On the bench, at the moment, are the trams, and 3 different locomotives, just to the side of the workbench I have some rolling stock to work on, and then to the side of this a whopping great layout (well a small one to work on).

So while somebody was wittering on in the background, about remodelling kitchens, to improve the flow or something I thought I would when I got the opportunity post on here updates relating to specific areas, like the Trams, 7F, Flat Iron etc.

So as the title of this post suggests, back to the Trams, with the aid of one of my tools of mass destruction, a mini drill and grinding disc and some of my handy collection of files, I managed to severely thin the sides so that I could fit them over adapted Kato chassis but also to make glazing easier.

I even managed this without loping off a finger or two, though I did slightly cook them, who would have thought a simple mini drill could produce that much heat?

To add a little variation to the Tram fleet, I have decided to try and model 3 slightly different Trams, 1 will have open driving cabs (as the original Tetley tram), 1 will have enclosed driving cabs, and the final 1 will have open cabs and balconies on the top deck (if only for an excuse to use my slitting discs). All have had the solid cast end windows opened up, with the help of a drill and lots of filling, and today they have all received a coat of primer, if only to highlight areas of improvement.


So I guess this has probably angered the Modelling Gods enough so I think progress will now grind to a halt now, but you never know, miracles happen from time to time. Until the next time as ever Happy Modelling