Amelia Grove

Hi Rob, Many thanks for the pictures and information. This will be invaluable for my attempt at doing a D car. One thing I was considering was using the power bogie from a Bachman cable car as a power truck for the D I have converted a couple in the past with good results. I also used one to power a Brisbane FM car which I sadly no longer have. Regards Ben

Hi Dave I meant to ask how they were made - any info great fully received as I would like to do a model of the early version. Regards Ben

Rob - is there any chance of you posting some pics of your Sydney D car and a brief section on how you did the conversion. I would like to model this car as I have worked on the full sized example at Loftus and it remain's one of my favourite cars to drive Many thanks Ben

Some nice modelling there - out of curosity which lima coach did you use for the conversion?

I'll second that - I would get at least one, maybe two depending what her indoors mood was like when I placed the order! I have a weakness for anything Bulleid

Thanks to all for their advice and input. I am only just starting back in modelling in OO after a break of 15 years and not many loco kits have been available in Australia for the OO Modeller. Nice modelling there XF especially given what I read about some of the MTK kits as a teenager in Australia during the mid 1990's. Mike the image you put up is some fine work. Is this a one off model or are you planning to do a run of these?

On the subject of the "Hornbys" - has any one made a kit in 4mm scale of one of these? Read an interesting account of a cab ride in one of these around 1957 the other day and I would like to get a model to run alongside my Spamcans. XF I would be most greatful for any infomation on the model you constructed in terms of method of constructions and components used. Many thanks

Amelia Grove is my 7 by 4 combined tramway and railway layout. I have a few years away from the hobby and this is my test bed and also gives me a chance to share a layout with my so. Like Dull Steamer's son he likes bendy trams and also single truck cars. The tramway runs inside the railway and crosses over the fuel merchant siding. A car siding runs behind the main station to store a car to change over with. I work on the basic principle that if I like it, I run it!. I am mainly interested in the Melbourne, LA , London and San Francisco systems. I was inspired by Victoria Street and also the Sydney Trams layout which was displayed a few years ago at some local exhibitons. Volunteering at the Sydney Tramway Museum also increased my interest. A fellow RM webber is assiting with the layout and will see some Japanese and other US cars visit the system. Eventually when I build my double car garage sized layout the tramway will expand but this is a good starting point for now The track is down and I hope to do a fair bit more work during my upcoming holidays. The fleet is mixed - some brass US cars run along side plastic and die cast cars. I have some Felthams to assemble to repesent London and Sunderland cars and an Edinburgh car to assemble along with a Melbourne W2 which was a present from the wife last year. Here are a couple of images A 25 year old Bachmann PCC which has been repowered with the newer Bachmann mech clanks over the crossing to the fuel merchant's A Die Cast Cooee Melbourne W6 stands at the Elliott Road stop. The car is to be fitted with a pantograph instead of poles to reflect contemporary practice - the actual prototype car is now a restraunt tram in Melbourne - the shelter is an old Life Like US kit which I plan to detail up eventually My first brass model - a 50 year old Pacific Electric Hollywood Car which awaits repowering and repainting A view of the car sidings - a PCC is on Standby whilst a Boeing LRV from International Hobby Corp stands awaiting passengers outside Amelia Grove. Hope the pics of interest and apologies if I have clogged up this thead as I am new to RM Web

Some really nice modelling there Rob, inspires me to some kitbashing of my tramway stock