Sydney D Class Tram - Paint Scheme
Martin Hartley
Saturday, September 14, 2013 2:27 PM
What colours should I paint my c.1900-1910 Sydney D Class Tram? The tram is a long way off finished, but I need to start painting the interior of the enclosed compartment, the roof and the exterior of the enclosed compartment so that I can put the glazing in. Would they be the same or similar to the restored C class at Loftus?
I've been working on my 7mm scale model of a Sydney D class tram. I've decided to model it circa 1900-1910 with both ends open driver's positions. I've had to make a few compromises, but that isn't surprising considering that it is a mixture of scratch-built and bits taken from 1/48 scale San Francisco Cable Car kits. I've mounted it on a modified Bachmann Streetcar power truck. This mechanism has the advantage that it barely protrudes above floor level. In fact, it protrudes only 1mm above the floor and will be easily disguised with a 0.5mm thick scribed styrene sheet representing the floor. With the bench seats and passengers inside the enclosed section, this will not be apparent. The Biggest compromise has been the use of this power truck. The wheelbase is about 4.5mm short and the wheels are slightly small (29 scale inches instead of 32).
I've been working on my 7mm scale model of a Sydney D class tram. I've decided to model it circa 1900-1910 with both ends open driver's positions. I've had to make a few compromises, but that isn't surprising considering that it is a mixture of scratch-built and bits taken from 1/48 scale San Francisco Cable Car kits. I've mounted it on a modified Bachmann Streetcar power truck. This mechanism has the advantage that it barely protrudes above floor level. In fact, it protrudes only 1mm above the floor and will be easily disguised with a 0.5mm thick scribed styrene sheet representing the floor. With the bench seats and passengers inside the enclosed section, this will not be apparent. The Biggest compromise has been the use of this power truck. The wheelbase is about 4.5mm short and the wheels are slightly small (29 scale inches instead of 32).
I deliberately chose to use this mechanism as it will be the same one going under the Sydney C class tram which I intend to couple up and run together as per some photos circa 1905-1915 when they ran as a coupled set. The C class hasn't progressed much these past couple of weeks. Perhaps having the unfinished bodies mounted on their power trucks and running around will inspire me to work on them. Like the prototype, there will be jumper cables to connect them electrically so that they share all-wheel pick-up.
Anyway, I've arrived at a point where I need to think about painting and glazing at least a section of the model. Somewhat imprudently, the roof and the enclosed section are all glued together and the only access to the interior is via the floor opening which is about 62 x 30mm. It'll get smaller once the seats are in! The plan is to put lead weights under the seats and whitemetal figures glued onto the seats to get the weight directly over the cast metal chassis block and hopefully avoid body sagging. The sag would have been prototypical in later years, but not c. 1900-1910!
I'll bring these models along to the Aus7 Forum at North Sydney.
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