Melbournesparks
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Aw yiss. The other day the postman arrived with one of the most pleasing things any large scale modeller can imagine.. a big red box!
Of course we must open it at once. It contains THIS:
An LGB RhB railcar! It's not strictly a tramway piece of rollingstock, but as someone who loves all forms of electric traction (and EMU's and railcars) it was something I can hardly resist. This one was second hand from the UK, but in nearly new condition. Only missing a couple of headlight lenses, easily fixed.
The traction mode switch was flicked to overhead power, and a test run was cautiously undertaken to see if it could actually run on the tramway. Luckily there were only a handful of minor clearance issues, all easily fixed. It's far larger than anything else that has run so far, weighing nearly 4kg and over half a meter long.
It's a stunning model, and with it's many electrical pickups runs beautifully straight out of the box.
And yet... there's a few things about it that look a little off in small, subtle ways. Can we do anything about it? No modeller can resist improvements! After examining some prototype photos a number of issues were identified and a list made. To the workshop!
Of course we must open it at once. It contains THIS:
An LGB RhB railcar! It's not strictly a tramway piece of rollingstock, but as someone who loves all forms of electric traction (and EMU's and railcars) it was something I can hardly resist. This one was second hand from the UK, but in nearly new condition. Only missing a couple of headlight lenses, easily fixed.
The traction mode switch was flicked to overhead power, and a test run was cautiously undertaken to see if it could actually run on the tramway. Luckily there were only a handful of minor clearance issues, all easily fixed. It's far larger than anything else that has run so far, weighing nearly 4kg and over half a meter long.
It's a stunning model, and with it's many electrical pickups runs beautifully straight out of the box.
And yet... there's a few things about it that look a little off in small, subtle ways. Can we do anything about it? No modeller can resist improvements! After examining some prototype photos a number of issues were identified and a list made. To the workshop!