Tramcar No 1 hits the paintshop

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all manner of mechanical apparatus...
Am I going to far with this toy tram?
As can be seen from the pics I'm repainting the toy Bachmann toastrack just because I want to.....Anyway I would appreciate thoughts re the colour of the linework. I was hoping to do it cream but cant seem to print cream DIY decals, then I thought gold would look good, alas metallic gold cant be done DIY either so I've opted for this orangey colour. I'm wondering if just plain black would look better on the M&MTB Green....
Thoughts much appreciated, even if you think I'm taking this too seriously...

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I think black would be most effective on that livery - the orange won't show up very well I expect if you're using an inkjet or laser home printer?
 
James makes a good point - the orange won't show up well unless you back it with the same lines printed in dense white so that the underlying green doesn't show through. But this means you need something like an Alps/Oki Microdry printer which can print white lines .... but if you had one of those you could do metallic gold anyway so.... go for black!
 
Could you try a yellow transfer then an orange over the top ?
 
I'd go with black for the decals. I have dismantled some of Bachmann's stuff over the years. I hope you have labled all of those teeny tiny screws
 
Yep even though I worked out how to get the DIY decals to cover the green in Orange I went with the black... the No 1 is a black outline with red fill....
Speaking of those teensy weensy screws I dropped one..... Found it in another room.....
Have not applied the magic dissappearing spray in the pic....
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Being from Blackpool, I always think Green and Cream looks good on trams.

How do you make the decals? I assume you are printing them on to something.

Ian
 
Thats a superb job, the lining really finishes the repaint off. Very well done.
I have repainted a few of the Bachmann 'toy' trams myself, but never attempted anything so fancy


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Lordraglan274 said:
Thats a superb job, the lining really finishes the repaint off. Very well done.
I have repainted a few of the Bachmann 'toy' trams myself, but never attempted anything so fancy


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yes TOY trams is the word...... I mean they are nicely detailed, lots of scope for eccentric rivet counters to play with..... I'm actually honing skills here I do intend to scratch build but for a start this project will keep me going....
If you want some blue glazing for the clerestory let me know..... I'm "tooled up" to make it....
 
The orange clerestory glazing has never bothered me Trev. I usually dont even bother removing the strange front bumper. I just wanted a few cheap tram-looking cars to repaint and do some alterations. Most cost me under £20, not bad for a working G Scale item.
I am currently making one into a works car...its is no where near finished...again not based on anything, just a freelance car that when finished with all the plasticard, paint etc will still have cost lesss than £30 yet look great going round the garden and will pass the 'four foot' rule.

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I think the Bachmann trams are a good representation of an early 1890's car - ubiquitous in the States and exported around the globe - and exceptional value compared with others.

Incongruities have been pointed out - clerestory glazing and the double, curved "fenders" but they are, otherwise, prototypical. Plenty of scope for bashing into bogie cars, cable cars, california cars, etc.

As for toys Trevor, I think that they are no more toys than other general products in the G scale world. I tested mine on a 1 in 6 gradient with no probs. And, of course, identical closed cars reached Australia very early on in the history of electric traction.

So I admire your efforts all. Keep up the good work.
 
yes most of our early electric trams came from Hudsons in USA.... with the very difficult to model Peckham truck
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The first electric tram to run was an interesting home built device in outer melbourne.....

Of course being a Sydneysider I loved the toast racks we had them in every possible configuration from permanently coupled aka Jumping Jacks to monstrous 80' long bogie monsters...
 
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