I wonder if anyone can help!
Small 4 x 2 layout being built, roughly based on a living museum type situation.
First time poster, Please be gentle :)
Plan is for a narrow gauge terminus in a disused quarry with the reconstructed shops/houses/tramline above - well i know what i mean!
Now the tram line - I have N gauge track to represent a narrow gauge system, before i lay it and commit myself, would an oo gauge tram be suitable for this look, would it look too big for the track/surrounding area etc.?
Have any other members used both 00 and 009 vehicles like this?
the small space precludes me using 00 track.
Thanks in advance for all (any ) replies
Cheers
Caleb
Hi Caleb,
It has certainly been done. Search for things like "Lisbon tram" on this forum and elsewhere such as the Narrow Gauge Railway Modelling (NGRM) Online forum.
e.g.
https://www.009society.com/forum/index.php?topic=4328.msg30296#msg30296 (https://www.009society.com/forum/index.php?topic=4328.msg30296#msg30296)
If you are planning a kit conversion then HO donor models will be a bit smaller than starting with OO trams. Also single deck trams would look more in keeping with the narrow gauge track.
Also some trams were narrow gauge as well, the Birmingham network for example. As Graeme says, though, you need to pick your tram carefully, some of them are large buggers and wouldn't suit 9mm gauge at all!
Thanks to both of you for the answers, i'm looking - so far at a Leeds 1/76 and an Eastbourne 1/76! I will also have a look out for a single deck one too.
Cheers
Caleb
There is an Eastbourne tram runnng on 2ft 9in gauge at Seaton.
Peter
I'm doing a tramway extension for my layout on 12mm gauge. For this I've motorise one of the Isle of Mans trams following Gordons trams [ http://www.gordonstrams.net/MCTpage8.htm ] also I've almost done Llandudno single decker and awaiting building a Bournemouth bogie car [both 3d prints from shapeways]. I'm also doing a Chester Demi car [in attached picture], which is a comparable size to the Lisbon one mentioned above. Anything else would look too big for such narrow gauge track. I think there are 3d prints of the Seaton trams as well.