Tram loco and trailer.

[Hugh Norwood]

Steam tram by H Norwood, on Flickr

I bought this steam tram loco and its trailer after seeing a pair assembled by Garry Whiting; I thought they would be ideal for Angst-Lesspork. They are from Model Engine Works, David Hurst's shop on Shapeways

After separating the components (they are printed as one piece per unit) I put them in White Spirit for 24 hours. I lost a small piece during the subsequent washing, unfortunately! They were then painted and glazed using some ink-jet compatible overhead transparency film, which has an absorbent surface on one side, which makes it easy to glue. I used Deluxe Glue 'n' Glaze to do this.

The loco sits on a Kato 11-104 chassis, which requires the ends being taken off and the (cosmetic) axle boxes cut off. The trailer sits on a four-wheel chassis that I made out of a redundant bogie. Both units have some lead added for weight and I've used Greenwich couplings apart from the one at the front of the loco, which is one of the 3D printed ones that come with the bodies.

The loco has a driver and guard. The loco weighs 43gm, the trailer 30gm.

www.shapeways.com/shops/model-engine-works

[Mark Shenstone]

Nice job! They look smart.

[Alan Feldon]

Very nice Hugh

[Hugh Norwood]

Thanks, chaps!

[Jeff Schumaker]

Nice color scheme.

Jeff S.