SIKU toy tram - scale ?

[Sunray]

In building a WW2/post war city one needs public transport -  trams are useful - often used as street barricades as the images for Warsaw 1939 and Budapest 1956 suggest.

They are too rich in price at N gauge as these are meant to be runners, so I was looking at the diecast and toy market

I found a SIKU 1615 toy model from Scale Farm - the dimensions 16mmx 2mmx 3mm - suggests compatibility with 1/150 or 10mm figures.

Has anyone on the forum seen or purchased this model ?

[fsn]

Amazon. From £7.44 delivered.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Siku-1615-SIKU-Tram/dp/B0002GTF5S/ref=sr_1_2?s=kids&ie=UTF8&qid=1443195045&sr=1-2&keywords=siku+tram

[Sunray]

Thanks mate- I just ordered one, so will by next week be able to comment on compatibility with 10mm.   If its a goer, I will buy another and modify/paint it up as a burnt wreck.

N Brass Locos do a 91mm length of dummy track x 2 for ££6.50 and dummy twin tram power posts x 10 for £8.50

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Anyone know any producers of Rugby players?

[Techno]

Subbuteo.....But they'd be the wrong size. 
Cheers - Phil

[petercooman]

Subbuteo.....But they'd be the wrong size. 
Cheers - Phil

Bloody scale creep!

[GrumpyOldMan]

Hello Sunray

Oxford Diecast makes a double decker UK style tram:-



and one of Pendraken's competitors makes a Soviet Z1 tramcar in their Scenic model range. You could threaten me with a pick and shovel but you couldn't mine this information from me  .

Or if you're feeling industrious you could try some card models :-

http://hamapaper2.zouri.jp/thumblink2/thumb35.html#%E8%B7%AF%E9%9D%A2%E9%9B%BB%E8%BB%8A

These http://home.k02.itscom.net/brc/mod_list.html look about 1/100 so reduce before printing.

Cheers

GrumpyOldMan

[Sunray]

Thanks Vic,  for this 'shaft' of light.   You are a 'mine' of information

[fsn]

Is it Magister Miletum?

[Sunray]

Is it Magister Miletum?

 - Oh for  pit -y's  sake .


Naw...not them - they haven't been at the coal face of figure making long enough.  

Not one of your miner league players......

On a serious note - I had a look at the offering by that other company - whilst most gratefully accepting the fact that its not 'limited availability' [sic], it looks a pretty solid chunk of metal  (cast in 2 sections ?)- ie hard to represent in a damaged condition. Lets face it, we want it for a warzone, not some twee n gauge layout.

I will hold fire and see how the SIKU measures out. - the lighter construction (windows) makes a bit of battle damage easier to replicate - when all you want is a piece of scenery/cover/obstacle on the killing ground.

[GrumpyOldMan]

Hello All

Have to be careful with all these puns lying around, a man could do himself an injury without care  .

I'll think you'll find that this tram is largely cast in resin, a lot of his larger stuff is cast thus. Including the Citroen bus which I wasn't able to grab before the mould died. Still I think the 7 other buses I've got now will have to do  .

Edit: Just had a look at that Oxford Diecast tram again and I think that the upper storey is separate. It could probably be modified without too much drama, skinned knuckles and/or punctured fingers. Here's a pic that shows general scale:-



Cheers

GrumpyOldMan

[Sunray]

Thanks Vic, yes, you are right the tram does look like  a resin cast.   

I looked at the Oxford double decker, it would be ideal for AVBCW scenarios - they  also do a range of other UK city's trams.

But I want a" foreign " single type tram hence my  interest in SIKU.

[John Cook]

Does this Pithead offering do it?

[GrumpyOldMan]

Hello All

Does this Pithead offering do it?

Pithead eh, who would have thought it! Still, I'm glad it wasn't me that came out to be branded as a.....HERETIC!!!

HERETIC, HERETIC!!!!!, Burn him, burn him .... after submerging him in the duck pond a few dozen times.....   

Good Lord, I've come over all TMP-ey 

(Goes away mumbling.... "Yes I know I have other brands like Pithead and Minifgs but it's only because they had them available and I really, really needed them...)

Comes back.....Ok, ok, I will relent, we can submerge him in the duck pond after burning him.

Cheers

GrumpyOldMan

[petercooman]

Burn?
duck?
pond?

A WITCH!!!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3jt5ibfRzw