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 ?
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
(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)
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
Anyone know any producers of Rugby players? ;)
Subbuteo.....But they'd be the wrong size. :P
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: Techno on 25 September 2015, 06:43:17 PM
Subbuteo.....But they'd be the wrong size. :P
Cheers - Phil
Bloody scale creep!
Hello Sunray
Oxford Diecast makes a double decker UK style tram:-
(http://www.britishmodelbuses.com/LargeImages/OxfordDiecast2/NTR001_Tram_London%20Transport_O_Final_Large.JPG)
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 (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 (http://home.k02.itscom.net/brc/mod_list.html) look about 1/100 so reduce before printing.
Cheers
GrumpyOldMan
Thanks Vic, for this 'shaft' of light. You are a 'mine' of information
Is it Magister Miletum?
Quote from: fsn on 26 September 2015, 11:18:24 AM
Is it Magister Miletum?
;D - 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.
Hello All
Have to be careful with all these puns lying around, a man could do himself an injury without care :D.
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 :D.
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:-
(https://hattonsimages.blob.core.windows.net/products/NTR001_27928_Qty1_ruler.jpg)
Cheers
GrumpyOldMan
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.
Does this Pithead offering do it?
Hello All
Quote from: John Cook on 27 September 2015, 03:44:36 PM
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..... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Good Lord, I've come over all TMP-ey :D :D
(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
Burn?
duck?
pond?
A WITCH!!!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3jt5ibfRzw
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Does this P****** offering do it?
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Ahhh the name that shalt not be spoken, typed or referenced on this holy forum. :d
I'm afraid you are confusing me with somebody who gives **** :)
The SIKU offering arrived. I conclude that its a "fit the blister pack" scale [sic], but at 160mm whilst over the average length for N gauge trams - it does not look out of place with 1/150 figures. Scenery is scenery - and those building street barricades can't afford to be pedantic as the T34/85s roll around the corner......
I was at Munich Airport today dropping son off.
Went into the toy shop there they had three different trams on in a box with 1/87 scale on it and a small one in a blister, and a bigger one in the blister. The small one was priced at 3.99 euros and the larger one was 7.99.
Think I'll get a few of these for my next project.
On a side note today's a German bank holiday 25 years ago today the wall came down.
Regards
Sean
Interesting find Sean. I suspect the SIKU is 1/87.
If the smaller tram you spotted has a name, manufacture's code or product it would be useful to give us a "heads up" next time you see one.
Once we have details, the search engine can do the rest.
Thanks mate
Hi Sunray
http://www.clubsiku.co.nz/index.php?page=Catalogue
The trams are under the blister part of the catalogue 1011 is a small tram on the first page and 1165 is a larger one on the second page.
I will try and get measurements next time I'm in a shop with them.
Regards
Sean 8)
Sean
Many thanks for taking the trouble to post this. I see I the Siku tram 1011 advertised at £3 on toyshop websites and described as 1/120 scale.
That's good value for a game prop, and at 8x2x3cm is Ok table size. The cheaper the props, the more left to spend on figures. :)
Cheers mate. :)
I have the coal-related mini and, while it takes a bit of working out to get the metal bits aligned to the resin body, it's very nice.