Gerry's Z Scale Trams and Buses

[gerryo]

I guess I'm a glutton for punishment, but I wonder how long it will be before there are Trams and Moving Buses in Z scale?

 

Now that I'm about ready to lay Z scale track on my layout I'm already thinking about my next small layout.

 

Anyone hear any rumours?

 

Gerry

Edited September 5, 2016 by gerryo

[bill937ca]

Very quickly on Google I found a Sintra, Portugal 1904 Brill 8-bench open tram offered on Shapeways.  These trams still run on a 11 km line.

 

 

2012/9/21 at  Sintra

 

You still need to find a drive and paint it.

Edited September 4, 2016 by bill937ca

[velotrain]

Underfloor drive at that.

Edited September 3, 2016 by velotrain

[gerryo]

I am a Japan Design Modeller.

 

 

Gerry

Edited September 3, 2016 by gerryo

[brill27mcb]

Underfloor drive at that.

 

...and narrow gauge, too, right?

 

Rich K.

[bill937ca]

...and narrow gauge, too, right?

 

Rich K.

 

1000mm or Meter gauge.

[bill937ca]

I am a Japan Design Modeller.

 

 

Gerry

 

I have a feeling you will have to build it yourself.

[gerryo]

I think it would be real neat to have a SINTRA Tram on a layout, but there is no way I could build something like that.  I have tried to do a British kit locomotive which were designed to use a Marklin steam loco as motive source, and I could not do it.

 

Something this complicated would just be too much of a challenge for my old hands.  I need a ready-to-run model.

 

Gerry

[gerryo]

Hi bill937ca.

 

Thanx for the link for the tram.  I have ordered 1 from shapeways, and a little loco from Marklin.  Should be a fun experiment.

 

Gerry

[gerryo]

Hi bill937ca.

 

Yesterday I received the little loco from Marklin, and today I received the Sintra Tram from Shapeways.

 

You were right about this being a challenge !!!

 

Gerry

[kvp]

The tram is 2 axle and the locomotive is probably 3 if you got a br89 (the cheapest option). If it is, the drive rods could be removed and the middle wheels too. The cylinders will pop off too, along with the couplers if you remove the bottom plate. The biggest challenge is fitting the standing motor into the tram shell.

 

ps: An easier way is to get one more middle cog as the cog could go in place of the middle wheel and the middle wheel can go in place of the back driving wheel. Instant and easily reversable conversion into a 2 axle rodless chassis.

[gerryo]

The loco that was sent to me is a 0-6-0 but it does not have a vertical standing motor that I expected it to have.  The motor is longitudinal and very large.

It is the NEW 5 pole type, so I suppose is better, but not for my purposes.  This motor would take up the whole inside of the tram, with no room left for the seats, which is the attraction here.

 

I'll have to do a lot more looking to see if there is anything I can use.

 

Maybe, for now, I will find a 4 wheel freight car and just use the tram as a static display.  Not my idea of modelling trains.

 

Gerry

[kvp]

Could you post a photo? All older ones, including 3 and 5 pole types had the standing motor so far. The same standing motor was also used for the small rodded v60 diesel. Maybe this could be a new development?