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Barry Marchant

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  1. 5 hours ago, Nikolay Polyakov said:

    Welcome aboard Barry! You have a very interesting tram works 🙂

     

    All the best from Russia.

    Thank you Nikolay. Russia is a BIG country compared to NZ. May I ask whereabouts?

    I believe some Russian cities still have tram systems. Some photos would be appreciated. Perhaps put them on flickr and post the link.

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  2. 7 hours ago, Bandsaw Steve said:

    Hey everyone - that’s my dad’s model that one! Barry here and my dad made it! How cool is that! 👍And I’ve ridden on the original to boot! 👢 And dad used to work for Ballantynes sometimes!

    To clarify matters, I turned the wheels out of steel bar, the axles are of 3mm bright steel rod and run in inside brass bearings, then I fitted them to the car. The couplings are made from square brass tube for the head and brass bar for the towbar. They represent the originals as used in Christchurch and elsewhere.

     

    The body of the car is entirely Colin's own work, its lovely.

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  3. On 12/05/2018 at 17:32, Bandsaw Steve said:

    I think we need a closer look at the double deckers in the background. 😀📸🔭

    Here is a better closeup of No10, the original was the 1st tram rebuilt for the Ferrymead Tramway in 1969?

    This model built by Colin with hardware by me. To get this in I had to brush up on my knowledge of html coding from years ago. Note my Lamborgni in the background.

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  4. Thank you All for your greetings. Looks like I will be spending some time with the camera and computer

    I have a website "homepages.paradise.net.nz/barry-m/" which you may be interested in. Its probably due for a revamp, but you will get an idea of the size of our tram fleet.

    Enjoy,

    Barry

     

    SORRY TO SAY MY PROVIDOR HAS STOPPED HOSTING WEBSITES SO MUNTING ALL MY LINKS, Barry

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  5. Thanks Steve, will do. In the meantime, have a look at "homepages.paradise.net.nz/barry-m/". Some of the pics should be familiar to you but the site has not been updated for some time. There are several more models to be added some time. Could I use a url to one of these photos to upload? I will try a link showing the Kitson and wagons

     

    Some of the links to prototypes are now dead, thank you Vodafone for dropping some of your services.

     

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  6. Hi, My modelling interest is in modelling trams, mainly those of Christchurch, NZ. As a child I rode them frequently until the system was closed 1954. Perhaps my fondest memory is that of riding behind Kitson No 7 with two trailers in 1950 when it was recommissioned for Christchurch's centennial celebrations. It was run between New Brighton and North Beach on mainly abandoned track, and at the end of each day, with its two trailers fully laden, followed a service  car back to town and then to the shed at Moorhouse Avenue. Later that year the exercise was repeated at the end of the Sumner line, but this time between service trams .

    I will take my model apart to photograph it due course for those interested

    The scale of all my models is 1:32 and the gauge 45mm. Electrical pickup is basic 2 rail with dummy overhead.

     

    BTW the prototype still runs on the Ferrymead tramway and is to receive a newly reconditioned boiler in the 'near' future.

     

    Barry

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