PETE WATSON'S
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TRANSPORT NOSTALGIA |
00 SCALE CARD MODEL KITS
LAST UPDATED 28th April 2012
LLANDUDNO AND COLWYN BAY ELECTRIC RAILWAY
We're moving to Wales for this update - It's still beside the sea and the trams are still green and cream!
I have been looking at the LCBER system recently and found it fascinating, both in its route, which included street tramway and spectacular landscapes in the cross country sections, and in its vehicles, which although were only of six types, were very varied in their design.
I decided to have a go at all of them, then on looking for a location to use as a display, where better than the depot at Rhos-on-Sea! The results are pictured below. My sincere thanks go to John Bird and the Llandudno and Colwyn Bay Tramway Society for their assistance with some of the details that weren't apparent from the photos I had, particularly the elaborate shop front on the tramway offices (pictured below), which seems a little out of place considering the rest of the office building was just constructed from corrugated iron!
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| General View of Depot | Tramway Offices Shop-Front |
The tram models can be found below. I have produced the original cars 1-14 and the small four-wheelers in their original dark red livery as well as the later green. John Bird of the LCBTS told me the four-wheelers were never painted green and were still in their original livery when scrapped at the depot, but as I'd already then built a model of one in green I left it as a "might-have-been" model. The final three types were all second-hand, so I have also produced them in the liveries of their original owners. All of the model kits in LCBER livery have appropriate alternative fleet numbers provided, so if you really wanted you could produce every car in the fleet! A sheet of typical advertisements is also provided with the models of the cars which carried them. The only car not covered is the works car, 23A, but I'm working on it and it should be available by the next update.
I have not made the depot buildings available in kit form, as they run to about 16 sheets of parts. Let me know if you are interested in a kit of these buildings. If there is enough interest I will start writing instruction sheets for them!
All the 00 scale models I have completed so far are shown below, including the new ones.
Click on the photos for available liveries and information about the prototypes.
I am working on a number of other models, and will post them on this site when they are available, so keep coming
back for another look!
Please note that I produce the models for my own enjoyment and they are sold to fellow enthusiasts on a non-profit making basis.
Prices charged merely cover the cost of printing and packaging.
COMPLETE LIST OF MODELS
Click on the pictures to see alternative versions available.
Follow link at bottom of page for printable price list and order form
LLANDUDNO AND COLWYN BAY TRAMS
| 1907 ORIGINAL CARS 1 - 14 | 1909 4-WHEEL SEMI-CONVERTIBLE CARS 15-18 | 1920 TOASTRACK CARS 19-22 |
| 1919 EX-ACCRINGTON CARS 1-5 | 1914 EX-BOURNEMOUTH CARS 7-15 | 1936 EX-DARWEN CARS 23-24 |
BLACKPOOL TRAMS AND BUSES
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![]() EX TOWING CARS (available in 5 liveries) |
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![]() 1898 BLACKPOOL AND FLEETWOOD CROSSBENCH CAR No.1 or 2 - ORIGINAL LIVERY |
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![]() 1976 JUBILEE CAR 761 (AVAILABLE IN 2 LIVERIES) |
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![]() BLACKPOOL 1938 LEYLAND CUB COUNCIL COMMITTEE COACH AVAILABLE AS A FREE DOWNLOAD - CLICK ON "FREE MODELS" BUTTON AT BOTTOM OF PAGE! |
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LEYLAND PLSC3 (Choice of 2 body styles available) |
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OTHER TRAMS AND BUSES