I have the Corgi model which I like, but it is, like many Corgi models, physically a Philadelphia model with Boston paint. It lacks a left hand door, and to account for this, they give it the number of the Boston prototype PCC which lacked a left hand door--but the prototype, like all pre-war PCCs, also lacked standee windows. If you have $700 you can get a more authentic model from St. Petersburg Trams, as well as picture window cars and Dallas double-enders. Okay, you have to win the lottery for that. The Corgi model does closely model the San Francisco F line PCC, which is an ex-Philadelphia car. San Francisco, by the way, looked at buying the 6 Dallas double-enders from the Kennebunkport museum but founded them too rusted and opted for 2 former red-arrow cars from the Branford CT museum instead, and Dallas scrapped there sole double ender, which hey found too rusted to restore.
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