I've enjoyed seeing C. M. McMahon's projects on this forum and thought I would start a thread for anyone wanting to post info on their special streetcar building/detailing/painting projects. I'll start it off with my version of Boston's Mattapan-Ashmont trolleys, 1940s streetcars that are still in daily service. I used a Corgi body and made the following changes:
- blocked off the standee windows with .005 styrene
- Dremeled out the window band and divided it up more prototypically
- added the second set of double center doors on the left side
- added mirrors and the roof headlight and moved the retriever on the back
- added a sticker for the system map (prototype also an applied sticker)
Since I belong to a 3-rail club, I used a Bowser drive; like the prototype, only runs forward (also gave me an excuse to not do the interior). I like the lines of these before the air-conditioning was added (2008), so left off the AC on the roof.
Photos:
Prototype:
