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San Francisco street Car

26K views 62 replies 14 participants last post by  aceinspp  
#1 ·
I started on building my Occre street car kit. It will also be powered. The powered tuck kit also has to be assembled. The build is very time consuming as a lot of the bencheds have to be built board by board. So her is where I'm at for now Into 12 hrs of build so far. Later RJD

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#7 ·
Did not buy mine on evil bay got it through National RR museum. Good price. No more delicate than some of the USAT stuff. Actually better than I thought. Later RJD
 
#9 ·
Well got a bit more done on the street car. A note to folks that also may buy this kit. Make sure to read ahead in the instructions as there are some steps that are incorrect and can cause you extra work. Here are afew more pics. Later RJD

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Notice the bars on the windows. these all have to be cut to fit and spaced correctly. Time consuming
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Front added on.
 
#10 ·
Not to play Mr Crabby, but it's a cable car. When I saw "street car," I thought of a trolley, the kind that is powered by electric motors that draw their power from overhead wires. San Francisco has an incredible collection of vintage trolleys and PCC cars that run along the Embarcadero. But the city also has cable cars, which are unique to SF. They're unpowered and are pulled along by cables that run under the streets. The motorman pulls on one of those levers (the other one is the brake), which allows a thingy underneath to grab onto the cable.

Other than that, nice looking project!
 
#13 ·
Yep Joe you are correct but I was unable to change the title to the thread once I had submitted and I had caught the mistake.
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Then I did it again
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Later RJD
 
#17 ·
Paulus: Detail parts are such as levers are like pot metal. Hand rails are brass wire made to fit. All the trucks are also metal and are dummy. You have to buy the motor kit separately. Actually these kits are cheaper to by from United kingdom than buy here and no sales tax to pay. Later RJD
 
#19 ·
Little more progress made on the cable car.

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Got roof ribs installed and made the hand hold bars. They are formed from brass stock
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Installed the Clerestory sides to the top.
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This the power truck kit also started the constucktion of it today
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Pretty straight forward
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Here is the finished brick. I test ran it and works great. Had to get this part done at this time as I'm going to DCC the car and accessing a place to install it and the lighting needs to be done now before I can continue. Later RJD
 
#22 ·
Finally a little more progress today. Got the LED strip lighting installed so now it's on to building the roof. This a board by board build for the roof so will be time consuming. Later RJD
 
#24 ·
Looking great RJ.
ModelExpo had it on sale so I ordered one and a power truck kit.
I was already following your build and now I'll be watching even closer for tips, help and ideas.
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I also looked at the video build on Occre's website.

Tommy
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Rio Gracie
 
#25 ·
Tommy: the best thing to do is read ahead on the instructions. I eliminated one step which I think was unnecessary as you can do the same thing ealier and save cutting the roof arch members. The step is the one they talk about installing the interior hand rail post. Make sure when you glue wood parts that are matched with tabs are fit snug or problems later will occur. Here are a few more pics of the progress.

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I would scribe the bottom of the wood board at just past the yellow clamp near the roof rib as this board has to bend to match the front cab area shown by the green clamp
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The instruction also fail to tell you that you may have to sand a small strip of wood to fill in excess gap in the roof. I also added an LED light strip that go down the center of the roof. It's hard to make out but one can see the wires. I also will be adding LED head lights all to run off 9 volt battery. The LEDs are rated for 12 volt. That's it for now. Later RJD
 
#26 ·
RJ,
Thanks for the tips and I look forward to your next post.
I ordered my kit on the 10th. Not that I was in a rush to start building being I'm working on 2 other projects at the moment, but I got this e-mail at midnight last night.

"Due to an unusually large response, we are temporarily out of stock of the item(s) you ordered.
We expect to ship your order within 30 days or sooner."
Holding my Breath
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Tommy
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Rio Gracie