Glasgow Tram 488 - Models of Glasgow Trams

Preserving Glasgow Tram No.488

It's history and restoration progress in the UK

Horse tram services started 19 August 1872
Electric traction from 13 October 1898 until 4 September 1962
Tramway abandonment's started in 1926, with major route closures from 1956 onwards
Trolleybuses introduced 3 April 1949 - Abandoned 27 May 1967

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About this Page Shown are views of working "0" Gauge [1/43rd] scale models which are approximately 9" long, 4½" high and 2" wide. Full Size Pictures Available Throughout this site you can click on most thumbnails to view the picture in a larger format. Return to the web site using the hyperlink in the bottom right-hand corner or click on the enlarged picture to view the next one. On an Apple device [iPad/iPhone] this facility will not work correctly if the page being viewed has been enlarged. The Windows operating system allows you to go into full screen mode and is to be recommended for this site. Just initially press F11 on your keyboard to enter into that mode. Available from this online retailer: 532 UK Tram Drawings 224 Non UK Tram Drawings 83 Trolleybus Drawings 94 Bus Drawings 32 Underground Drawings 8 Narrow Gauge Drawings 9 Light Rail Drawings 7 Etched Brass Kits 66 Card Tram Car Kits 33 Card Building Kits 50 Model Tram Parts 33 Trucks and Bogies 3 Traction Pole Supports Numerous Books	Models of Glasgow Trams 7mm Glasgow Tram Models Built and Photographed by Terry Russell	'Standard' Glasgow Tram Model [¾" to 1'-0"] The model is currently at the Glasgow Museums Resource Centre On loan since 1958 from Glasgow Corporation Transport


		7mm Glasgow Tram Model - Ex-works Take a £10 Alphagraphic card kit, strengthen it with white card and glazing and populate it with 'Slater' figures, add grain of wheat lighting, fit Terry Russell EMB lightweight trucks and working bow collector and out rolled a tram #1173 in a livery that we all remember from 50 years ago. Built and Photographed by Terry Russell The Glasgow "Coronation" double deck Alphagrahix Tramcar Kit can be purchased for under a tenner at Terry Russell Trams but the EMB lightweight trucks and working bow collector will add another £150.00. Throw in lots of time and patience and another 7mm tramcar model is born.
		Fresh out of Cowfold Works in July 2013 A unique 7mm resin kit of an ex Liverpool "Green Goddess" depicted as car 1014 in Corporation livery of December 1953 Built and Photographed by Terry Russell
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