A 3/4 inch Dundee Lochee Car - Under Construction

Follow the construction of a Dundee Lochee Car in 3/4 inch scale. This may take some time, but you can follow progress here. It is reckoned to take 800 hours to construct a model in this scale. However, it is a very satisfying scale to model a tramcar in. Patience is required; help is available. Plans can be obtained from Terry Russell and the TLRS. Parts can also be obtained from TLRS and KW Trams.

Here is a picture of the tramcar when new in Dundee. It was one of a batch of ten built by Brush Electrical Engineering Co. Ltd. in 1930 to a specification of the Dundee Transport Department. The principal dimensions were as follows:

When they were delivered the cars had trolley poles, but they were converted to bow collectors within a few years of arriving.