Joe's 1/22 Artesania Latina San Francisco Cable Car
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Joe, I am buidling the same kit and have arrived at the Roof build section. Did you water-mist the 27 (or so) slats at either end in order to soften them for bending to conform to the desired shape? What was your complete process? OR was it just a matter of glue, clips, tape & rubber bands??? Thanks - your blog has given me the confidence to complete this challenging kit!!
Nevermind Joe; I reread your post and it makes sense now.
Hi Christopher, I look forward to seeing your rendition of this kit. Thank yo
Hi Noel. There are two types of San Francisco cable car, the Powell Street version, and the California Street version. The Powell Street cable cars can only be operated from the front end, and require turn tables at the ends of their routes. The California version can be operated from either end, and has the enclosed passenger area between the two ends as you said. This means the California version doe snot require turn tables, the operator simply gets out and goes to the other end. Be good to see a California version built.
Hi again Christopher. Sorry, I haven't been getting on the forum as much as I'd like to lately. I see you have resolved the situation and possibly progressed. I'll take a look to see if you have a build log. Happy to help where I can, hoping my build thread is of help to you. Cheers.
I can't see your build on here Christopher, I for one would love to see another one being built. :thumb2:
Joe, thanks for your explanation about the two cable car lines, and why there are single ended and double ended cable cars.
Have been toying with getting the Occre one as it appears to be quite easily available.
Occre have some interesting videos of their one being built on their own website, plus build videos of many of their other kits too.
Have been toying with getting the Occre one as it appears to be quite easily available.
Occre have some interesting videos of their one being built on their own website, plus build videos of many of their other kits too.
Not heard of Occre, but a quick search online shows it might build up into a really nice rendition of the San Francisco cable cars
Well it's been about 4 years Joe and I'm just now about to finish my version of the Cable Car. There were long periods where it just sat on the workbench, awaiting my return (facilitated by renewed courage). The Roof and upper Cupola were by far the toughest part of this build but I am proud of the result. The fore and aft of the cupola roof overhangs turned out shorter than yours - don't know how I messed that up (conversion from metric). QUESTION: to attach the yellow/red marker lights, the bases are not flat. Did you drill small holes or indentations in the roof corners to accommodate the protrusions in the marker light bases? Before I apply the decals I will assemble the expanding barrier gate using your tiny screw method. Did you ever create a suitable base and display box? Chris
I wondered where this had gone good to see you posting again.
Good to hear your cable car is approaching completion Chris. To answer your questions:
The lights: I think I sanded the base of the light to match the roof angle and fixed them with CA glue. You could drill a hole.
Good luck with the tiny screws, you'll be tired of the sight of them by the time you complete the gate. :dizzy:
I did create a base. You can see it in this thread. The completed build thread is here: https://www.scale-models.co.uk/threads/1-22-artesania-latina-san-francisco-cable-car.36829/
I look forward to seeing your cable car, best of luck
Responding to this thread a number of years on.
I have just completed this particular kit having tracked one down in the UK about two years back.
Did one hell of a load of modifications to it (like fitting actual sliding doors for example) and also a number of my own scratch built additions.
Well it did take me a long way away from my usual car models, but I did enjoy building it and fitted it onto a base with clear acrylic cover.
A bit of an oddball scale in 1/22nd instead of the more usual 1/24th, but builds into a quite large impressive model with a bit of character about it.
I have just completed this particular kit having tracked one down in the UK about two years back.
Did one hell of a load of modifications to it (like fitting actual sliding doors for example) and also a number of my own scratch built additions.
Well it did take me a long way away from my usual car models, but I did enjoy building it and fitted it onto a base with clear acrylic cover.
A bit of an oddball scale in 1/22nd instead of the more usual 1/24th, but builds into a quite large impressive model with a bit of character about it.
Good to hear another one has been completed. Sounds like you really went to town on improving the details. Do you have photos to share?
Tried to attach a picture with my post.
When I selected one from pictures on my PC my screen filled with the picture I selected, but looking to see if it had attached to the post was that nothing had happened. It looks as though pictures can be loaded directly but it just was not happening ! Any ideas as I don't use host sites seeing some of the horror stories with some of them.
When I selected one from pictures on my PC my screen filled with the picture I selected, but looking to see if it had attached to the post was that nothing had happened. It looks as though pictures can be loaded directly but it just was not happening ! Any ideas as I don't use host sites seeing some of the horror stories with some of them.
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