San Francisco Cable Car 1/24

[hitchhiker]

Maybe someone can still remember Click here

I have not been idle in recent years and have built two more models #15 and #26 here are some pictures.
More of these on my homepage hitchhiker.at/cablecar/

 

[Jim B]

Cool cable car.

[bbowser]

Very well done!

[Dave Van]

Really nice work!!!

[espo]

Beautiful looking build, very realistic looking finishes. 

[PappyD340]

Very nice, well done!

[Brudda]

This is soooo coooool!!!!! Great job. I used to live in San Jose and would go to the city every weekend with my girlfriend. We rode these all the time. Your build is amazing. ? 

[Brudda]

I have a question, is this a kit or scratch built?

[Bugatti Fan]

Lovely scratch built models Manfred. Those old cable cars have so much character and so many variations and colour schemes.

I have been following your website homepage and You Tube videos and learning so much from them for when I start my own build.

[Big John]

Beautiful work.  takes me back the my visits to AF.  I love that you did most of the build with laser cut wood reminiscent of the real cars.  I didn't see any pics of the Grip mechanism, does it go down into the cable slot?

Thanks for sharing.

[TonyK]

Excellent model and excellent photography! A joy to look at all the detailed work.

[ybsluos]

Man Fred this is beautifully done!  Nice work-Mark

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

[RoninUtah]

Beautifully done! When I was growing up in San Francisco in the 50's and 60's, my father had a record shop on Powell Street, and so those cable cars were part of my everyday life back then. Later in life, I lived on Nob Hill and the California Street Cable Car was my twice-daily commute. I got to know all the crews, it usually was the highlight of my day.

These look look like they perfectly replicate modern-day Powell St. cable cars, down to every detail and nuance. Incredible! Maybe you should go back into history and do a Jones Street Shuttle!

Well done, thanks for the memories they evoke.

[hitchhiker]

Thank you very much for the praise. It makes me happy and motivates me to plan and build more models.

[slusher]

Great build!

[Bugatti Fan]

Incredibly detailed models Manfred.

I have just started to attempt build No16 from the Artesania Latina kit as I like the colour scheme of mainly blue with yellow window frames etc. The kit is of No 29 in the plum red and sky blue livery, so I will have to get decals printed up for the version I will be making.

I have been running and pausing YouTube videos with No 16 featured in it. It is amazing all those extra details that can be seen when doing this. My biggest challenge I think will be that No16 has a sliding door at each end of the enclosed section. Manfred's videos point the way forward about how I can overcome this particulzr problem. Lots to learn from them about other things on my build.

[Plastheniker]

Fantastic work, truly museum quality!

[1959scudetto]

Wahnsinn, Manfred - einfach super !