Lot Essay
This model was awarded Silver Medal, ME Exhibition Olympia, 1988
Details
An exhibition standard ¾in:1ft. scale 3½in. gauge electric model of the Liverpool Tramways Corporation Car No. 17,
built by D. Orchard from Liverpool Corporation drawings, in brass and nickel silver with glazed upper and lower saloons with interior furnishings, stairways with handrails, drivers controls, headlights, routeboards and trolley pole. The four-wheel Priestley truck has primary (coil) and secondary (leaf springs and coils) suspension, fine scale wheels, handbrake and 24 volt DC TLRS-standard 5U-9 pole motor geared to one axle, fed from the overhead trolley pole, finished in L.T.C. livery with advertisements -- 12 x 22¾in. (30.5 x 59.7cm.). Historical data. Certificate.
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built by D. Orchard from Liverpool Corporation drawings, in brass and nickel silver with glazed upper and lower saloons with interior furnishings, stairways with handrails, drivers controls, headlights, routeboards and trolley pole. The four-wheel Priestley truck has primary (coil) and secondary (leaf springs and coils) suspension, fine scale wheels, handbrake and 24 volt DC TLRS-standard 5U-9 pole motor geared to one axle, fed from the overhead trolley pole, finished in L.T.C. livery with advertisements -- 12 x 22¾in. (30.5 x 59.7cm.). Historical data. Certificate.
See Colour Illustration