Ken Ford Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 My first Kato tram is on the way right now, and I'm starting to think about the pans. How do the stock pans look with overhead? I'm not planning on making the catenary live, but I'm hoping the pans look good enough and run close enough to the wire to look good. (The alternative would be to get Sommerfeldt pans and run dead wire.) I assume the stock Kato trams are plastic? Link to comment
Ken Ford Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 Sorry for the double post, the board hiccuped... Link to comment
Guest Closed Account 1 Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Kato Trams look great with the pan up or down. Adjut them so they don't snag anything. Link to comment
westfalen Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 The portram's pans are plastic and well detailed. Link to comment
Ken Ford Posted February 2, 2012 Author Share Posted February 2, 2012 I'm very tempted to try metal pans and see if I can get them to run against dead wire... Link to comment
Ken Ford Posted February 4, 2012 Author Share Posted February 4, 2012 My Centram arrived yesterday. A very nice model, but I'm seriously considering a pan replacement. Link to comment
Guest Closed Account 1 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Which one did you get? Portram or Centram? Link to comment
Ken Ford Posted February 7, 2012 Author Share Posted February 7, 2012 Centram (the all black variant). Link to comment
Ken Ford Posted June 3, 2012 Author Share Posted June 3, 2012 I found a package of Sommerfeldt #969 pans, they look like they will be perfect on the Portram. I need to build up some kind of base for the pan to mount them, I may be able to adapt the Kato base. I'll post when I have some progress - I don't have a lot of modeling time right now! Link to comment
Guest Closed Account 1 Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Study pantographs. You might achieve the metallic look with scrap pieces of Kato interior light kit reflective material. Link to comment
Ken Ford Posted June 4, 2012 Author Share Posted June 4, 2012 Study pantographs. You might achieve the metallic look with scrap pieces of Kato interior light kit reflective material. Link to comment
KenS Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 He's referring to the adhesive-backed reflective tape that came with Kato's bulb and older LED car interior light sets (not in the new V2 set). It's a bit shiny for a pantograph though, and I think it has fairly think backing too. Might be worth a try if you had some, but I'm doubtful. Link to comment
Ken Ford Posted June 6, 2012 Author Share Posted June 6, 2012 I'm just not sure how it relates to replacing pantographs - I already have the Sommerfeldts on hand. Link to comment
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