This OO gauge kit is of Sunderland 16.
Sunderland trams 13-18 were built in 1900 by ERTCW as open top cars mounted on Brill 22E trucks. The bogies weren’t successful so in 1901 they were remounted on Brill 21E single trucks, then in 1920-22 they were rebuilt as fully enclosed cars with Brill Radiax trucks. In 1930-34 they were given 40 hp motors and retrucked as follows 14/ 15 / 18 P22, 16 Peckham P35 (later P22), 13 M&T swing link, 17 EE swing link.

Car 16 was withdrawn in 1953 then was moved to Westwood Farm, Low Warden, near Hexham, Northumberland, where it spent the next 30-odd years as a tool-shed and apple store. The body was rescued by Beamish North of England Open-Air Museum in 1989 as a potential restoration project, followed by several years’ research work, production of engineering drawings and procurement of both materials and specialist services.

No.16 was launched into service in July 2003.

The kit is to make a model of Sunderland 16 in its restored condition at Beamish.

Truck - ME34D10 or equivalent (34mm wheelbase, 10.5mm wheels)

For transfers for this kit, see KW 0078 Sunderland 16 transfers in the OO gauge transfers section of this web site.

Additional parts you may require
GlazeOOstd 10 thou glazing x4
GlazeOOthin 5 thou glazing x2
Wire07 Brass wire 0.7mm x2
PCMDSEAT Double Garden seats x18 seats