Building a "O" scale Brisbane FM Part 3

There was a working party at the museum today so I took the opportunity to look at FM 494 which is one of the trams covered by this kit. This tram is stored at the museum in "as is" condition and has been used as a store for tram spare parts for decades hence it's condition. I also found a Brisbane City Council drawing of this group of trams. The first photo was taken a few years ago when we needed to pull it out of the shed one day.


Reliable sources tell me that these trams were built with brown stained timber above the window sills with the darker brown paint below the sills. Later in life when being refurbished, the stained timber was painted over with the cream colour as described in the instruction sheet.

494 is still in this original condition as shown in these photos although the motorman's cab has the cream above the window sills.

494 also has the canvas portion of the roof painted in the same light grey as the sides with the ends being in the darker grey . I have yet to decide on which interior colour scheme I will follow. The cream is tempting as it will be easier to do..