Constructing a Tatra T5C5

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Returned from the summer holidays with two kits of the following tram, 1:87.

(picture from wikipedia)

Started cleaning the parts yesterday to start constructing it, am planning to build one unmotorized, as per the kit and making one powered. First I'm going to have to decide on whether it'll be more or less realistic running on normal gauge or whether it might be a better idea to reduce the gauge to TT or N (H0m, H0e?) to allow for a smaller little layout should I want to build one at some point (will want to finish the N gauge layout first though)

The pantographs on this kit are plastic (as is all), and those I might want to replace with brass. Apparently there may or may not be a motorization kit available for the model (the instructions were unclear about that, were mainly reminding not to glue the wheels and filing off excess plastic)

I guess a running model would do well with a proper wheels/bogies...will need to shop around for something with 8mm(inside)/10mm(flanges) wheels 22mm apart.

I'll post pictures when things progress more.