A British H0 Miscellany

[Jordan]

I had a dabble in British HO over 20 years ago; this only surviving photo of some of my efforts makes an interesting comparison between an HO Roco 'Class 11' & Lima rolling stock, rewheeled with Roco wheels, & fitted with Kadee 'scale' #58 couplers, with a 4mm Lima 08 & Mainline wagons, all on 16.5mm gauge track......

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

Back in the day I converted one of the Roco NS 500/600 shunters to a Bulleid Ashford 1949-51 built BR class 12 (15211-15236). Even re-wheeled with Alan Gibson Bullied wheels.

 

[Rob R]

My last loco to post here is a former BR class 11, this is from the Roco model of an English Electric shunter used on Dutch Railways.

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Most of the modifications to the body involve removing unwanted detail.

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One tool box is shortened.

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I used the first coat of primer as a witness coat while hiding the worst of my changes.

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The only new details are the handrails.

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The wiring for the decoder rather spoils the look inside the cab. One day I might have another go but the pcb is always going to be visible. This decoder is another Lenz Standard V2.

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I copied the livery from a photograph of a similar loco being unloaded at a preserved railway.

When I started in H0 I went for Kadee couplers. Then I realised the RTR stock with its NEM pockets on cams needed a rigid coupling to make the close-coupling work properly. So at the moment I have Kadees on the stock for the local preservation society, and Roco Universal ones on the stock for the revenue-earning railway. The Fleischmann close coupling heads create a slightly tighter gap between vehicles and I might end up going for these eventually.

Livery looks like an ex ICI loco, there were a few scattered around the various works in Northwich. Not sure if they were ex BR or new build for ICI.

 

[Richard Gawler]

I copied the livery from a photograph of a similar loco being unloaded at a preserved railway.

Livery looks like an ex ICI loco, there were a few scattered around the various works in Northwich. Not sure if they were ex BR or new build for ICI.

I tried to represent the livery of Day Aggregates as seen on loco 12049 on the Mid Hants. There are some photos on Flickr including this one:

https://flic.kr/p/7YAXom

Nowadays I think I could do a better job of the paint and there is still time to highlight things like the white handrails.

 

[Rob R]

I tried to represent the livery of Day Aggregates as seen on loco 12049 on the Mid Hants. There are some photos on Flickr including this one:

https://flic.kr/p/7YAXom

Nowadays I think I could do a better job of the paint and there is still time to highlight things like the white handrails.

Ahh.
I was thinking more along the lines of this (on the other side)
Oakleigh Sidings, Winnington, Northwich
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Rob

 

[Richard Gawler]

https://flic.kr/p/imNfYe

Staying with the photo by John Stein at Oakleigh Sidings, this reminds me how the chevrons on private locomotives varied from the BR ones. Transfers were always a bugbear for my H0 efforts and I hardly ever applied any. I could try some 7mm scale ones for my class 11.

 

[Jordan]

Transfers were always a bugbear for my H0 efforts

The British 1:87 Society did a 'wasp stripes' transfers set for the Roco EE Shunter. I used them & they were very good. It was a long time ago now, though, so no idea if they'd still be available.
I must have used them after I took the photo I posted above, though, which is sans stripes. It did look good in black with wasp stripes, though how prototypical that was I've no idea.