It's early, but this might become an entry to the GB, as it is a German technical hardware icon of the Fifties - a diesel-hydraulic locomotive of the V 200 Class (the basis/origins of the British Warship Class, BTW), but in Danish service. A very natural choice, because the V 200 was concentrated in Northern Germany later in their career and border-crossing fast passenger traffic might have made this whiffy idea real. It's so plausible that someone else at FlickR (Garry Luck, a.ka. northernblue109) made this CG rendition of the concept some years ago - I stumbled upon it long ago while doing some research legwork about Danish GM locomotives.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/7505/16102161277_e58a2054cf_b.jpg)
Looks so right and natural. :lol: My build in H0 scale (on the basis of an all-metal Märklin 3021) will look very similar.
We'll see... :mellow:
A very credibly scenario, as some old danish MZ locos now run i german colours
LOVE the V200 Class, if only because they begat the Warships, which I know quite well as I signed in the very last one in BR Service (832 Onslaught) into the Railway Tech Centre in 1972 or so. :thumbsup:
Plus of course, they're hydraulic. ;D
As a means of preparation I ordered some stencil decals that might become useful in the re-design process.
The Danish MZs are amazing - like cockroaches they seem the be unkillable and pop up everywhere, in interesting post-DSB guises, including those of DB Cargo Scandinavia. Some even ended up in Australia!
For today's useless bit of trivia, if memory serves correctly, the DB Class V 200 served as a stand-in for a British Warship Class Diesel engine in the German 1966 TV mini series titled Die Gentlemen bitten zur Kasse, aka The Great British Train Robbery, which was a pseudo documentary style reenactment of the famous Great Train Robbery of then £2.3 million from a Royal Mail train heading from Glasgow to London on the West Coast Main Line in the early hours of 8 August 1963 at Bridego Railway Bridge, Ledburn, near Mentmore in Buckinghamshire, England.
Very nice :thumbsup:
Gondor
Quote from: martinbayer on February 18, 2023, 09:55:20 PMFor today's useless bit of trivia, if memory serves correctly, the DB Class V 200 served as a stand-in for a British Warship Class Diesel engine in the German 1966 TV mini series titled Die Gentlemen bitten zur Kasse, aka The Great British Train Robbery, which was a pseudo documentary style reenactment of the famous Great Train Robbery of then £2.3 million from a Royal Mail train heading from Glasgow to London on the West Coast Main Line in the early hours of 8 August 1963 at Bridego Railway Bridge, Ledburn, near Mentmore in Buckinghamshire, England.
This one here - one might wonder how it was painted (probably standard red and dark grey, just with new badges)? Only B/W footage available:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpics.imcdb.org%2F0is217%2Fpost30ze0.2739.jpg&hash=844b4541a5994fa5c57adc109ae003c8685c33bc)
(https://c8.alamy.com/compes/ewe3m9/morir-senores-mordido-zur-kasse-fernsehminiserie-deutschland-1966-regie-john-olden-claus-peter-witt-soy-zu-uberfallenden-postzug-szenenfoto-ewe3m9.jpg)
That's a BR 'Lion on a wheel' badge on the side of the V200, but those nose whiskers were never used on Warships.
Mind you, the RW loco involved the Great Train Robbery was a Class 40, a much larger loco altogether.
Getting parts ready here. I was also able to procure a set of contemporary V200 stencil decals - German language, though, but better than nothing. :lol:
Work started, but at glacial pace; the locomotive has been disassembled, which is a quick task. The upper body is all-metal, and there are semi-transparent engine bay windows and opaque grey windscreens for the driver cabins that ca´n be easily taken out. The same goes for the clear plastic light elements and wire handrails.
The body is now in a brake fluid bath to get rid of the highly robust enamel paint, I want a clean surface before many of the molded hull details (including stencils and the whiskers) will be grinded away for a cleaner look. This will take a couple of days (if not weeks), though, and I might start (and finish) another suitable entry during this period.
Since this build won't be eligible for the GB pls. move the thread into the "Figures, Cars, Etc" section. :-/
Moved as requested
Thanks a lot, highly appreciated!
Brake fluid bath goes on. First signs of paint removal are recognizable. :police:
Well, this project has not seen much progress - but it's not dead. The metal body is still in the brake fluid bath and slowly loses paint particles. :mellow: No haste.
Well, after almost two months in the brake fluid bath the chemicals did their job and I have a fine bare metal hull! :mellow:
At freaking last mate ;D :thumbsup:
Brake fluid just needs some patience. Progress on this one will be slow, though, because the Fifties GB might prompt me to start some other submission for it.
Brake fluid was my go to paint stripper for yrs and then one it just seemed to take longer and longer to strip paint.
I'll use oven cleaner now but that won't strip the paint of models like yours .
What about proper paint stripper..will work nicely on metal models.
"Proper" paint stripper will eat some metals IIRC.
Quote from: zenrat on April 24, 2023, 04:56:10 AM"Proper" paint stripper will eat some metals IIRC.
Yup.
I normally also use (foamed) oven cleaner, esp on IP/resin kits, but the paint on the Märklin metal hull is/was burnt-in enamel paint. REALLY tough, harder than car finish - so that brake fluid had to do the job. Worked very well, though - slowly but effective, just messy to handle. Not certain about professional paint stripper, though, I would not use it.
I used to use a brand called Dads paint stripper..I stripper from the US and that stuff was brilliant..I used to strip Matchbox box cars with it ..and real cars.
It's extremely powerful and works very fast ..5 minutes on a car would take the paint down to clean steel..thixk rubber gloves are a must.
Course we can't get it here anymore and now stuck with total crap stripper which takes ten times longer to work and even then not that well..thanks Bunnings :angry:
The hull is in a water bath with some APC and dentures cleaner, to get rid of the final paint residue inside and surface fat.
Well at least you have a actual blank canvas to work on, so to speak.
Won't be long before paint is hitting this now I hope Thomas mate 👍