WiP +++ H0 scale DSB Class 'MD' diesel-hydraulic locomotive (DB V 200.5)

[Dizzyfugu]

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.



Looks so right and natural.    My build in H0 scale (on the basis of an all-metal Märklin 3021) will look very similar.

We'll see... 

[mat]

A very credibly scenario, as some old danish MZ locos now run i german colours

[PR19_Kit]

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. 

Plus of course, they're hydraulic. 

[Dizzyfugu]

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!

[martinbayer]

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.

[Gondor]

Very nice 

Gondor

[Dizzyfugu]

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.

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:

[PR19_Kit]

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.

[Dizzyfugu]

Getting parts ready here. I was also able to procure a set of contemporary V200 stencil decals - German language, though, but better than nothing. 

[Dizzyfugu]

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.

[Dizzyfugu]

Since this build won't be eligible for the GB pls. move the thread into the "Figures, Cars, Etc" section. :-/

[NARSES2]

Moved as requested

[Dizzyfugu]

Thanks a lot, highly appreciated!

Brake fluid bath goes on. First signs of paint removal are recognizable. 

[Dizzyfugu]

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.  No haste.

[Dizzyfugu]

Well, after almost two months in the brake fluid bath the chemicals did their job and I have a fine bare metal hull!