Improving the H0e Narrow Gauge Logging Train from Roco

There is something basically endearing about narrow gauge railways in scale 1:87. This is Roco's take on the 9 mm gauge, also known as H0e. I purchased a basic Roco start set a couple of years ago, but I found the loads a little wimpy so in this video I am upgrading it to some real timber made of bamboo skewers for barbecuing. I also weathered the rolling stock including the loco using photos from Danish narrow gauge engines as inspiration. Finally, I made a small embankment of 25 mm foam board for the train to run on for photo shoots. The idea for this video came about as I was planing a sawmill for my layout. Unfortunately there were no real narrow gauge logging railways in Denmark in the 1950s so the train is not prototypical and the video is mainly for fun. Please check out my blog www.Sundborg.Wordpress.com for more on my plans for a layout set in Denmark in the mid-1950s.

Materials used in this video:
• AK Interactive AK042 European Earth Pigment
• AK Interactive AK7002 Rust Streaks
• Caran d’Ache SA Black Acrylic Paint
• Citadel Shade Agrax Earthshade
• Elmer’s PVA Glue
• Goodliving Jumbo Bamboo Skewers
• Humbrol 12 Copper
• Humbrol 16 Gold
• Liquitex acrylic paint
• Mr. Hobby P118 White Putty
• Noch 07100 Static Grass Meadow, 6.0 mm
• Noch 07101 Static Grass Beige, 6.0 mm
• Noch 07106 Static Grass Dark Green, 6.0 mm
• Noch 08310 Static Grass Summer Meadow, 2.5 mm
• Noch 08312 Static Grass Grass Meadow, 2.5 mm
• Noch 61145 Weathering Powder Set
• Owens Corning, Isolation Foam Board 1 inch (25 mm) “Pink Panther”
• Preiser 16335 Truckers
• Reeves Meadow Green
• Roco 31030 H0e Starter set
• Roco 32200 H0e Flex track
• Roco 34502 Lumber wagons
• Roco 40001 Driver
• Testor’s 1160 Dullcote Laquer
• Testor’s 1789 Airbrush Thinner
• Vallejo 70,872 Chocolate Brown
• Vallejo 70.876 Brown Sand
• Vallejo 70.890 Refleted Green
• Vallejo 70.920 German Uniform
• Vallejo 70.941 Burnt Umber
• Vallejo 70.950 Black
• Vallejo 70.951 White
• Vallejo 70.980 Black Green
• Vallejo 70.983 Flat Earth
• Vallejo 70.992 Neutral Grey
• Vallejo 71.133 Dirt
• Vallejo 73.004 Basic Brown
• Vallejo 74.602 Surface Primer Black
• Vallejo 76.517 Dark Grey Wash
• Vallejo 76.518 Black Wash
• Vallejo 76.523 European Dust Wash
• Woodland Scenics B1373 Fine Ballast Buff
• Woodland Scenics FL632 Static Grass Harvest Gold

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