RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted June 24, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 24, 2015 Hello Having recently gone into N gauge I have been practicing down sizing my painting and weathering techniques using some very cheaply acquired old Lima models. The Mk 1 coaches are basically forgettable but the old CCT van has been attracting my attention and a couple have wound up on my workbench with one being turned outs as a fictional Scottish area internal user van in dilapidated condition. The other is a old Siphon G van which has received similar treatment. Running wise the Siphon is a bit of a wreck but with a new set of modern GF wheels the CCT van has turned into a nice runner (ironically for an Internal User!) so that has got me asking. What other models did Lima do in N gauge and did the moulds wind up with Hornby when they bought them up? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Scottish Modeller Posted June 24, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 24, 2015 Hi John, From the Lima N range there are less than a handful of models that are anything like worth keeping and using. You have 2 of them already - the CCT and the Siphon. Other one's worth considering are the Horsebox and Brake Vans - both the GWR Toad and BR Standard. Locos - a mixed bag of not good to worse.... Deltic - well on the way to being TT Scale. Brush Type 2 (Class 31) - nearly as big as the Deltic. LMS 4F - Subconsciously I wanted to forget this one! Big is big - but this was bigger! Class 81/86 - Closest they came to N Scale! (Almost 2mm scale) Class 4mt Standard 4 - another close call scale wise, let down by running qualities. Class 14 (not really) Bo Bo - Used standard German model in BR liveries Diesel Shunter - 0-4-0 - Used German shunter in BR liveries. The coaches are all to 1/160 scale - look alright with the Class 81 though! Most of the other genuine British goods stock is too large - Other stock made to fit British liveries was too small as to 1/160 scale. As for what happened to the Lima N gauge moulds.... That is a mystery that has yet to be unravelled. Thanks Edit... Just found a website where a collector has all the Lima N products listed - not just the British items. http://lima-n-scale-complete-catalogue.webnode.cz/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Now that takes me back - the Deltic used to tower over the other stock, with its nose being as high as the Mk1 roof, while the Mk1 windowsills had room for a window box big enough to grow salad for the buffet car sandwiches. They did some generic Freightliner flats that were sort of passable at a distance, and you could swap the containers around - thanks to the link above: http://lima-n-scale-freight-cars.webnode.cz/#img-6615-jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAndy Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 http://lima-n-scale-...gue.webnode.cz/ Just had a look at this website, and it took me right back to my childhood in the 70's. I started out in N gauge, receiving a couple of train sets one Christmas, one of which was the, erm, N Gauge 31 and some freight vehicles. Over the following few years and before I moved to 4mm modelling, I added to my N gauge fleet with various bits and bobs - Minitrix Warships featured with me before the Graham Farrish revolution of the very early 80's and the advent of those 3 pole 37's and 47's. The reason for this post though, is that looking at the Lima brochure for 1978, there are two images of the supposedy imminent release of the N gauge Western. I remember my Dad telling me at the time that Lima had images of the N gauge Wessie in their latest ( for the time) brochure. I remember waiting and waiting for the Western to arrive, but it never did before I traded all my N gauge stuff in and went 4mm. I recall a conversation amongst some of the adult members of the club where my Dad was a member, that Lima had simply used one of their OO Westerns and that they had made a couple of N gauge style couplings in 4mm and stuck them to the fronts of two of their OO Westerns, simply for the purposes of the brochure! cheers Andy How true that was I have no idea, as I was only about 10 at the time, but am I right in saying the Lima N gauge Western never materialised? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Scottish Modeller Posted June 24, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 24, 2015 Hi Andy, I know what you mean! I was firmly in the N Gauge camp by 1970 and there was literally only Peco, Lima and Minitrix British stock available. The first Farish was almost with us though and we thought it would be our saving! Your dad is correct about the stories about the #New Releases' in N from Lima. The J50, King, Western are all photos of the OO versoins just slotted in to the N Gauge range and never appeared. I remember at one Earls Court being shown the 'Western Development Model' by the rep. When I picked it up I discovered it was a cast whitemetal kit, but it was made up to a very high standard! Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted June 25, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 25, 2015 Many thanks for your responses, most interesting. I will probably continue to mop up any cheap CCTs that come my way for repainting as internal user and condemned vehicles. Just seen on Ebay a Lima Std 4 tank (at least that is what it says it is) that is quite horrific! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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