HOW TO... ENHANCE AN OLDER RTR MODEL
There are a number of TV programmes that I enjoy where antiques and other old items are restored or refurbished to give them a new life. I’m very keen on this philosophy and since model railways have been around for many years, there are plenty of older models about. Some of these fill a niche where it can be difficult to justify the production of an item in quantity to modern standards.
One of these is the Lima torpedo wagon. There are plenty of these models still around and I managed to purchase a damaged example for only a few pounds without much effort.
The real-life vehicles tend to be large. They didn’t, in general, run on the national network and could therefore be built to fit around the loading gauge of the complexes where they would spend their lives. The Lima model is a little small, even taking into consideration that it is to HO scale.
One way of giving it better proportions is to enlarge the body while at the same time reducing the
