Showing posts with label H0. Show all posts
Showing posts with label H0. Show all posts

Saturday, September 10, 2016

C23 H.O. Clown

This guy has some unfortunate initials, depending on how you pronounce them. Wikipedia explains the derivation: "The name HO is derived from the fact that its 1:87 scale is approximately half that of O scale which was the smallest of the series of older and larger 0, 1, 2 and 3 scales introduced by Märklin around 1900. In most English-speaking markets it is pronounced "aitch-oh" and written with the letters HO today, but in German it is pronounced "hah-null", and still written with the letter H and number 0."


Below is an image from the Clown Around catalog insert that shows H.O. Clown with a color scheme that differs quite a bit from the production version.