VR H220 Heavy Harry
A giant whose career took an unexpected direction.
Bring the engine
to life.
Start with the suggested palette or choose your own colours. Build gentle layers around the engine's distinctive shapes.
Suggested pencil shades and approximate screen swatches. These are not historical paint specifications.
Start lightly and build the darker surfaces gradually. Preserve the printed details.
Leave fine white highlights to separate the moving parts.
Keep the surroundings quieter than the locomotive. Retain light sky areas.
Look a little closer.
H220 on museum display in black with pale wheel rims and number details, seen from the front three-quarter angle. Read each caption before using it as a colour or configuration reference.
H220 on museum display in black with pale wheel rims and number details, seen from the front three-quarter angle. Photograph of the named locomotive. Preserved appearance may differ from its original working condition.
nzsteam · CC BY 2.0 · Source photograph. Resized and converted to WebP.
Opposite front three-quarter view of preserved H220, showing its black smoke deflectors, boiler and running gear. Photograph of the named locomotive. Preserved appearance may differ from its original working condition.
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A second outdoor three-quarter view of H220 in black, with broad smoke deflectors and pale front number details. Photograph of the named locomotive. Preserved appearance may differ from its original working condition.
nzsteam · CC BY 2.0 · Source photograph. Resized and converted to WebP.
More frontal outdoor view of H220, showing its black smokebox door, wide deflectors and large front pilot. Photograph of the named locomotive. Preserved appearance may differ from its original working condition.
nzsteam · CC BY 2.0 · Source photograph. Resized and converted to WebP.
H220 under museum cover with its headlight lit, showing black boiler and deflector surfaces and pale wheel-rim details. Photograph of the named locomotive. Preserved appearance may differ from its original working condition.
Zzrbiker · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source photograph. Resized and converted to WebP.
Know the version.
The source below supports the locomotive identity and history. The photographs record the finish visible when each image was taken. A preserved or replica finish does not establish the original paint specification. Exact original paint shades and all period marking details have not been established for this guide.
The pencil example uses black and steel grey. Its palette is interpretive. The gallery records the particular appearances described in its captions; preserved engines, replicas and monochrome photographs cannot establish every original shade or marking.
Newport Railway Museum: H220Did you know?
Only three Victorian turntables could turn H220 without separating its engine and tender: North Melbourne, Albury and Ararat.
Make the details count.
Vary the broad tender side with a gentle grey gradient.
Keep the handrails light against the large dark boiler.