Hi again...

Sounds daft doesn't it? Of course they were all green/brown stripe in the '60s, weren't they? Or were they? Does it matter?

Such a simple question, but oh so difficult to find the answer. Butterley has restored M79900, the sister unit latterly known as 'Iris', and there's a bunch of really great photos on the web (such as here and here). Current upholstery is blue, but long research found several useful pics of the exterior in colour, but the few interior shots were mostly in monchrome.

As can be seen from the earlier post, I eventually concluded the consensus is maroon for 3rd class and blue for 1st. As M79901 had only one class, it was settled. Of course, if you know different...

So as can be seen from the last 2 posts, there is a collection of parts to fix together - another pic below. This is going to be, uh, interesting!