if you didn't know, my layout is late 1940's LMS purely for wanting to run LMS stock and livery when I'd really rather be modelling early 50's in order to be showing the advent of personal motoring for the average man (brought about by cheaper and easier to run and maintain cars such as the morris minor etc) This would put me firmly into BR days, which I've now got nothing against, but at the time of starting railway modelling, I was put off by the custard/mustard colour that ready to run MK1's seemed to appear in.

Recently I have developed a liking of early diesels such as Deltics, 108's and 37's and am toying with the idea of building around the time of nationalisation but pondering what would have happened had nationalisation not happened.

My thoughts are the LMS twins would have developed into Deltics / 37's and livery similar to that displayed, some in crimson to match coaching stock, perhaps coming into the HST era, utilising blue and silver coronation scot style for the livery.

So, is this a plausible thing to do, or just daft?

suggestions welcome.