Some Research:

Having spent some time suffering fotopic on a day when it seems to not work for more than it works, I've come up with a few links to photos of the stock being modelled.

73109, Battle of Britain in South West Trains,

• http://martinchealsl.../p56833405.html
• Not dated (and with the late logo) heres 109 rescuing a stranded Freightliner http://steve-clark.f.../p45510980.html
• 2002 with a hybrid livery http://johnlawonther.../p36959638.html
• Tricky loco this one, given it carried 3 different versions of the same livery, in 96 the red and orange bands were the other way round, in 98 it matches the condition of the model (although it will need the OHLE flashes changing to post 98), finally at some point between 98 and 04 it gained the new SWT logo, in 2002 it carried both old and new logos.

73101, Royal Alex in Pullman,

• On VSOE 1999 http://neil-higson.f.../p37444884.html looking rather smart with only the pullmans and no barrier coach
• VSOE 1998 http://bobfostersrai.../p57430777.html

73129, City of Winchester

• on VSOE 2001 http://steve707.foto.../p58944927.html
• Old Oak Common 2000 http://rss.fotopic.net/p57572160.html
• on a railtour in 1998 http://bobfostersrai.../p52038930.html
• This is going to need a full respray at some point to correct the dodgy stripes (red stripe is in the wrong place, white goes too high, and the point on the side of the yellow warning panel is wrong.

73128, OSV Buillid in EW&S,

• Test train in 97 http://bhpc-southern.../p56425371.html
• VSOE 98 http://britishrail19.../p60003442.html
• On shed 2001 http://mickspix.foto.../p47846905.html
• 2001 tpo http://paulbigland.f.../p34544985.html
• Found out that sadly no names in EWS condition
• Very tempted to spray this up as 73131 in EWS given that lasted until 2003. though unless done with different logos each side its not possible to run in both 98 and 2003 given the change from EW&S to EWS logos. Still, given I have 108, 101 and 129 in 1998 condition its not too big a loss.

73108 in Dutch,

• 1998 working on the quidhamton http://bobfostersrai.../p59296442.html
• 2000 on TPO (with 101) http://timeaster.fot.../p50101762.html
• 2000 showing clearly that it retained cast BR arrows until the end http://gallery39764..../p20661126.html
• 1997 on a nice short Engineers working http://deancornthwai.../p48407364.html

Additional:

73136 in Mainline with no stripe, as with 131 will be modelled in 2003 condition.

I've tried to slim the list down a bit, in the light of day it just seemed that I had much too many 73s.

of the list 109 is the most useful, lots of potential light engine moves, can stick it in the branch platform, or run in multiple with the EMU fleet.

101 is perfect for my VSOE rake, so again that stays.

129 only needs minor detailing, and fits nicely with EWS opperations in that period so again that stays.

I have one shell that is lightly primed over EW&S livery (so you can see where the stripe goes, this will be sprayed as 128 (given that I have the plates for it) This gives a loco to run in multiple with wither 101 or 129,

Finally 108 in dutch, again I have a loco part painted in dutch so it makes sense to finish it off.

As for the rest, sadly I think as E6003 was withdrawn in 96 that will have to go, I finally the donor for 133, given I havent got any cantrail grills for it I suspect this will be in an unsellable condition at the moment (at least unsellable at a price that makes it worth the effort.) So I think I will keep it for now and use it should detail bits become available, that would then give cover while I go through the rest of the fleet detailing.

One final aspect of the detailing is couplings, Given that the 73s were fitted with both buckeyes and screws. The SWT 73109 will be fitted with kaydees at both ends, the rest will all have a dropped buckeye at one end with a modified slightly longer hook for screw couplings. Need to check if the buckeyes are used for coupelling to VSOE or TPO as it may bean that a buckeye is needed at the inner end.