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Doncaster and Darlington LNER Green

Matthew Cousins

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Having had the pleasure of receiving 3 locos newly painted (two new-build and one re-paint) in LNER green, I have been surprised by the range of colour between Doncaster and Darlington green and also the effect of gloss finish to locos making them appear even brighter.

I have been exceptionally pleased with the workmanship shown by Peter Relf, James King and Colin Tyler in the building and re-painting of these locos. Colin is a professional with really exceptional standards (the V2) and the other two have been amazing all-round construction and paint jobs, with much detail work not readily evident and with the P2 Peter practically scratch built the front end and James did a really good compensation system on top of the great build of a good kit. Thanks to them all, I just need to keep painting to pay for the next ones!

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Jon020

They are absolutely cracking models Matthew and I actually think that whilst the darker shade (Darlington?) is more rich, that the lighter shade (Doncaster?) is the more striking in the sunshine. I recall Tornado when new (pre naming) looked startling in the lighter shade and it suited it wonderfully... but they're both lovely. I wonder if the re-privatised East Coast could adopt a similar scheme ;-)

 

I'm guessing that the workshop grey below the others on the shelf will appear suitably turned out at some point... it'll be quite a fleet.

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