Madmart2908

The model carries no serial number on its body work anyway just the wording Lima Italy - production / sale models should carry a serial number embedded / embossed in the body work some where with one of the above serial numbers listed above ( in one of the images of model numbers ) to clarify which model and colour it’s meant to be I’ve been told

I’ve taken the model into a model train museum today who have taken the model apart and examined it - it would seem that it is a unpainted factory model test model that got made when testing factory mould machine spray machines etc ( it’s a unissued model ) testing model that has some how got out of the factory and into public circulation possibility via a former factory worker - they believe - factory second reject it would have been classified as - it’s sort of rare in a way because of the fact that it made its way out of the factory and into some one’s collection / and circulation

I’ve taken the model into a model train museum today who have taken the model apart and examined it - it would seem that it is a unpainted factory model test model that got made when testing factory mould machine spray machines etc ( it’s a unissued model ) testing model that has some how got out of the factory and into public circulation possibility via a former factory worker - they believe

Possibly but I would have thought that my model would show some sort of signs that this is what may have happened but all the gold lettering and numbering / linings show no signs of breakage or missing areas which I thought would be the case if IPA had been split on it and signs of the original colour would be evident with in the number 34 area and the small GWR badge on the front panel of the locomotive - there’s not - unless some one went to very very great painsteaking trouble to remove it which would have been difficult with how small the numbering and GWR badge details are ?!

No I’m positive that it as not been repainted or resprayed - that was my first thought that it had been repainted - I have tired to scratch abit of of the paint work to see if it had been repainted - no it hasn’t been - the gold lettering is also embossed into the body work and slightly raised . The paint work on the inner frames of the windows is also gold not cream. I’m wondering if it was a pre - sale mass production model that was never factory paint experiment model but received the painted gold lettering and numbering and some how escaped the factory into a collectors hands ?

I have just recently brought a Lima GWR railcar express parcels number 34 railcar in dark green livery and dark grey roof with lettering lining and numbering in gold can anyone please tell me if GWR number 34 ever saw service in this livery colour and if it did when and where and what line did it run on ? I cannot find any reference anywhere on the internet about number 34 seeing service in this colour or any reference of Lima making a model in this colour - they are either all coffee and cream or red in colour !! From what I can tell the model has not been repainted or re-numbered And does not seem to be a kit built model it seems to be the original Lima body and chassis ?

I have just recently brought a Lima GWR railcar express parcels number 34 railcar in dark green livery and dark grey roof with lettering lining and numbering in gold can anyone please tell me if GWR number 34 ever saw service in this livery colour and if it did when and where and what line did it run on ? I cannot find any reference anywhere on the internet about number 34 seeing service in this colour or any reference of Lima making a model in this colour - they are either all coffee and cream or red in colour !!