Guest Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 I still like the idea of a blue livery, even if the final shade you choose is different to the current one. You don't see many 009 layouts with blue liveries (compared to red, green or black) and so I think it would make a nice contrast. - Alex Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted September 28, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 28, 2018 Why not? 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 You have to ask, when that picture makes the point so well? And, before you ask, it isn't some sort of BR-blue-phobia. I always like the liveries of railways that pay me a salary, whatever colour they are! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted September 28, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 28, 2018 and 'sky' blue do harmonise. Like a Hobbit.No, no. A hobbit doesn’t harmonise (you’d need at least two.)If you harmony, how about a barbershop quartet? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted September 28, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 28, 2018 (edited) Patriotic, too. Edited September 28, 2018 by Northroader 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 The Caledonian, GER and SDJR just prove what a great colour blue is for railway liveries, and nothing can convince me otherwise! - Alex Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BlueLightning Posted September 28, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 28, 2018 So blue then? :jester: Gary 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Deep sigh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 So blue then? :jester: Gary Deep joy .... 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 At least the carriages in that one look alright. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BlueLightning Posted September 28, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 28, 2018 Well I don't plan on having blue carriages, but I need to at least have some carriages before they have a livery! Gary 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinnylinny Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Deep joy .... Oi! They've pinched my livery! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted September 28, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 28, 2018 It depends on the shade. BR chose “monastral blue”, which is slightly unpleasant on the eye. Had they chosen something close but different, such as Oxford blue, it might have been better received. But it wasn’t. Incidentally, my Y65 was spray painted with “VW Marine Blue” from a rattle can, and I painted some Gloy GER blue onto part of the boiler where no one could see it (underside, between the tanks) and the two are indistinguishable. So much so, I wasn’t sure where the blob was, once it had dried. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ChrisN Posted September 28, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 28, 2018 Gary, Your George England Loco when it arrives on the back of a lorry/transporter wagon from the Twll Du will come with a Midnight Blue livery, (Humbrol 150, and red buffer beams. My coaches are the same blue as well. This colour scheme was chosen well over 25 years ago on the basis that I liked them. Knew nothing of pigments and short lasting paints. The young Englishman up at the big house was wondering why he had to settle a bill for paint every couple of years. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Metropolitan H Posted September 28, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 28, 2018 Somebody ask for a Blue Engine? With notable exceptions I am not a great fan of Blue engines - especially not any of the Blues used by BR since Nationalisation. BUT - the GER "Ultramarine" looks very stylish and Garter Blue A4s are glorious, in my view. Of course I am rather proud of the O16.5 model illustrated here - now nearly 40 years old. Regards Chris H 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Somebody ask for a Blue Engine? P1010689.jpg P1010679a.jpg With notable exceptions I am not a great fan of Blue engines - especially not any of the Blues used by BR since Nationalisation. BUT - the GER "Ultramarine" looks very stylish and Garter Blue A4s are glorious, in my view. Of course I am rather proud of the O16.5 model illustrated here - now nearly 40 years old. Regards Chris H That is ADORABLE! I can see why you're so proud of it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinnylinny Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Somebody ask for a Blue Engine? P1010689.jpg P1010679a.jpg With notable exceptions I am not a great fan of Blue engines - especially not any of the Blues used by BR since Nationalisation. BUT - the GER "Ultramarine" looks very stylish and Garter Blue A4s are glorious, in my view. Of course I am rather proud of the O16.5 model illustrated here - now nearly 40 years old. Regards Chris H Very nice - is that bashed from the Minicraft Japanese Vulcan kit? It looks very nice, and I've had thoughts of kitbashing an 0-16.5 train from the kit for a while... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 i was thinking of the vulcan as well 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Metropolitan H Posted September 30, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 30, 2018 Very nice - is that bashed from the Minicraft Japanese Vulcan kit? It looks very nice, and I've had thoughts of kitbashing an 0-16.5 train from the kit for a while... Glad you like it - and yes its parentage includes boiler and fittings / tanks (shortened) / cab / cylinders / chimney from what was then - late 1970s - the "Gakken" kit for the first train in Japan, now available under the Minicraft label. The rest of the body - foot plate / outside frames / headstocks - is all plastic sheet, except chimney top and salter safety valve spring from brass and pipes / handrails from wire. The running gear is home-brewed from brass and aluminum etc, running on Romford wheels and gears with a ECM motor (Type 3 (?) - the one that is a direct replacement for a Tri-ang XO4). Actually I was error when I said it is nearly 40 years old. It was pictured in the January 1979 Model Railway Constructor - so must be a full 40 already. Regards Chris H 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sem34090 Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Somebody ask for a Blue Engine? P1010689.jpg P1010679a.jpg With notable exceptions I am not a great fan of Blue engines - especially not any of the Blues used by BR since Nationalisation. BUT - the GER "Ultramarine" looks very stylish and Garter Blue A4s are glorious, in my view. Of course I am rather proud of the O16.5 model illustrated here - now nearly 40 years old. Regards Chris H Reminds me that I still need to do something with my Vulcan kit! Current plans for the loco are sketchy, but the coaches are going into Umber and White as a Push-Pull set for y fictional LBSCR-run scheme... Patriotic, too. 42AE937D-2356-498B-A566-15DABE8F0818.jpeg Could someone please inform me as to why these strange multiple-coloured boxes are appearing in a contemporary railway discussion area? They seem to have some vague resemblance to one of those new North Eastern 'Autocar' things, but the artist has clearly not painted one of those! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted October 1, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 1, 2018 Could someone please inform me as to why these strange multiple-coloured boxes are appearing in a contemporary railway discussion area? They seem to have some vague resemblance to one of those new North Eastern 'Autocar' things, but the artist has clearly not painted one of those! Well, son, there are things like mom’s apple pie, that you’ve forgotten all about, til you catch the smell again thro the open kitchen window, and then you get a lump in your throat, and a tear runs down your cheeks. Well, I kinda get that feeling stealing over me when I think of the good ole Network Southeast and the good times we had back then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sem34090 Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Could some kind soul please enlighten me as to what this 'Network South East' business is? I know only of the South Eastern & Chatham Railway, but the former terminology appears to suggest a wider area possibly encompassing the Great Eastern, South Western, London Brighton & South Coast and possibly even parts of the Midland, Great Central, Great Western, Great Northern and even the London & North Western companies? At any rate, these autocar things are silly - they'll never take off. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Jim Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Could someone please inform me as to why these strange multiple-coloured boxes are appearing in a contemporary railway discussion area? They seem to have some vague resemblance to one of those new North Eastern 'Autocar' things, but the artist has clearly not painted one of those! They are motorised biscuit tins! Jim 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 The Caledonian, GER and SDJR just prove what a great colour blue is for railway liveries, and nothing can convince me otherwise! - Alex Alex, have you checked your user-name and avatar recently? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 At any rate, these autocar things are silly - they'll never take off. You may live to be surprised on that score ... 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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