cypherman Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Hi all, I am painting a Hornby N15 into Southern railways wartime all over black paint scheme. But before I start I just have a couple of questions. As this engine is going to be in wartime black. Did SR remove the engine nameplates during the war for safe keeping. Also did they move the builder/Shed plates to from the cab sides for the same reasons. Or did they move them All the pictures i can find do not show the plates on the cab sides. Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Cane Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 While there may be exceptions the SR locomotives kept their nameplates on during the war. The cab side number plates were removed with the introduction of Bulleid liveries, this used cab side numbers in place of the plates, so no cab side plated were carried by locomotives in wartime black livery. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cypherman Posted September 20, 2020 Author Share Posted September 20, 2020 Hi Tony. Thanks for that info. it helps a lot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hallmodelspares Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Also numbers vary on locos as Bulleid introduced from new builds i.e Merchant Navy lettering etc on tenders is yellow shaded with malacite green Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cypherman Posted October 14, 2020 Author Share Posted October 14, 2020 Finished engine. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyMay Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 You have... and yet you haven't. You asked about livery, but really the defining feature of wartime livery was dirt. Labour shortages put cleaning way down the priority list. IMHO, it could use weathering. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyMay Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 You have... and yet you haven't. You asked about livery, but really the defining feature of wartime livery was dirt. Labour shortages put cleaning way down the priority list. IMHO, it could use weathering. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham_Muz Posted October 16, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 16, 2020 A few more SR wartime black N15s 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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