62613 Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 That DB West Coast Pendo looks quite good. At first glance I thought it was an ICE3. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klingon Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 I really love the class 70 in original red stripe railfreight grey. It makes it look almost handsome Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burkitt Posted January 29, 2010 Author Share Posted January 29, 2010 This image created by Paul Burkitt-Gray is based on a photo by Wikimedia user Sunil060902 distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike License, and as such is released under the same license. Merseyrail's class 507s and 508s are now nearing the end of their lives, and need replacing within the next five years or so. A likely option for new trains would be a member of Bombardier's Electrostar family, based on the London Overground class 378. Paul 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
black and decker boy Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 nice . Doubt it will happen but there is always hope.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edinburgh Junction Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Now that is sexy! Come on Merseyrail! Buy 378s! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burkitt Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 This image created by Paul Burkitt-Gray is based on a photo by Wikimedia user Oxyman distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. Modified image is copyright Paul Burkitt-Gray with all rights reserved. The invitation to tender for the Essex Thameside franchise has now been published, and DB Regio is likely to bid as it looks to expand its UK operations. With no existing brand like its current franchise and concessions, this would be a good opportunity to introduce DB red to UK passenger trains. Paul 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steadfast Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 Been having a play in Photoshop tonight - DRS is one of the more complex, but didn't take as long as I feared it would So what if Freightliner paint another loco up for a contract renewal? Love the Merseyrail 378 btw Paul, nice one cheers jo 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burkitt Posted February 1, 2010 Author Share Posted February 1, 2010 Love the Merseyrail 378 btw Paul, nice one Thanks Jo. Your Freightliner/Shanks class 70 looks really great, you've got the colour and lettering just right. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steadfast Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 Mmm, for some reason it does seem to sit on the 70 well. The shanks green was perfected by accident, I had real trouble getting that shade! cheers jo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adam1701D Posted February 1, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 1, 2010 If any talented Photoshopper would like to have a go at a 395 in NSE livery, there's one to play with here (taken by me on Saturday) Please feel free to do as you like with this picture Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burkitt Posted February 1, 2010 Author Share Posted February 1, 2010 A 395 in NSE livery! Now there's an interesting idea. It'll be tricky dealing with the toothpaste stripes at the nose though, the normal angles would clash horribly so I'll have to come up with a different version. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burkitt Posted February 2, 2010 Author Share Posted February 2, 2010 I'm working on the Network Southeast class 395 at the moment, but have a question to ask. Can anyone come up with a a suitable name for the high speed trains that NSE might have given them, similar to the Kent Link Networker and Thames / Chiltern Turbo brands which they used? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Phil Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 I'm working on the Network Southeast class 395 at the moment, but have a question to ask. Can anyone come up with a a suitable name for the high speed trains that NSE might have given them, similar to the Kent Link Networker and Thames / Chiltern Turbo brands which they used? Gotta be the Sandwich Express hasn't it ? No ? OK then. Given it's importance in terms of speed, I wonder whether BR might have chosen to add it to the INTERCITY portfolio, but having said that, is there any catering available on the 395s ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burkitt Posted February 3, 2010 Author Share Posted February 3, 2010 This image is based on a photograph by Paul Burkitt-Gray. All rights to the original and modified images are reserved. Here we go, a Network Southeast Javelin. I've used a photo of my own as I already had it set up for modification from when I did the First Group Javelin. The livery is based on the final version of NSE, as used on the Networkers, with the angle of the stripes at the front reversed to line up with the streamlined nose. The continuation of the red stripe to the roofline is taken from this artists impression of a Crossrail train http://therailwaycentre.com/Artists%20impressions/341BR_LU.jpg (from http://therailwaycentre.com/Recognition%20Pictures%20Loco/Artists_emu.html ). As NSE was more concerned about the detail design of its trains than the private operators seem to be, I have removed the bulbous protrusions from the nose and changed the doors to neater sliding plug ones. I have also assumed the NSE would pay as much attention to rules about contrasting door colours as Europe's other nationalised railways do when it suits them. Phil, I agree that Intercity might have been responsible for high speed services, but as it is purely a commuter service feeding London, rather than linking cities, it is just as likely to have been Network Southeast's flagship train. Paul 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakydoke Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 NSE ? Good effort there Paul, however that scheme looks absolutely gross. Yuk! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edinburgh Junction Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 Amazing repaint, though not sure on how it fits the javelin. I think we should leave it to the plastic pigs. Those uglys redo are very good.... DRS 70 would do me fine! Now, any chance of a Artemis Hanson traction liveried ugly and 66? That would be great! The wacky purple and green livery. Who could do that for me? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmthtrains - David Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 I like that, though would the NSE livery work aligned as the APT livery was? Just had a thought though - a lot of these ficticious liveries (the ones in demand that is!) are of BR era liveries on modern trains. What would be interesting to see, is had those liveries survived onto these units, how they would have modified the colours to include DDA compliant door contrasts. NSE gets rather messy when you turn the doors to red for example! David 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burkitt Posted February 3, 2010 Author Share Posted February 3, 2010 David, I considered APT style upsweeps on the lines, but it left a massive white area at the front of the train, which left the nose, the key feature of the front of the train, looking almost forgotten. NSE livery was designed to make slab fronted Mk1 EMUs look a bit more modern, and is very difficult to fit on a train which already has a streamlined nose. I have thought about how BR liveries might be made DDA / RVAR compliant, and it is trick because they tended to be defined by a lot of longitudinal stripes. I think NSE and Intercity Swallow would both work with white doors, but it does tend to look rather awkward. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cromptonnut Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 NSE ? Good effort there Paul, however that scheme looks absolutely gross. Yuk! I rather like it actually. But then I do have a soft spot for all things NSE so I guess it's no surprise. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adam1701D Posted February 3, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 3, 2010 That looks superb. I have to admit I'm quite taken with the 395s after a blistering run to Ashford and Margate on Saturday. These units are the new CEPs! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steadfast Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Nice work on the 395 Paul, it's inspired me to crack out the Aquafresh paint! So, what if instead of splitting the freight sectors by flow, it was split by region, and in the south east it was taken under the wing of NSE. Or, on shadow privatisation, TLF-SE became part of the NSE empire (60011 was a mainline tug) in some kind of twisted management buyout when Network SouthEast was privatised. I dunno, any excuse, it doesn't look bad in toothpaste express colours Privatisation never happened, and in efforts to provide a faster service, Network SouthEast invested in 5 car Pendolino derived 125mph commuter units. A new corporate image was introduced by BR in the early 21st century, with NSE getting a new typeface to match, giving a more modern image The longer distance Pendolino type EMUs obtained by Network SouthEast were painted in a colour scheme similar to that carried by the locos and hauled stock to show their longer distance use cheers jo 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted February 4, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 4, 2010 Drat, I am going to have to model a 60 in NSE colours now!! (Well maybe a cheap Lima jobbie at least!) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
43009 Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 I got a good one how about a Class 380 Desiro in the neon livery? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adam1701D Posted February 5, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 5, 2010 OK, I couldn't resist... It's a re-vinyl'd Dapol 153 - I thought I'd take the easy way out and do a modified version of the scheme applied to the 121s without the upswept ends. The asymettric window spacing of the cabs would make this a nightmare to look right. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burkitt Posted February 5, 2010 Author Share Posted February 5, 2010 Nice to see some proper modelling in this thread, Adam. part of what inspired me to create my various photoshopped liveries was an article in Model Rail which featured several models repainted into unprototypical liveries. Scarily, that would have been about ten years ago! Jo, that NSE 60 is excellent. You seem to do a good line in class 60s - the Vulcan bomber one was also very nice. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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