RMweb Gold Moria15 Posted June 11, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 11, 2020 (edited) Greetings. I have an N gauge C class in Southern Black, but I think this is wartime (sunshine) lettering . If I wanted to backdate it to Southern prior to WW2 to match my GWR stock, am I correct in that it would still be black but with the Southern, a small letter, and a number on the tender and an oval plate on the cabside? Also I saw a mention of green lining.. is this the case, and would this even notice in N gauge? Thanks for helping a newbie to Southern loco liveries. Graham Edited June 11, 2020 by Moria15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Yes it's confusing when the manufacturers/retailers refer to 'Southern Black ...... if this is No.1294 with green-shaded 'SOUTHERN' on the tender and the number on the cabside it is, indeed, the wartime / post-war livery. The first S.R. livery would have been green-lined black with brass cabside plate and the number ( 294 ) on the tender - prefixed A for Ashford - beneath 'SOUTHERN' in an Expanded Egyptian script ...... from 1931 the 'A' would have been superseded by renumbering as 1294 and a few years later the "barely visible on photographs" lining would have been dispensed with. Needless to say, this is only a generalisation and changes across the fleet would have taken time : the forthcoming 'Southern Style' volume will give further details. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Moria15 Posted June 11, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Wickham Green too said: Yes it's confusing when the manufacturers/retailers refer to 'Southern Black ...... if this is No.1294 with green-shaded 'SOUTHERN' on the tender and the number on the cabside it is, indeed, the wartime / post-war livery. The first S.R. livery would have been green-lined black with brass cabside plate and the number ( 294 ) on the tender - prefixed A for Ashford - beneath 'SOUTHERN' in an Expanded Egyptian script ...... from 1931 the 'A' would have been superseded by renumbering as 1294 and a few years later the "barely visible on photographs" lining would have been dispensed with. Needless to say, this is only a generalisation and changes across the fleet would have taken time : the forthcoming 'Southern Style' volume will give further details. OK so if i am trying to center on 30 - 35, I can go black.. forget the lining and have the 1294 on the tender and no little A and in my world, it would have been a recent repaint. Would certainly be closer for the period than the Sunshine lettering. And I thought the GWR were complex in what they did Perfect.. so time to get out the T-cut or similar Thanks for the help. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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