JGA livery

[d winpenny]

hello apoligies if this is in the wrong section, but i am looking for clarifaction, i am in the process of creating rake or 2 of tarmac JGA wagons, i was looking in my local model shop and cam across some second but htey appered to be in a strange livery instead of being all white like Bachmann model like this http://www.ehattons.com/StockDetail.aspx?SID=38631 but these models had grey lids as tho they were a partial repaint is this an actual livery variation by Bachmann or a repaint by a previous owner

 

david

[Mark Saunders]

They are the Tilcon hoppers (in the later Tarmac livery) that work out of Rhylstone near Skipton, the RMC ones were built without lids and in Orange RMC livery and work out of Dove Holes in the Peak District!

 

Mark Saunders

[d winpenny]

thanks for that mark

 

david

 

 

[Dunc B]

The first batch of JGAs that Bachmann produced in the white Tarmac livery did indeed have grey hopper doors on the top and grey wagon ends - presumably the same grey from the old Tilcon livery. Later batches have been all over white. Which is correct to the prototype is a different question, its difficult to tell on photographs whether those areas are white paint or grey paint covered in limestone dust.

 

Duncan.