northernblue109

The only real choice was between red and green. Blue wasn't a freely available option and was only used with special dispensation, possibly where existing paint stocks were exceptionally large. This is why there was no standard NBC blue, just a range of pre-NBC blues (East Yorkshire and Sunderland District being noticeably darker than the other two). Jones may have received preferential treatment, given that it was maintained as a small autonomous unit for NBC management training. Yellow was a colour imposed upon the NBC under its operating agreement with the Tyneside PTE.

The four blue NBC subsidiaries were Midland General, East Yorkshire, Sunderland District and Jones of Aberbeeg (all adopted slightly different shades). Northern General and its subsidiaries adopted yellow for services within the Tyneside (later Tyne & Wear) PTE area prior to adopting the full PTE yellow and white livery. https://www.flickr.com/photos/northernblue109/5776098357/in/album-72157628652705215/

Shouldn't make much difference at 1/76 scale given that most printers seem to work at 300 dpi. For Photoshop work, I use Arial Bold for older style plates and Mandatory Bold the for current style.

Not just a London thing, this has been common practice in the north east for as long as I can remember.

No there isn't. The owner retains copyright of his work, however and wherever used.

It's called branding. The owner is Intercity Railways, in which Virgin has (I believe) only a 5% stake so its a bit of an exageration to say that its a reminder of who operates it.

Class 68 Malcolm Rail: https://www.flickr.com/photos/northernblue109/15371275419/in/photostream Class 68 Northern Belle: https://www.flickr.com/photos/northernblue109/15557910715/in/photostream/ Class 68 Grand Central: https://www.flickr.com/photos/northernblue109/15558357392/in/photostream/ Class 68 Colas: https://www.flickr.com/photos/northernblue109/15369504588/in/photostream/ Class 68 Cross Country: https://www.flickr.com/photos/northernblue109/15527545146/in/photostream/ Class 68 Arriva Trains Wales (2): https://www.flickr.com/photos/northernblue109/15363989439/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/northernblue109/15371885420/in/photostream/ Class 68 Vossloh AG: https://www.flickr.com/photos/northernblue109/15505690856/in/photostream/

A few final versions: Vossloh 4000 Grand Central Trains http://www.flickr.com/photos/northernblue109/9611473184/ Vossloh G-2000 DB Schenker http://www.flickr.com/photos/northernblue109/9608239297/ Class 58 Freightliner http://www.flickr.com/photos/northernblue109/9611473650/ Class 67 Stobart Rail http://www.flickr.com/photos/northernblue109/9611473892/ Thanks for the interest

A few recent additions: 200 Class Stobart Rail (Ireland) http://www.flickr.com/photos/northernblue109/9600567236/ Vossloh G2000 Stobart Rail http://www.flickr.com/photos/northernblue109/9596941373/ Class 50 ScotRail http://www.flickr.com/photos/northernblue109/9594379678/ Class 50 Freightliner http://www.flickr.com/photos/northernblue109/9594379046/ Class 41 InterCity http://www.flickr.com/photos/northernblue109/9578940612/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/northernblue109/9578940432/ Class 41 Great Western http://www.flickr.com/photos/northernblue109/9578940518/ S-Stock London Overground http://www.flickr.com/photos/northernblue109/9522757019/ S-Stock Southern http://www.flickr.com/photos/northernblue109/9526553116/ S-Stock MerseyRail http://www.flickr.com/photos/northernblue109/9509669277/

Apologies if this message has already appeared but it seems to have got lost in the ethernet. Use of a Creative Commons image may be acceptable to others, but I've already stated my requirements. Essentially if I am going to spend time preparing a piece of quality artwork (and unless I am paid to do so), I expect to be able to decide how the final image is used, free of any pre-conditions that I have not agreed directly with the original copyright holder. However the biggest problem would be finding a suitable high-resolution image (indeed any image) of this particular subject on a Creative Commons basis - but I would be delighted to be proved wrong. If I did have a suitable images, then I would be thinking about Intercity Swallow, Virgin Trains and perhaps the so-called 'fag packet' First Great Western.

Great idea but the ball is in your court to provide an appropriate source image, which must be your own copyright. Further guidance here (others may be less demanding in terms of image specification): http://www.flickr.com/photos/northernblue109/6046035749/in/set-72157626293140254

Not Quite what you have asked for, but here's one that I did earlier in Railfreight triple grey (there's also a Scotrail version in the same set): http://www.flickr.com/photos/northernblue109/5527713006/in/set-72157626267865498

Hi All I've added three version of the Vossloh Eurolite to my Flickr site. This is the six-axle version with a different cab design to those ordered by DRS (I will do the four-axle version when I get a suitable high-resolution base image): http://www.flickr.com/photos/northernblue109/8317651939/in/photostream/ in silver and blue with DRS logo http://www.flickr.com/photos/northernblue109/8318709564/in/photostream/ in silver and green with Vossloh lettering http://www.flickr.com/photos/northernblue109/8317651543/in/photostream/ in red with DB-Schenker logos GARRY

Sorry for the delay in responding. The source image isn't of the highest quality so I'm regarding this as a draft. If anyone can provide a better quality source image (1-2 Mb or larger), I would be happy to have another go: http://www.flickr.com/photos/northernblue109/8285409806/in/set-72157626267865498/

*** UPDATED *** APT-E in APT-P livery (two versions now available): http://www.flickr.co.../in/photostream http://www.flickr.co.../in/photostream

"It might be that this operation damages the door beyond re-use," This will almost certainly be the case and, in any event, these buses had two-part doors that folded in on themselves itself. The best bet is to cut a new door out of thin plasticard. If you use clear plastic, you can paint the solid parts around the glazing (scribe the outline of the windows on the plastic before cutting). I did the same thing on a Leyland Atlantean (two-part doors either side of the opening) many years ago. I wasn't difficult, but I wouldn't want to repeat it now with declining eye sight.

Agreed re the First livery, very mpressive. Garry

To my eyes, the InterCity livery is a development of the reverse blue and grey, adding the warmth that the latter lacked. It is undoubtedly a classic, which looks as good today as it did on the day that it was first unveiled. That said, times change and we live in an era where swoops and swirls seem to be the height of fashion - or so the image consultants would have us to believe. Many thanks to ewsjo for taking on these liveries. Garry

Waterloo-Exeter seems rather unlikely (converted to third rail pick-up presumably). The Great Eastern lines out of Liverpool Street perhaps, prior to their conversion to AC or if the latter had not happended. I don't have a Class 76 to work on but may try NSE on a 77

Just added, a new set of fictional liveries based on the Irish 201 Class (NIR blue, IR black & silver, Virgin Trains and East Coast): http://www.flickr.com/photos/northernblue109/ GARRY

BR blue large logo livery here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/northernblue109/5602911737/in/set-72157626267865498 Complete collection of fictional railway liveries here: www.flickr.co...57626362153038/

Thanks for the interest in my northernblue109 collection. I've read this thread with interest and noted some interesting images. It's great to see other people sharing their work. For those on the learning curve, you might find a few things of interest in my techniques section (not specifically rail-related but applicable to all kinds of digital editing): www.flickr.com/photos/northernblue109/sets/72157626293140254/ This link will take you to my railway collection: www.flickr.co...57626362153038/ GARRY