Apologies if this has been covered before, but the Hattons website lists "Normandy" as LSWR Black (as preserved) (I realise that they are only selling it and it is Dapol who decide what to call it but Dapol simply list it as LSWR B4)
Should this read SR Black with sunshine lettering, which would make it valid for 1940 ish, rather than LSWR black?
And the caveat "As preserved", is this because by then the cab would have been rebuilt, in which case what livery would it have carried with this cab in real life (i.e. not in preservation)? (Does that make sense?)
Thanks.
Edit - I've just found the following on Graham Muz's site:
Normandy in preservation has an open cabs whilst 88 and 90 both had closed cabs. 30096 before preservation in BR days had a closed cab that differs from 88 and 90 as it was modified from an open cab at the start of the war. Dapol they have confirmed to me that they intend to produce the correct different cab variants.
(My emphasis in Bold)
So hopefully it was painted into Wartime black before it had he cab rebuilt?