They won’t say that the livery is a work in progress on their own public twitter feed. That’s like publically admitting there’s a fault with a car and then fixing it later on.. The way I see this is that the base livery is unlikely to change now so get used to the jagged edges and diamonds because that’s here to stay. What is more likely to change however is the minor items such as the front colours and bits that show wear easily. VTEC launched its 91s with a grey roof before changing to white and South West Trains also launched (a long time ago) a 455 with a black front so I’ll be perfected overtime.
Quite - ever was thus.
Remember Network South-East? At least 3 'variants' I can recall off hand.
The 'original' - which was 'bands' of red, white, blue and grey.
Then it was 'upswept' at the ends of the units and locos.
And then the blue changed to a deeper shade - all in the space of a year or so.
Having seen pics of both - the WMR looks OK - maybe a bit too 'London Overgroundish' but still OK.
The LNWR one, looks better in the flesh than the mock ups - the film footage somebody else mentioned was also carried on ITV Anglia News as well. However, I can see why there's concern about it looking too much like Southern - at a glance they are quite similar, particularly to Joe Public. It perhaps would have been better if LNWR had gone for a different 'highlight' colour i.e not green.
Either way - both liveries are far nicer than the drab white / grey of Thameslink / Great Northern or Greater Anglia.
