Your own livery

[Bittern]

Has anyone ever made and applied your own livery to models? I'm kind've playing with this idea when I actually get a model railway (a few years away yet!).

 

[EM2]

I personally haven't but American modellers do it all the time.

 

[Bittern]

Managed to put together what my livery would be. It's not perfect, but I like it.

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/8479/gnthst.jpg

 

[Swift-Deere]

That pretty neat

were did you get the train to paint on from?

 

[Bittern]

Last post in the "National Express East Coast to be nationalized" thread.

Also just finished a 170:

http://i35.tinypic.com/xqeycp.jpg

 

[37401]

EMT in black vice blue

 

[91101]

Sorry if these are a bit big...

 

[Swift-Deere]

Here my attempt at a livery

 

[hairyhandedfool]

I have painted (badly) my own livery on stock. The history of liveries for the northern england based company was as follows

The Original Livery was predominately red and white with a black stripe, which had a white cab end and roof. However it was quickly modified with black replacing the white around the front and on the roof.

Another livery was devised for express routes and was applied to 156s and 158s where the white was dropped and the black stripe now being a window surround.

A couple of special locos were built but rarely used, a 92/1 and 59/3 were fitted with ETS and regeared but with mixed results.

Later repaints saw the red and white/black schemes replaced by a turquoise and purple effort applied to units and also a few 47s and a surviving 50.

I have done a couple of repaints based on what might have been, but that's another subject.

 

[FlyingScot]

I have painted (badly) my own livery on stock. The history of liveries for the northern england based company was as follows

The Original Livery was predominately red and white with a black stripe, which had a white cab end and roof. However it was quickly modified with black replacing the white around the front and on the roof.

Another livery was devised for express routes and was applied to 156s and 158s where the white was dropped and the black stripe now being a window surround.

A couple of special locos were built but rarely used, a 92/1 and 59/3 were fitted with ETS and regeared but with mixed results.

Later repaints saw the red and white/black schemes replaced by a turquoise and purple effort applied to units and also a few 47s and a surviving 50.

I have done a couple of repaints based on what might have been, but that's another subject.

The blue and turquoise ones are a bit plane but the red and white/black ones are sooooooooooo snazzy! Well done! Good paintwork! Anyone else got something to show us?

 

[westcoaster]

i spy a 319!

 

[class313]

Yeah, I though I saw Thameslink livery

 

[FlyingScot]

i spy a 319!

Really? Wonder where he got that.

 

[Bittern]

I'm saddened that the Duchess/Coronations didn't run in BR Black as my (planned) layout would be set in early BR.

 

[hairyhandedfool]

i spy a 319!

Yeah, I though I saw Thameslink livery

Really? Wonder where he got that.

I actually have two....

Both are Bratchell Models kits, the Connex livery one is the 319/0 kit (which can be used for 319/4s) the Thameslink one is a 319/1 kit (which is the same as 319/3 units). Sadly there was no market for the Connex 319/2 conversion although it shouldn't be hard to make.

The underframe is a bit lacking and requires some modification, but not a bad effort considering it only shares equipment design with a 325.

their website indicates they only sell the kits as ready to motorise or ready to assemble now, which is a shame.

 

[SouthEastern-465]

I would have NSE 'Toothpaste' livery on all my EMUs, DMUs, Locos the lot!