I am building an Ian Kirk kit of a 51ft Gresley suburban coach. I want to paint it in BR maroon, but cannot find any decent close-up photos of the lining position on the coach. What really concerns me is the progress of the lining across all the panelling. I assume it would be between the beading below the windows and a line through the door handles.
Please dont tell me to give up and paint it in crimson.
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Only one?
(Sorry, can't help. These coaches didn't run in South Wales.)
kit of a 51ft Gresley suburban coach.
I do know what you mean. Somehow a photographer with a newly acquired camera did not suddenly feel the urge to film at Canklow or Langwith Junction.
Somehow, Nantgarw sounds much more poetic.
Non corridor stock would usually have been unlined both in crimson and maroon liveries.
Oh, thanks. That is marvellous news.
Are you sure? Is that non=gangwayed stock in general, or just Gresleys?
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I did say usually. That was the original spec. However some regions did later do their own thing and added some lining to some of their non-gangwayed stock. Photos are the only guide and each only prooves the condition of one vehicle on one day, obviously sevceral photos of the same vehicle will enable a larger picture to be created.
John,
I have a memory that the 51ft Gresley stock on the North Clydeside ex LNER/NB lines was unlined, and I think they still carried the original unlined crimson red, and not the later maroon, up to the time they were scrapped (1960 when the Blue trains started).
Jim.
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