Virgin Mk2's - What are they like inside?

rufiky4 · Post by **rufiky4** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 8:29 pm

I'm currently working on repainting the excellent MK2F models into Virgin livery, but I can't remember what the insides of these coaches look like, since it's so long since I travelled on one (Damn Voyagers...

). Does anyone have any photos/colour advice?

Cheers
Chris

thedarkness · Post by **thedarkness** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 8:38 pm

I do believe they look like all the other MK2F's

rufiky4 · Post by **rufiky4** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 9:13 pm

Very useful...

I mean the colours of the seats etc., as I don't think the Virgin MK2F FO has the same orange seats as the orginal blue/grey version.

chriscooper · Post by **chriscooper** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 9:40 pm

Last set of Virgin Mk2s I travelled on were West Coast ones which have greeny blue seats like the West Coast Mk3s. Only been on cross country loco hauled set 5 times and the last was just over a year ago so I'm not 100% sure but I think they were in the standard Intercity red but then again the last time I travelled on one it was in IC colours so might not have been refurbished.

simont · Post by **simont** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 10:05 pm

I think it's dark turquoise green in standard class, and red in first.

Post by **martinhodgson** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 10:37 pm

I was on one years ago and I seem to remeber veneer side panels and brown seats (I think it was a former 1st coach)

snowcrashandy · Post by **snowcrashandy** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 11:18 pm

simont wrote:I think it's dark turquoise green in standard class, and red in first.

It is, looking into it Chris.........................

n863dwt · Post by **n863dwt** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 2:04 pm

rufiky4 wrote:I'm currently working on repainting the excellent MK2F models into Virgin livery, but I can't remember what the insides of these coaches look like, since it's so long since I travelled on one (Damn Voyagers... ). Does anyone have any photos/colour advice?

Cheers
Chris

are those the coaches that look like the seats are park benches with padding...?

crosscountry · Post by **crosscountry** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 8:47 pm

The seats were indeed a dark green with I think yellow spots. Same as on the XC HST coaches
The walls were covered in lino style stuff, similar to that in the Intercity Mk3's.

markw · Post by **markw** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 12:26 am

n863dwt wrote:
are those the coaches that look like the seats are park benches with padding...?

To what are you referring - the real vehicles or the models? If the real vehicles I don't see the analogy. if the models, you go and make a low poly seat that won't screw up low spec machines whilst providing the opportunity to have a reasonably detailed interior. Or perhaps you would prefer no interior and non-alpha windows. Would make my and others job a lot easier when repainting if we didn't have to try and research what moquette was used when and how and what interior colouring was used and when.

By the way, Virgin XC Mk2 stock had a green standard moquette with a yellow "dogstooth" pattern in it. Windows 98 used to have an identical bmp for use as a desktop pattern, which could work if you changed the colour for the Virgin green and yellow. I know, I used it once!

snowcrashandy · Post by **snowcrashandy** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 1:16 am

markw wrote:
n863dwt wrote:
are those the coaches that look like the seats are park benches with padding...?
To what are you referring - the real vehicles or the models? If the real vehicles I don't see the analogy. if the models, you go and make a low poly seat that won't screw up low spec machines whilst providing the opportunity to have a reasonably detailed interior. Or perhaps you would prefer no interior and non-alpha windows. Would make my and others job a lot easier when repainting if we didn't have to try and research what moquette was used when and how and what interior colouring was used and when.

By the way, Virgin XC Mk2 stock had a green standard moquette with a yellow "dogstooth" pattern in it. Windows 98 used to have an identical bmp for use as a desktop pattern, which could work if you changed the colour for the Virgin green and yellow. I know, I used it once!

Net contribution of N863DWT, about nil, worst sig on UKTS, about 100% He wants to repaint a Mk 2, lol...............no chance

simont · Post by **simont** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 5:37 pm

Come on, surely we all want a First Great North Eastern Mk2 set?

40058 · Post by **40058** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 5:42 pm

rufiky4 wrote:I'm currently working on repainting the excellent MK2F models into Virgin livery, but I can't remember what the insides of these coaches look like, since it's so long since I travelled on one (Damn Voyagers... ). Does anyone have any photos/colour advice?

Cheers
Chris

Have a look in buffy's IC Swallow HST Mk3 1st Class set, the seat colours are the same as the Virgin ones....May be worth asking Dave if you can use the texture for the Mk 2's

40058.

simont · Post by **simont** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 5:46 pm

Also my Gatwicks have tried to reproduce the red/purple IC interiors, although it's not great. Maybe you could have one set with each type of interior, with different running numbers.

rufiky4 · Post by **rufiky4** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 5:54 pm

Cheers everyone, I'll have a poke around in the DB HST folder and see what I can come up with (with permission of course!) and investigate the Windows 98 wallpaper.

Chris

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