Scruffy Westerns

jbilton · Post by **jbilton** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 2:26 am

Hi
On a more upbeat tone...these new excellent re-skins by MarkT are available

http://www.bluearrowts.com/reskins/SVR/ ... eskins.htm

Cheers
Jon

d1010 · Post by **d1010** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 12:12 pm

Nice!

jbilton · Post by **jbilton** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 12:35 pm

Hi
Yes they are very nice.

There are also a few steam engines appearing too.
Ian White is working overtime.

http://www.bluearrowts.com/reskins/reskins.htm

Cheers
Jon

d1010 · Post by **d1010** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 12:50 pm

I would like to see D1010 & D1048 in blue as they were in the last four to be withdrawn in 1977
1048 was realy scruffy as far as I remember I was 8 at the time !

jbilton · Post by **jbilton** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 2:32 pm

Hi
Just received some even better news

Hi Jon et all.
All the Southern Reskins have started being processed today and will be available very soon.. I have just talked to Mike Davis and got confirmation the skins can be released. I am sure everyone will be delighted to hear this news.
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Best Wishes

Mike

http://bluearrowtsforums.info/viewtopic ... 2915#12915

Looks like it will be a good weekend after all.

Cheers
Jon

TOMMO79 · Post by **TOMMO79** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:44 pm

Thanks for posting those, Here's another one for the collection

D1000 Western Enterprise

RobertM · Post by **RobertM** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 8:28 pm

Thats more like it, Westerns looking as they did, dirty

RobertM

40058 · Post by **40058** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:44 pm

These Western's are really nice, great work there Tommo!!!

Cheers,

40058.

alisterbetts · Post by **alisterbetts** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 9:24 pm

Had some great fun with these - thanks Tommo!! Especially pleased to see 1022 as this one of the two I had in service... more to come?

40058 · Post by **40058** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 9:49 pm

Would be great to see the older liveries covered too

Cheers,

40058.

delticcity · Post by **delticcity** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 9:41 pm

Heres another scruffy blue one. A few more to follow.

lateagain · Post by **lateagain** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:00 am

RobertM wrote:Thats more like it, Westerns looking as they did, dirty

RobertM

My memories of commuting into Paddington in the late 70's certainly were of pretty weathered locos of all classes. Did Western Region get other peoples cast offs?

These are excellent as I never saw a shiney Western. Class 42's always looked smarter and 35s Hymecks as I recall got a respray or two.........was that really 25 years ago!!!!

Geoff

jbilton · Post by **jbilton** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:21 am

lateagain wrote:
RobertM wrote:Thats more like it, Westerns looking as they did, dirty

RobertM
My memories of commuting into Paddington in the late 70's certainly were of pretty weathered locos of all classes. Did Western Region get other peoples cast offs?

These are excellent as I never saw a shiney Western. Class 42's always looked smarter and 35s Hymecks as I recall got a respray or two.........was that really 25 years ago!!!!

Geoff

Hi Geoff
Certainly the diesel electrics were often 'cast offs'
But the reason for the Westerns shabby appearance was the very aggressive carriage wash at Laira.
For me it always added that sun bleached Devon look, but maybe that was just my imagination
Cheers
Jon

MrHillingdon · Post by **MrHillingdon** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:58 am

Geoff,

It wasn't 25 years ago at all. It was nearer 30 years ago!!!!
Warships finished December 1972.
Hymeks finished March 1975.
Westerns finished February 1977.

The memories linger on of holidays in Devon. Sun, sea, sand and hydraulics.

Ahhh. Happy days.

Best wishes.

Paul

lateagain · Post by **lateagain** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 1:06 am

MrHillingdon wrote:Geoff,

It wasn't 25 years ago at all. It was nearer 30 years ago!!!!
Warships finished December 1972.
Hymeks finished March 1975.
Westerns finished February 1977.

The memories linger on of holidays in Devon. Sun, sea, sand and hydraulics.
Ahhh. Happy days.

Best wishes.

Paul

...Now you come to mention it....yes it would be 30 years! I must have seen theses Engines commuting from Westbourne Park on the Hammersmith and City because I didn't commute from West Ealing on Western Region until 78. Mainly Class 47's by then and some Hoovers later. Equally weathered, or maybe washed out

There was always something different in the Sidings at Old Oak Common as I recall.