61306 'Mayflower' - new livery photo released
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 10:52 am
From 61306's facebook page this morning:
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Re: 61306 'Mayflower' - new livery photo released
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:02 am
Absolutely stunning - thanks for sharing Blackout. Apple green suits their fine lines. The moment Hornby make an apple green one I think my Bachmann B1s may finally disappear.
Re: 61306 'Mayflower' - new livery photo released
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:13 am
I've already shared the photo on Hornby's facebook page, demanding it in their 2013 range 
Re: 61306 'Mayflower' - new livery photo released
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 12:22 pm
Proud of you Blackout! 
Next best livery to pure LNER!
Next best livery to pure LNER!
Re: 61306 'Mayflower' - new livery photo released
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 12:27 pm
Haha, yes, I've been waiting for Mayflower, along with B.H for years I'm still nagging Bachmann and Hornby for a K4 or K1 too
I'm still nagging Bachmann and Hornby for a K4 or K1 tooRe: 61306 'Mayflower' - new livery photo released
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 12:50 pm
I have this rather poor photo taken in 1976, through a Mk1 window I think. The sun was at a rather inconvenient angle.
Re: 61306 'Mayflower' - new livery photo released
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 1:11 pm
I think I actally prefer her with BR on the tender
Re: 61306 'Mayflower' - new livery photo released
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 7:45 pm
Just as I said I was proud of you, you go and spoil it!Blackout60800 wrote:I think I actally prefer her with BR on the tender
Re: 61306 'Mayflower' - new livery photo released
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 7:52 pm
Something about only four numbers on a B1 cabside just dosen't seem right to me at all, that's the only reason I prefer it over pure LNER apple green
Re: 61306 'Mayflower' - new livery photo released
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 9:16 pm
I got there first a long time ago!
This was my original Replica B1 renumbered as 61292 the 1948 exchange loco. It was later rechassied with a Bachmann chassis and is still giving good service a quarter of a century later.
Re: 61306 'Mayflower' - new livery photo released
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 9:41 pm
It's certainly the correct livery at the time when she was first constructed.Blackout60800 wrote:From 61306's facebook page this morning:
Re: 61306 'Mayflower' - new livery photo released
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 9:05 am
It's more or less my favourite combination of liveries. The cream lettering of the British Railways era combined with the apple green is very pleasing. May I echo Ivan in being somewhat delighted that this is an authentic combination of locomotive and livery. There's not many locomotives in 1948/9 liveries (off the top of my head, 61306, 60532 and...not much else?). I personally would like to see a few more locomotives in the changeover period liveries. You can have some truly stunning combinations of livery and branding.
Re: 61306 'Mayflower' - new livery photo released
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 7:22 pm
Yes, this loco (61306) left NBL in April 1948 and was new in apple green with BRITISH RAILWAYS on the tender. Same with 61292 was new in the livery I have modelled her.
Re: 61306 'Mayflower' - new livery photo released
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 1:36 pm
Ay up!
More Apple Green. Wonderful.
More Apple Green. Wonderful.
Re: 61306 'Mayflower' - new livery photo released
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 10:32 am
