4468's new coat - York 9/12/12

60800 · Post by **60800** » Sun Dec 09, 2012 6:05 pm

A few photos of 4468 from yesterday:

http://2509-silverlink.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d5nm6u8
http://2509-silverlink.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d5nm71r
http://2509-silverlink.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d5nm795

And the final few, that are bit special and took a bit of asking around around and a three hour wait to make possible:

http://2509-silverlink.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d5nm5td
http://2509-silverlink.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d5nm91k

2002EarlMarischal · Post by **2002EarlMarischal** » Tue Dec 11, 2012 10:26 pm

Nice shots - thanks for sharing!

60800 · Post by **60800** » Tue Dec 11, 2012 11:43 pm

No problem

That's probably it for railway ventures this year, but I have a few things planned for next year to get some really special photos of certain locos.

mick b · Post by **mick b** » Wed Dec 12, 2012 11:09 am

Excellent !!

S.A.C. Martin · Post by **S.A.C. Martin** » Wed Dec 12, 2012 1:07 pm

Nice shot of the open cod's mouth. Heritage Painting did a magnificent job on Mallard: the garter blue is so much better than it was before.

Thanks for sharing Blackout. Nice work.

giner · Post by **giner** » Wed Dec 12, 2012 7:27 pm

How do you mean there, Simon, is this a slightly different shade of Garter Blue? Not sure how that can be, though. I'm presuming that the colour must have been taken from a single verified source at some point, and would think that that would be THE shade for evermore. In these days of digital colour matching there can't be any excuse for variance. Or can there, what do I know?

S.A.C. Martin · Post by **S.A.C. Martin** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 1:02 am

giner wrote:How do you mean there, Simon, is this a slightly different shade of Garter Blue?

It is indeed a very different shade of blue to that carried before.

Not sure how that can be, though. I'm presuming that the colour must have been taken from a single verified source at some point, and would think that that would be THE shade for evermore. In these days of digital colour matching there can't be any excuse for variance. Or can there, what do I know?

Actually the paint when originally applied in its 80s repaint was described as "too dark" by contemporary sources. It hadn't helped that said paintwork had darkened with age.

The new coat applied is much closer to the original shade, I am told, and to be frank I believe it - the previous blue had a flatness to it, whereas there's a real depth of colour with the new paintwork.

giner · Post by **giner** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 5:33 am

Thanks, Simon. I hope she's still in this colour when i get over next summer, then.

S.A.C. Martin · Post by **S.A.C. Martin** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 11:13 am

giner wrote:Thanks, Simon. I hope she's still in this colour when i get over next summer, then.

Oh, she will be. Heritage Painting have done a terrific job: it'll last decades I would have thought, before the next "refreshment".

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