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Re: British Rail InterCity 125-ish
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 26 Apr 2002 14:51:30 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, James Houston writes:
> In lugnet.trains, James Mathis writes:
> >
> > Obviously, the train-specific nose and cab window don't model the IC125's
> > unique nose very well, but I thought the look was close enough for a try.
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> I think your excellent APT nose profile would work
> better on the 125. Did you try it?
I haven't tried adapting the APT nose to this IC 125. I am trying to find a
use for the 4559 nose elements-- not that I can actually build this IC 125
in real-bricks, for I know of no source for the 1x4x1.3 rounded bricks in
light gray, blue, and yellow in quantity.
> The picture of the 125 at Reading you have is curious. If I didn't
> know better, I'd say the loco is "between" paint jobs, as the
> livery is a bit weird. Probably mid-80's. If you look at the coaches,
> they have the 1980's "InterCity" livery, which is actually a very dark
> grey with white and red stripes IIRC. The older livery was simply blue and
> white, without any stripes as you have on your coaches. These colour
> schemes were all pre-privatisation, at a time when BR didn't know what the
> hell colour to paint their trains...
Ah...
> See an example here:
> http://web.ukonline.co.uk/markshipman/railway/images/43/43121a.jpg
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> Incidently, your blue with red and white stripe livery actually
> closely resembles Network South East livery!
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> Lots of 125 liveries here:
> http://web.ukonline.co.uk/markshipman/railway/class43.htm
Thanks for the links.
later,
James Mathis
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| (...) I think your excellent APT nose profile would work better on the 125. Did you try it? (...) The picture of the 125 at Reading you have is curious. If I didn't know better, I'd say the loco is "between" paint jobs, as the livery is a bit weird. (...) (23 years ago, 26-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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