modelshopbelfast.com Posted July 27, 2012 Posted July 27, 2012 (edited) A couple of pics of the forthcoming 071 Supertrain livery. These are still preproduction examples so are subject to final changes enjoy all photographs are copyright of murphy models Edited July 28, 2012 by modelshopbelfast.com Quote
BabyGM Posted July 27, 2012 Posted July 27, 2012 This is becoming cruel ,another few months to go:mad: 071 looks great can't wait to see more pictures Quote
201bhoy Posted July 27, 2012 Posted July 27, 2012 I can't wait for the freight livery!!!!!!!!!! Quote
ttc0169 Posted July 27, 2012 Posted July 27, 2012 Fantastic-really really impressive,well done Paddy Murphy-definatly model of the year for 2012. Roll on October,thanks Gareth for posting. Quote
Weshty Posted July 28, 2012 Posted July 28, 2012 This may be the model to get me FINALLY starting the layout.... Quote
heirflick Posted July 28, 2012 Posted July 28, 2012 jesus lads, she looks well!....she will look even better when weathered up a bit( or a lot!!!) Quote
modelshopbelfast.com Posted July 28, 2012 Author Posted July 28, 2012 More pics added to our facebook page http://www.facebook.com/modelshopbelfast Quote
RedRich Posted July 28, 2012 Posted July 28, 2012 Thanks for the link Gareth . It looks damn impressive in those pics. Rich, Quote
enniscorthyman Posted July 28, 2012 Posted July 28, 2012 Somebody stop me-and calm me down. Fantastic. Quote
Northman Posted July 28, 2012 Posted July 28, 2012 jesus lads, she looks well!....she will look even better when weathered up a bit( or a lot!!!) You wouldn't dare weather a beautiful loco like these. Quote
Weshty Posted July 28, 2012 Posted July 28, 2012 Seriously loving the double layer side-grill detail, Mr. Murphy, you are the MAN! Quote
FrankS Posted July 29, 2012 Posted July 29, 2012 "You wouldn't dare weather a beautiful loco like these." But, we all know 'someone' who would He Who Dares Wins Quote
Mayner Posted July 29, 2012 Posted July 29, 2012 jesus lads, she looks well!....she will look even better when weathered up a bit( or a lot!!!) I am not sure it was dirt from sheer hard work or my imagination but the 071s seemed to be in a much darker richer shade of orange when first introduced than other stock. I think only one or two 071s were fitted with snatchers those fitted had gone by the early 1980s. By the early 80s the mounting bolts and cover plates were removed and the hole plated over. Quote
josefstadt Posted July 29, 2012 Posted July 29, 2012 I'd agree John. The colour looks too 'orange' to me. My recollation is that they were painted in the CIÉ golden brown livery and did not receive the brighter orange colour until later. That having been said it looks a superb model. Quote
dave mac Posted July 29, 2012 Posted July 29, 2012 sorry to clean looking for a irish loco!!!!nothing like a dirty weathered irish diesel!!!ps looks good though! Quote
aclass007 Posted July 29, 2012 Posted July 29, 2012 I know it's a preproduction model, and it will probably be sorted before the model is released, but the headlight surrounds should be white...... Quote
201bhoy Posted July 29, 2012 Posted July 29, 2012 I know it's a preproduction model, and it will probably be sorted before the model is released, but the headlight surrounds should be white...... Emmm I don't think they should be? If you look at the photo of 088 the headlight surrounds look pretty orange to me? :L Quote
Warbonnet Posted July 29, 2012 Posted July 29, 2012 I know it's a preproduction model, and it will probably be sorted before the model is released, but the headlight surrounds should be white...... As delivered they weren't http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5057/5492158337_90edc1fe81.jpg Quote
RedRich Posted July 29, 2012 Posted July 29, 2012 As delivered they weren't http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5057/5492158337_90edc1fe81.jpg I have been looking at some old pics of the as delivered 071's and the model is correct. I had seen pics of Supertrain 071's with grey headlight surrounds and had also presumed that some had arrived that way, but it seems that they were changed in the 80's. Anthony's pic shows that the loco pic was taken in the 80's as the MK111's were introduced in the 80's. Fran did his homework on this and deserves top marks for his research. Likewise young Vincent got it right so well done to him also. The roof fans look good on the model and it looks like an 071 in most areas, so kudos to Mr Murphy for that. I'm looking forward to the releases from October. I am slightly worried about the color as John Mayne has said but photos from that era are not as sharp as today and saturation can make color's seem less sharp. Rich, Quote
201bhoy Posted July 29, 2012 Posted July 29, 2012 cheers Rich just wondering, does anyone know when the LED clusters were introduced to the 071s? Late 90s? Quote
ttc0169 Posted July 29, 2012 Posted July 29, 2012 cheers Rich just wondering, does anyone know when the LED clusters were introduced to the 071s? Late 90s? The 071's along with the 121/141/181's began to get those LED marker lights from late 2000 and mainly during 2001,077 being one of the first locos to be fitted with them from what I can remember. Quote
201bhoy Posted July 29, 2012 Posted July 29, 2012 The 071's along with the 121/141/181's began to get those LED marker lights from late 2000 and mainly during 2001,077 being one of the first locos to be fitted with them from what I can remember. Oh ok thanks for that Quote
ttc0169 Posted July 29, 2012 Posted July 29, 2012 Photo taken between the Curragh and Kildare in 1984,according to an IRRS journal around that time the train was one of the first sets of Mk3s to be formed and was used as a publicity shoot for the introduction of the trains to various routes, A public timetable from 1984 has a picture of the same train on its cover-taken from the opposite side to the above photo. Quote
Eiretrains Posted July 29, 2012 Posted July 29, 2012 (edited) I know it's a preproduction model, and it will probably be sorted before the model is released, but the headlight surrounds should be white...... Yeah that is actually a mistaken assumption I used to also make until a couple years ago when I started to compare old photos of the 071s. When delivered the headlight surrounds were orange, only in the 1980s, around the time with the introduction of the Mk3s, did they get painted white. Regarding shade of orange, it is close enough, the original might have been a little less saturated. Edited July 29, 2012 by Eiretrains Quote
enniscorthyman Posted July 29, 2012 Posted July 29, 2012 I always thought the headlight surrounds were white or gray but the photos do show a orange or gray surround. It was only recently that I found out that 071s are slightly taller than the 141/181s.I wonder is this the reason why the red inbetween the buffers is more raised on the 071s?. Quote
irishthump Posted July 29, 2012 Posted July 29, 2012 It looks fantastic! How about decoder installation, is it the same drill as with the 141/181s or can it be done without removing the body? Quote
enniscorthyman Posted July 29, 2012 Posted July 29, 2012 At a guess the body could be the same as the 141s and as the 071 is supposed to come with built in speaker for sound chips,it should be handy enough,we will have to wait and see. Quote
irishthump Posted July 29, 2012 Posted July 29, 2012 At a guess the body could be the same as the 141s and asthe 071 is supposed to come with built in speaker for sound chips,it should be handy enough,we will have to wait and see. Built in speaker? Great news! Quote
islandbridgejct Posted July 30, 2012 Posted July 30, 2012 About the colour, I think this is down to them being painted by GM before shipping. The paint pigments must have been slightly different to what the paint shop in Inchicore was using at the time. I remember noticing the different colour - browner, more 'tan' than the shade of orange used in the 1970s / 80s, with a white roundel rather than the standard orange with white 'CIE' in the centre. When they were repainted, Inchicore turned them out the same way as the 141s. I wasn't aware of the headlight detail - interesting. Alan Quote
irishthump Posted July 30, 2012 Posted July 30, 2012 Slightly off topic... I'm planning to repaint a rake of Hornby MK3s to go with the 071, I assume the Supertrain livery is the most appropriate? Quote
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