To respray or not to respray - Keep Silver/Black or Freight Grey?

[Noel]

To respray or not to respray?  I have this 071 a number of years in the hideous but short lived black and silver IE livery. I am considering respraying it in the newer freight grey livery like 078 in the lower photo. What do folks think, should I keep it as it is as an oddity or respray it into current freight grey livery which I rather like? There is another option which is to weather this ugly livery which may make the loco look more attractive. I have enough rust colours!  

078 in grey livery

 

Edited November 17, 2020 by Noel

[DJ Dangerous]

Show off those weathering skills and give it a heavy dose of rust, soot and grime!

[WRENNEIRE]

Weather it like this one from Flying Scotsman of this parish

 

 

 

Or if you Greyify it dont forget to remove the grabrails

 

[jhb171achill]

Personally, I think the silver, black and yellow was unattractive, but the grey isn’t the brightest either!

I think for those locos - tippex livery is the nicest. But it’s your loco!

[murphaph]

I quite like the silver cab livery but it's a bit late for my chosen era so I don't have any of them. I would point out that whilst it may be "straightforward" (for someone with Noel's skills) to go grey, it would be much more difficult to revert the loco to the silver and black livery to the same standard as the factory finish. 

I'd weather it. Looks pretty cool weathered in those pics.

[DJ Dangerous]

I'd love to see a black 071 with orange trim...

I like the silver and black, though.

Not quite as nice as the grey, nor the IE orange, but still a nice livery.

[Noel]

23 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

Personally, I think the silver, black and yellow was unattractive, but the grey isn’t the brightest either!

I think for those locos - tippex livery is the nicest. But it’s your loco!

That's decided it then, Black'n'Tan it is! Thanks Jonathan 

43 minutes ago, WRENNEIRE said:

Weather it like this one from Flying Scotsman of this parish

OMG - Trying to replicate the work of St Anthony could be a fish plate too far.  Its a few years back but I remember nearly falling off a chair when I first saw this loco done by A.

[Georgeconna]

If you are doing the Grey one make sure to take all the printed markings off as the raised edges will show through the paint.

Don't recall the S&B ones going that  manky really.

You could go a bit gentler!

 

 

 

[popeye]

I think it would look better if it was weathered.

You have a grey one and lots of B & T so it might be better to keep that

livery for a bit of variety. your call.

[DJ Dangerous]

She'll look great weathered with 12 Spoil wagons behind her.

[burnthebox]

Noel, I’m with Popeye on this one, what I’m really suggesting is that you might,down the road, ( Railway Lines ) you might want to show something of that era, & I do like the Black & Silver, & yes I’d weather it like the one above, but as said it’s your call,

BTB

[Warbonnet]

Could always do the likes of 072, IE orange and black cab doors, grey patch on the front, missing IE logo and generally manky 

 

[DJ Dangerous]

1 hour ago, Warbonnet said:

Could always do the likes of 072, IE orange and black cab doors, grey patch on the front, missing IE logo and generally manky 

 

 

And an open door halfway along the body!

That is an awesome photo!

[Dempsey]

Not a fan of the silver and black myself but that being said the model you've shown looks very good weathered.

[Flying Scotsman 4472]

Thanks guys it’s always appreciated when my weathering gets such great comments. Noel can’t wait to see the weathering job you do on this. You have to be one of the best around now at weathering. Keep up the great work.

[enniscorthyman]

12 hours ago, Flying Scotsman 4472 said:

Thanks guys it’s always appreciated when my weathering gets such great comments. Noel can’t wait to see the weathering job you do on this. You have to be one of the best around now at weathering. Keep up the great work.

A response  from St Anthony  himself

[Flying Scotsman 4472]

1 hour ago, enniscorthyman said:

A response  from St Anthony  himself

Eamonn don’t forget to bless yourself before you start praying to me.

[jhb171achill]

13 hours ago, Flying Scotsman 4472 said:

Thanks guys it’s always appreciated when my weathering gets such great comments. Noel can’t wait to see the weathering job you do on this. You have to be one of the best around now at weathering. Keep up the great work.

Absolutely superb job - always UNCANNILY realistic!

[Flying Scotsman 4472]

14 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

Absolutely superb job - always UNCANNILY realistic!

Thanks J

[enniscorthyman]

2 hours ago, Flying Scotsman 4472 said:

Eamonn don’t forget to bless yourself before you start praying to me.

You are well blessed with the weathering skills

[jhb171achill]

On ‎18‎/‎11‎/‎2020 at 4:03 PM, DJ Dangerous said:

 

And an open door halfway along the body!

That is an awesome photo!

Towards the end of this livery period, before they were taken in and given a decent BODYWORK makeover as well as the grey paint, some were in an awful state - either like this or rusted and filthy.

[DJ Dangerous]

3 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

Towards the end of this livery period, before they were taken in and given a decent BODYWORK makeover as well as the grey paint, some were in an awful state - either like this or rusted and filthy.

 

I have a hazy memory of somebody claiming that they hadn't much interest in 071's because they weren't shteam!

[DJ Dangerous]

On 17/11/2020 at 5:10 PM, DJ Dangerous said:

I'd love to see a black 071 with orange trim...

I like the silver and black, though.

Not quite as nice as the grey, nor the IE orange, but still a nice livery.

 

This is what I was thinking:

[fishplate7]

I was never a fan of the black & silver in reality Noel! That said, the livery in model form does grow on you and it is, after all, part of the livery history of the 071's. So on that basis I would keep it as it is in silver & black, and give it the weathering it deserves, which you are more than capable doing! Have a look at a video I posted on YouTube some time ago. From 3.55 on you'll get a good idea of the condition of the loco up close and who is winning the war on rust!! Looking forward to seeing the result! Eamonn

 

Edited November 20, 2020 by fishplate7

[Noel]

On 17/11/2020 at 4:39 PM, WRENNEIRE said:

Weather it like this one from Flying Scotsman of this parish

 

That's amazing art

[burnthebox]

15 hours ago, fishplate7 said:

I was never a fan of the black & silver in reality Noel! That said, the livery in model form does grow on you and it is, after all, part of the livery history of the 071's. So on that basis I would keep it as it is in silver & black, and give it the weathering it deserves, which you are more than capable doing! Have a look at a video I posted on YouTube some time ago. From 3.55 on you'll get a good idea of the condition of the loco up close and who is winning the war on rust!! Looking forward to seeing the result! Eamonn

 

As much as I like the Black and Silver, THAT FRONT FACE...reminds me of the Noddy toy trains with THAT SMILE...

BTB

[fishplate7]

1 hour ago, burnthebox said:

As much as I like the Black and Silver, THAT FRONT FACE...reminds me of the Noddy toy trains with THAT SMILE...

BTB

Hahahaha...I see what you mean BTB!

[DiveController]

On 19/11/2020 at 4:38 PM, DJ Dangerous said:

THID FICTITIOUS STUFF DRIVES ME CRAZY AND WOULD BE BETTER LEFT IN THE FLICKRWORLD TO AVOID CONFUSION