Dapol HST Livery Request Poll

[Vonzack]

Hi,

I'd like to try and work out if there is sufficient interest for Dapol to produce some alternative liveries for their HST Sets.

I'm sure the list I've produced won't tick all the boxes and I'll have more than probably missed something, but if that's the case please let me know and I'll try and amend the Poll accordingly for you to vote. I haven't included the Virgin XC Livery as the differences appear to be limited to the 'Virgin' logo's on the Power Cars and would probably be best achieved with a re-numbering exercise rather than a new production run.

Thanks, Mark.

[acko22]

One option not on there and I dont think is currently available is the First Dynamic lines livery.
However I am probably wrong on that one

[Jack]

One option not on there and I dont think is currently available is the First Dynamic lines livery.
However I am probably wrong on that one

Obviously the OP is an east coast mainline fan. 

[acko22]

How dare you!!! WCML all they way.

But I do like the current first livery has something with character about it instead of something drab like the east coast scheme.

[Vonzack]

Hi Acko22,

Like this one?

http://www.tauntontrains.co.uk/Archive-Images/43/43004-43009-03-04-06-1Z30-PAD-PENZ-CREECH.jpg

From the pic it looks like just the Power Cars that would need a livery change, the existing coach liveries look to be OK, unless I've missed something. I'll add it as an option.

Thanks, Mark.

[Vonzack]

One option not on there and I dont think is currently available is the First Dynamic lines livery.
However I am probably wrong on that one

Obviously the OP is an east coast mainline fan. 

Guilty as charged, I'm from the correct side of the Pennines after all 

Again, I'll add anything I've missed and you would like to vote for.

[acko22]

Thats the one yeah.

Wrong end of the country for me but it looks nice.

[sawyerm1982]

How about Intercity Swallow?! Surely that one if popular....

[acko22]

Not the plain blue like in the pic from hattons one with the actual lines on.

Ahh and now cant re cast my vote but I would have one in the dynamic scheme.

[Jack]

I would like to see a FGW "Fag Packet" livery,   

[smg id=21382 type=preview align=center caption="43128 Culham 1999"]

or a Great Western "Merlin" livery,

[smg id=21383 type=preview align=center caption="43149 Merlin 1998"]

IC Swallow is cool but that's already been done by Dapol.

[fisherman]

FGW  for me..

but  with ALL the  diff  carriages available!

[Vonzack]

How about Intercity Swallow?! Surely that one if popular....

Pretty sure a re-run of IC Swallow might be on the books from Dapol, but the poll was intended for liveries that hadn't been produced so far.

[Vonzack]

OK, added First "Fag Packet" and Great Western Merlin.

[Vonzack]

Can we have an option for NMT Yellow please.........

Hmm, I did consider putting the NMT livery on my original list.

I've chased the NMT coaches in the past with Dave Jones (when he was at Dapol) and the answer has always been that the cost of changing / creating the tooling for the coaches would mean they will never be produced.

I'll add the option, but let's assume no new tooling, the closest existing Mk3 Coach design to the prototypes will be used, so buffets and TGS.

[acko22]

For the coaches I just got hold of the roof section for the ohle test coach off shapeways and worked around the coaches with thw yellow paint. It looks the part and thankfully got the right shade of yellow to match the hst