Porterbrook liveried Deltic

[Newportnobby]

I've always considered the Deltic an awesome machine after I had a walk through one (cab to cab) at Kings Cross all those years ago, but I am probably the only one who thinks this livery is horrible.
It looks like Laurence Llewellyn Bowen has given it a 'makeover'

(That's thrown the brown sticky stuff into the rotating thingy)

[OwL]

 Although I like quirky liveries, this one doesn't appeal to me....
That said, there are many who do, so all I would say is that variety is the spice of life

[bluedepot]

i hate the lights on it more than the colour!!!


tim

[StufromEGDL]

Hi Guys;

And, as if by magic....one suddenly appears on E-Bay..(not mine BTW)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GRAHAM-FARISH-CLASS-55-GORDON-HIGHLANDER-PORTERBROOK-LIVERY-LTD-EDITION-/290681321936?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item43adf4f9d0

Later;
STU from EGDL

[Pete Mc]

Gonna keep a beady eye on this one.

Pete

[Rob H]

Hope we don't end up going head to head, I've been after one of these for ages !!

Rob.

[porkie]

im sure virgin hired it in for a while in the late 90's. On the western routes.

[bluedepot]

i can announce here that i wont be bidding!!!   

[Pete Mc]

Hi Rob,it is my intension to just keep an eye on this ebay listing,not bid on it.So rest assured,its all yours if you want it.
My intension is to buy a shell and paint it in this livery just to see if I'm capable of such a thing,kind of as a start to broaden my modelling skills.I may even have a crack at the police liveried class 37 if its a success.
I won't deprive a fellow Yorkshireman of his prize.

Pete

[Rob H]

Hi Pete, nice to know that's one less bidder trying to deprive me of my dream, lol.

IF i should be so lucky as to be the highest bidder would it be of any help if I offered to take photos of it for you ?

Hope this doesn't make you change your mind and start bidding but although I live in West Yorkshire I'm actually an exiled Geordie - lived down here for 13 years and the locals still call me an incumbent !!

Cheers,

Rob.

[Pete Mc]

Photo's would be absolutely bang on pal.
I promise I won't bid against you on this cos I don't do paypal or owt like that.
My granddad was a geordie,came down here to work down the pit.Its not as if they didn't have any up in Newcastle.He came from the Winlaton or Washington area,not sure which or if they're close to each other for that matter,but he came down here when he was about 16 or 17 and worked down Bentley pit all his working life.
Thing is though,even though he was a geordie,he didn't have the accent.As I was his first grandson,born in 1969 he would have been 57 when I was born so as he was here around 40 years before then I guess it would of been lost due to working with all us rough,abrasive yorkshiremen.
He did have a tendency to say fost instead of first but this combined with the thee's and tha's made these words melt into each other.
I did work in a band that played pubs and clubs in the north east and never had a problem understanding the accent where some do,so.even though I'm 100% yorkshireman,there may be the tiniest bit of geordieishness buried deep down within.
Who knows?

Pete

[Pete Mc]

Well,I've kept an eye on the Farish Porterbrook Deltic Gordon Highlander on ebay since StufromEGDL pointed it out.
Not sure whether this should be in one of the ebay madness type threads,but as its appropriate to this thread I thought I'd let everyone know the result of the auction
Auction finished at 9pm today and the final bid was £67 plus postage(£3.50).
I bought Green Howards new for £61 and KOYLI for £50,both new and bought at exhibitions.

Pete

[Newportnobby]

Sorry to bump this but just in case anyone wants a class 57 Porterbrook to go with their Deltic???

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Graham-Farish-371-653-Class-57-57601-Porterbrook-Boxed-Used-N-/380417505216?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item5892a677c0

[37058]

I had her on a Chingfinder sorry Pathfinder tour 28-12-2002 Over the S&C. NST-Preston via Stoke, Man Pic & Bolton then ran round at Preston to take the S&C to Carlisle. The return was a mega fast run Carlisle - Preston then Bolton, Man Pic, Stoke, Stafford and finally Birmingham.

I have this model in my box...but fitted with the later Farish chassis as the Poole 1 was not a very good runner

Cheers, Anthony

[37058]

im sure virgin hired it in for a while in the late 90's. On the western routes.

Virgin only ever used D9000...They wanted to use 16 but after the fire (when released from Brush) they soon said no!! I remember in 1999 when 50050 was also quoted for the summer Saturdays Liverpool - Weymouth (From NST - Weymouth & Return) That didnt happen either :'(

Cheers, Anthony