Hey Mr Ripley,
I was just looking at those pictures and it seems very odd that the wheels, pipes etc... remained perfectly normal blue, but the boiler/bodywork/tender have changed colour as they have. Silly question maybe but did they actually change colour or was it always meant to be that colour?
I know it looks faded, but it seems too consistent whilst the other parts like the wheels etc... are pristine blue, somehow if it were faded say to sunlight I would expect some parts to be lighter/darker than others - unless the pictures don't reflect that accurately.
Still reading further down it sounds like its too late to save the old girl as you're already well into the customisation so I hope it all works out right for you
I was just looking at those pictures and it seems very odd that the wheels, pipes etc... remained perfectly normal blue, but the boiler/bodywork/tender have changed colour as they have. Silly question maybe but did they actually change colour or was it always meant to be that colour?
I know it looks faded, but it seems too consistent whilst the other parts like the wheels etc... are pristine blue, somehow if it were faded say to sunlight I would expect some parts to be lighter/darker than others - unless the pictures don't reflect that accurately.
Still reading further down it sounds like its too late to save the old girl as you're already well into the customisation so I hope it all works out right for you
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