We really should learn to do our research properly first...
Himself has been getting on with painting bowsider 17, inside and out.
The outside has had a first wash of green.
(Don't worry, the ivory panels will be filled in later on.)
No, the problem is with the interior.
Himself asked me what colour the seat squabs in the first class compartment were?
Blue, I replied with absolute certainty, because that's the way it works on the FR, right?
Red moquette for third class, blue for first.
Except that over the weekend he came across a picture he'd taken, lost deep somewhere within the thousands of pictures on the laptop, which show that it's neither of those - it's actually green.
Because it turns out the restoration to 1950's 'Garraway' condition includes putting back the same style of green cloth that came with the ex-Mersey Rail seats which were installed when the carriage was first put back into service in the revival years.
Fortunately it's not too late for us to fix that.
No comments:
Post a Comment