Playmobil repaint

George · Post by **George** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:09 pm

A few years ago, I purchased the Playmobil radio controlled bright red diesel/electric loco.

and For the last two years I have been deciding what livery to paint it into, the main two was GNER and National Express East Anglia.

The loco can be seen here last winter, after i painted on the yellow warning panels

MTA · Post by **MTA** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:11 pm

NXEA by a long way, GNER never worked for me...

George · Post by **George** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:18 pm

Then in August this year I remembered that Hornby/Humbrol had re-released the Authentic Railway Colours range...

So I decided to paint the loco into BR Diesel blue.

I made a start this week, and half the loco and cab ends have been painted, since the pic was taken I have given it another 2 coats... will take some pics of it outside on Sunday

Once the other side of the loco is done, i will need to purchase some gauge one Fox tranfers of the white BR double arrow logo...

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:19 pm

Great stuff, better then either of the the other choices although I would have preffered GNER to NXEA, it was one of the few privertisation TOC's that got it right, even if only briefly

mhlr · Post by **mhlr** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:49 pm

Wow that's looking cool! Perhaps cut out some big holes on the sides and fill in with mesh to look like radiators etc...?

Oh, and 2 smoke generators pointing diagonally out the top...

Hancockshire · Post by **Hancockshire** » Sun Nov 01, 2009 3:20 pm

mhlr wrote:Wow that's looking cool!

My thoughts exactly

mhlr wrote:Perhaps cut out some big holes on the sides and fill in with mesh to look like radiators etc

We should do something on loco-improvement

MDLR · Post by **MDLR** » Sun Nov 01, 2009 5:50 pm

<tongue in cheek>
If you're putting mesh in the radiators and smoke units in, why not go the whole hog and fit a Deltic sound unit??
</tongue in cheek>

LMS-Jools · Post by **LMS-Jools** » Sun Nov 01, 2009 7:37 pm

Methinks it is going to look excellent.

George · Post by **George** » Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:12 pm

haha, im basing it on a class 90 (so ok they didnt wear BR diesel blue livery....) so no smoke units

George · Post by **George** » Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:15 pm

ive done other playmo loco repaints....

"Lilly" for example:

George · Post by **George** » Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:17 pm

this diesel

Before:

George · Post by **George** » Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:18 pm

and after

George · Post by **George** » Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:19 pm

this steamer i turned into a tram:

b4

PCLR · Post by **PCLR** » Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:19 pm

i have one of them in my loft

George · Post by **George** » Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:20 pm

and after...

not sure weather to keep the side skirts on it tho?

PCLR · Post by **PCLR** » Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:21 pm

get rid look better with out

George · Post by **George** » Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:22 pm

this cattle van was originally bright green

George · Post by **George** » Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:27 pm

the wagon on the right was bright blue... the wagon on the left i just aded wasp strips, got 2 other wagons like them they help make up the modern maintenance train for my two Piko 218 diseasls

George · Post by **George** » Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:29 pm

I have got a third wagon like those which i have kept blue, weathered and it lives outside permantly....

George · Post by **George** » Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:30 pm

(the track is laid on railway sleepers from Bure Valley Railway)

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