Corporate Colours 20 227 gets a lick of paint

I'm waiting for Bachmann to make a R-T-R model of it.

non corporate roundel

I don't know, it just looks wrong somehow. Perhaps a bit too "Stagecoach"?

I think it's the yellow that's partly responsible for that, and the blue looks perhaps a shade too light?

Overall I actually quite like it.

I think it looks hideous, as did HWMBO...

Now it's got a new lick of paint what about giving it a name. How about Charles Pearson?

How about Boris The Chopper!

XF

Kinda looks like they forgot to install New Johnston when they made the roundel (Sticker? I don't know?).

IMHO, it just doesn't look right. The non-corporate logo is a bit annoying. The red at the non cab end goes down the sides of the loco for some distance which makes the livery not flow naturally with the loco.

I would prefer something like this (it is quick drawing!):


Class 20 by metrailway, on Flickr

or if one must keep the white:


class 20 fantasy livery 2 by metrailway, on Flickr

i dont mind the look, but perhaps a bit less of the red.

I hired it for a photo shoot last week to raise a bit of cash for the owning group. Having been close up and personal with it, I think it looks very good. My one criticism would be the half yellow panels which don't look quite right. They wanted as much red as possible to match the LUL colours, but as it is a Network Rail passed loco it has to have yellow on the ends. I think it would look better with full yellow ends. The logo on the side is hand painted just as a point of interest.

Pictures from the photo shoot with 20227 can be found here:
www.15c.co.uk/latest_rail.htm#03-28