Poll: Class 73 livery wish-list

[Andy Hebden]

We don't seem to have a wish list for ED liveries so I thought I'd suggest:

BR blue 73/1
BR blue large logo / revised
Intercity (tiny number at bottom of cab)
Intercity Executive 73/2

I realise Dapol have done both the blues in the past but they're hard to find, and every example of 73138 in large logo I see seems to have blur around the edges of the numbers.

What do people think? Anything else to add?

Andy

[chriswrightmk]

Network Rail livery is quite striking if not too many modifications

[Andy Hebden]

Indeed. Both variants of the 73/9s would be interesting too.

[JeremiahBunyan]

Fragonset Railways Class 73?

[carderrail]

You are reading my mind....

[JeremiahBunyan]

Black looks good on everything. And I loved the Fragonset livery.

[Andy Hebden]

That would be nice.
Or this short-lived variant from 1967: https://flic.kr/p/aUgKXx

[JeremiahBunyan]

I don't recall seeing an N gauge one in "Electric Blue" if that's the correct term? How about that?

[Andy Hebden]

Original as-new - fresh out of the box!

[carderrail]

I think a few also ran in Engineering Grey (73 106/73 136?)..... probably too obscure would be the Merseyrail livery.

[Andy Hebden]

I saw 73108 in thoroughly dull grey at Stewart's Lane: https://flic.kr/p/5VBR8U

[JeremiahBunyan]

I know it's not really a feasible option, but I sincerely hope that at some point in the future Dapol will re-tool or update the N gauge Class 71. The model will so greatly benefit from wire handrails, working lights and some finer details.

Also I quite like the Class 71 in Engineers Grey livery (thanks Andy and Caderrail).

[Andy Hebden]

With the versatile 73s spreading their ED wings across the network in their (not so) twilight years, and given the wide range of liveries on show, I think a new high spec 73 would be great. And, alas, expensive.

[philiprporter]

N-gauge 73/9 in Caledonian sleeper midnight teal please!

[Andy Hebden]

It'd be nice but it wouldn't be easy!

[Bob G]

An early 73/0 in green and 73/1 in blue small yellow panel would be nice. You've done these in OO but never in N