OK, you asked for it, David. This one we will blame on you. A representation of BR EMU 320307 in Glasgow City Transport livery (a few years earlier than in reality) and with a nameplate commemorating the cultural diversity of Glasgow's suburbs, in this case the suburb of Govan, home of the infamous Rab C.Nesbitt.
Have just re-uploaded 47703 in ScotRail livery after I discovered I had left a previous number and nameplate on one side!
I've given up waiting for there to be a useable air-braked MK1 coach that works with BOTH Livery Designer and Formation Designer, so I've resorted to MK2 coaches for my Weedkiller train. These are representations of the 3 coaches I need: 99907 99909 99910
Like the way you make your (especially BR) logos big and then make them small, I made the mistake of starting small and it’s so blurry, like this class 40 I have to redo at some point
That's the best way to do any logo. If you start with it big, it makes it easier to create any minute details the logo needs before you scale it to the size it needs to be. It's a technique I do as well, and it really helps (especially with more complex logos) .
Returning to the Teams Collections, I have turned my attention to Team BH - Barrow Hill Roundhouse. The roundhouse is located near Staverley, Derbyshire and was the last surviving roundhouse in use by BR, servicing Class 56s and 58s among others to the end. Now a preserved site and depot, it is also home to the Deltic Preservation Society and a number of commercial groups. These groups do work on other railway companies' locos (or their own) and also rolling stock. So it can be difficult to work out what lives at BH and what is only visiting. The locos and stock I will include in Team BH will (hopefully) be stuff that lives there, but I will include a few longer-term visiting residents and some locos that appear there quite often. Sadly I cannot model the DPS Deltics or the Baby-Deltic as we don't have them in-game...yet! First up is a resident steam loco - LNER J17 8217 in LNER Black:
Team BH again. This time 2 London Transport Brake Vans - B583 and B584. These have recently been restored and look superb in their LT livery.
Another couple of Team BH wagons: BR 20T Standard Van B753792 in Bauxite livery BR 20T Standard Van in Bauxite livery with no number or other markings, except an added emblem for Henderson Relish!
Interrupting Team BH is a wagon very much for the moment. With the introduction of 'Cargo 5: Nuclear', I noticed that earlier variants of this train (pre-2002 I think), had a Brake Van as part of the consist. It had to be air-braked, or rather, 'Air Piped'. This is my version of one of those Brake Vans:
Team BH again - this time 2 Class 08 shunters. Now I'm not sure who owns these 08s, but they have 'lived' at BH for some time. 08527 in a Grey / Dark Blue livery
A note about the Nuclear Brake Van: This asset is Vacuum Braked by default and this cannot be changed. If it is used in a train of Air-Braked stock, it will work, but it will 'drag' a little. I have found the TSW 6 will allow its use in a formation in a scenario, but will not 'save' it for next time! I suppose it recognises that there is a discrepancy of braking methods. What we need is an Air-braked or Air-piped Brake Van, and some repaintable Air-braked MK1s at the same time please (that work in Formation Designer)
