I see I've been 'sprung' on the 6029 blog. Bugger- The luxury of not being watched is that you only have to update once in a blue moon (As evidenced by the last post, date 15 of Feb).
Moving on, I spent much of yesterday assisting with the repainting of 3016. After 2 years, its "temporary" paint job of all over plain black was starting to look just that....Temporary. So, the engine has now been repainted into glossy.......Well, I'm not going to say, just to keep you guessing.
The vexed question of livery is one that always sparks heated debate where ever it crops up. The ARHS is no different and every man and his dog sticks an oar in. "It ought to be blue", "Why don't we make it green like 1210 with a brass dome?", "If it ain't black, it ain't right" (with apologies to I Riley) and so on. In 3016s case, I think the last one prevails - black is definitely her colour.
There is nothing exactly "Pretty" about 3016s final form. You can polish up all its copper\brass, paint it pink etc but I think that unless you cut off that drumhead smokebox, its always going to look like mutton dressed as lamb (Take Dubbos 3144 green and red livery as another example- No offence to the blokes who did it but it looked simply ghastly) . In black, however, she just looks right. Not sure why\how. It just suits her profile as a good, hard working engine.
Anyway, thanks to D Malcolm’s efforts above the frame and KBJ Mellor’s below it, she now looks a lot better with not a hint of blue, grey or red!
"PLUG"
3016 will strut her stuff for the first time in 2009 on Saturday the 11th of April, running CBA-QBN shuttles. 1210 will also be in attendance, and in steam for inspection at Canberra Railway station.
"DISCLAIMER"
A Duffy, author of "The Down Home", is a raving lunatic who views are not representative of any organisations that he might choose to associate with.
Moving on, I spent much of yesterday assisting with the repainting of 3016. After 2 years, its "temporary" paint job of all over plain black was starting to look just that....Temporary. So, the engine has now been repainted into glossy.......Well, I'm not going to say, just to keep you guessing.
The vexed question of livery is one that always sparks heated debate where ever it crops up. The ARHS is no different and every man and his dog sticks an oar in. "It ought to be blue", "Why don't we make it green like 1210 with a brass dome?", "If it ain't black, it ain't right" (with apologies to I Riley) and so on. In 3016s case, I think the last one prevails - black is definitely her colour.
There is nothing exactly "Pretty" about 3016s final form. You can polish up all its copper\brass, paint it pink etc but I think that unless you cut off that drumhead smokebox, its always going to look like mutton dressed as lamb (Take Dubbos 3144 green and red livery as another example- No offence to the blokes who did it but it looked simply ghastly) . In black, however, she just looks right. Not sure why\how. It just suits her profile as a good, hard working engine.
Anyway, thanks to D Malcolm’s efforts above the frame and KBJ Mellor’s below it, she now looks a lot better with not a hint of blue, grey or red!
"PLUG"
3016 will strut her stuff for the first time in 2009 on Saturday the 11th of April, running CBA-QBN shuttles. 1210 will also be in attendance, and in steam for inspection at Canberra Railway station.
"DISCLAIMER"
A Duffy, author of "The Down Home", is a raving lunatic who views are not representative of any organisations that he might choose to associate with.
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