New Deliveries / New Livery & Branding Discussion

[Wumpty]

Do something positive and the first comment is a moan

You can't win @Tony - another classic case of speculation when no one knows what the full story is, instead of letting due process happen and be surprised if/when a new bus replaces it!

On another note, is 6148 fitted with a high speed diff/tacho for motorway/private hire purposes?

[Tony]

You can't win @Tony - another classic case of speculation when no one knows what the full story is, instead of letting due process happen and be surprised if/when a new bus replaces it!

On another note, is 6148 fitted with a high speed diff/tacho for motorway/private hire purposes?

It's standard diff, but is tacho fitted hence choice of bus. This was blocked for months and even nearly went grey on Monday 

[2900]

Just seen a picture of 6148 at walsall , it looks amazing that shine is summat else on the lower sections.
Grand job by all those involved .

[Jack D]

Just seen a picture of 6148 at walsall , it looks amazing that shine is summat else on the lower sections.
Grand job by all those involved .

Got the link to pic?

[markcf83]

Will be interesting to see what this looks like in BCT livery!
https://bustimes.org/vehicles/tnxb-6148

I guess it'll be a replacement for 4651.

[2900]

Got the link to pic?

I have on my works group chat the foto, but I have no idea how to upload to forums, i have done it many many years a go on a laptop by just messing about,  Tony mentioned something about bandwidth so I haven't bothered since.

[Tony]

[Steve3229vp]

This is by far the best BCT heritage bus I've ever seen.

[BlackCountryBusSpotter]

That is one good looking Livery suits the MMC like a glove. 

[Mayfield]

Shame the whole fleet can't be this colour instead of the depressing drab colours we have now

[Tony]

Shame the whole fleet can't be this colour instead of the depressing drab colours we have now

That has taken 4 times longer to paint, and cost 3 times as much, hence why most buses around the country are going one colour (Stagecoach, London, Manchester) or sometimes 2 (First).

Single colour repaint is 

prep, mask (one day), undercoat, bake, top coat, bake, varnish, bake (one day), apply vinyls. (0.5 days)

This one was prep, mask undercoat, bake, re-mask for khaki, paint, bake, re-mask for cream, paint, bake, re-mask for blue, very time consuming due to thin lines, paint, bake, re-mask for complete bus, varnish, bake, apply vinyls. Now while the prep & vinyls take the same time the painting took 4 days, not 1.

[Mayfield]

Everybody is entitled to an opinion 

[Steve3229vp]

Everybody is entitled to an opinion

He wasn't criticising you opinion, he was just pointing out how expensive and time consuming it is for liveries like Birmingham City Transport. 

[j789]

That has taken 4 times longer to paint, and cost 3 times as much, hence why most buses around the country are going one colour (Stagecoach, London, Manchester) or sometimes 2 (First).

Single colour repaint is

prep, mask (one day), undercoat, bake, top coat, bake, varnish, bake (one day), apply vinyls. (0.5 days)

This one was prep, mask undercoat, bake, re-mask for khaki, paint, bake, re-mask for cream, paint, bake, re-mask for blue, very time consuming due to thin lines, paint, bake, re-mask for complete bus, varnish, bake, apply vinyls. Now while the prep & vinyls take the same time the painting took 4 days, not 1.

Do you know which of the WMPTE/WMT/TWM/NXWM liveries has been the most expensive to produce fleet wide? I'm guessing the TWM original low floor was the cheapest?

[jasmine]

That has taken 4 times longer to paint, and cost 3 times as much, hence why most buses around the country are going one colour (Stagecoach, London, Manchester) or sometimes 2 (First).

Single colour repaint is

prep, mask (one day), undercoat, bake, top coat, bake, varnish, bake (one day), apply vinyls. (0.5 days)

This one was prep, mask undercoat, bake, re-mask for khaki, paint, bake, re-mask for cream, paint, bake, re-mask for blue, very time consuming due to thin lines, paint, bake, re-mask for complete bus, varnish, bake, apply vinyls. Now while the prep & vinyls take the same time the painting took 4 days, not 1.

How long would you say the TfWM (TfWM diamond pattern) platinums take?