QUOTE (john woodall @ 10 May 2009, 09:41)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Hi Clive,
As a "simple" rule of thumb if the entrance doors windows are oval then they are pre WW II, the rectangular door windows are post WW II.
There is lots of debate on other forums concerning whether the colour is correct.
Personally I don't care but as these "luxury" trains really ran on limited routes, they are not suitable for my layout so have not done a lot of research into them other than in a very general sense to prove they were unlikely to have run in the region I am modelling.
Cheers
John
Interesting information, thanks John.
When I was making up the CIWL set for SL I had at least three variations of the colours and/or roof's & it never really looked the part. Thanks to Simon K at Hornby we now have a complete set of the Hornby Rivarossi ones, all matching & they really are excellent, well detailed coaches.