From Miniature to BIG

Ah, it is actually Grey as per the box illustration, it was just poor lighting as I didn't use the flash as that adds reflections/hot spots and as it was in the murky English early evening there were colour hues from the light/TV which made it look green lol!

Incidentally, a few hours after that delivery I received a further pre-order delivery, this one is a bit of a departure for me.  It is TT120 scale (nothing new there as you know I've been buying those), but its a diesel and not a steamer (shock/horror).  To be fair its quite an old style diesel as its a modelling of the old BR intercity 125 express - so called as they were capable of 125 mph and formed the backbone of the express services here for decades (I first travelled on one in 1979 and they were not new then!!).  But as it was the first 100mph+ train I ever travelled on it does hold a little sentimental value for me, I can also say that even in the lowest travel class they were far more comfortable than the more modern trains around now, lovely comfortable seats and space.  Curiously, although I'm not sure when they entered service you may not believe it but there are still some of the privatised rail companies with them in service now.  I guess that shows how well they were made in the first place and to a degree how advanced they were for their time.

This one is in one of the original BR intercity liveries (there was a later more grey coloured one) and reflects the type I travelled on.  If you're wondering I bought the set rather than the train pack as I could get that for less than the cost of the individual train pack and DCC decoders that would be required to make it digital.  The track etc... is just a bonus.  I also already have a complete set of the additional carriages needed to make a full consist of this train (8 other coaches as if I recall correctly including all the usual travel classes, buffet car and sleeper).  I picked up the coaches during the Hornby sale around Q3 last year at less than half price knowing I'd got this set on pre-order.