FPE88 Adverted!
By the spring of 2011, we had had to patch
up the paintwork on the roof of FPE88 several times, and decided that enough was
enough - repaint time! However the spanner in the works was that George, who preserved
FPE88 in the first place wanted to reproduce an advertising livery that it had carried
early in it's career. Getting permission wasn't likely to be an issue, since the advert
was for a car dealership that no longer exists, and George had managed to locate a
couple of pictures of FPE88 in that livery. The only new colour of paint required was
blue, and we had to use a bit of guesswork for the shade (the colours on old photos
are not to be trusted). So far so good. However the advert itself was going to be a
very large vinyl, which would need expertise to design, reproduce, and apply. But that
didn't worry us at all as we get our insignia from a professional vinyl-maker who in
years gone by has worked for Fife Scottish designing adverts. Including this one! So
with it all worked out (!) and Easter 2011 approaching, we ordered some tins of paint
and got our overalls on...
Doomed Insignia!
Greyhead Leopard!
Carrot-Top To Redhead!
A Coat Of Many Colours!
The Last Lap
Red, (Off-)White, & Blue!
FPE88 Adverted At Last!
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Before opening a single tin of paint, we had to remove the various
vinyls that FPE88 was carrying so that we could buff down the paintwork. But first
I took the chance to photograph the
Doomed Insignia!
.
As paint drips tend to fall downward, we generally paint buses from
the roof downward, and since we like to start with a layer of primer, we soon ended
up with a
Greyhead Leopard!
.
I didn't get any pictures of the roof being painted in orange
undercoat, but took some at the start of the next session when we turned FPE88
from
Carrot-Top To Redhead!
.
By the day of the Royal Wedding, FPE88 sported an alarming mix
of colours at different height on the bodyside as we worked downward applying
the three stages of primer, undercoat, and topcoat (gloss) in succession. In
fact it really was
A Coat Of Many Colours!
.
By working on several levels at once, and hot-coating where
possible, we reached the end of April with only the Ayres Red on the lowest
parts of the bodywork left to apply and were on
The Last Lap
.
At the start of May the vinyls were not nearly ready, but with
the re-paint completed I was able to video and capture pictures of FPE88 in
Red, (Off-)White, & Blue!
.
I was working the day the vinyls were put on (would have
liked to film that!), but the following weekend I naturally took pictures of
FPE88 Adverted At Last!
.
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