APT P UK Class 370

02/09/2025

Bit more glossing done with the lower part of the power car painted exec light grey then DTS & TRSB painted dark grey this leaves 3 more vehicles to paint dark grey then it's the red & white lines to finish and finally the yellow and black.
There is still the W/C side of the power car to do this will be done last as it needs some work.

30/08/2025

Roof now done on all coaches & power car, leaving the lower half of the PC both sides and then the light grey is finished. Work will then start on the dark grey followed by the red & white stripes then yellow ans finally black window surround and bogies.
There will be the vents on the panels to do and then vinyls, looking at probably 2 weeks till finish now due to change in weather.

29/08/2025

Not a bad write up this time from the press....

In June 2024, a lifelong dream came true. I drove the APT – Britain’s infamous tilting train, invented in the 1970s, dumped in the Eighties. Sitting in the cab, I covered a total distance of zero inches, as this rare surviving example of an “Advanced Passenger Train” happens to be parked on ...

27/08/2025

Vinyls have arrived, just need cutting and sorting out ready to put onto the APT. The black arrows are in solid form but are "weeded" ready to apply. I have put the " Sc" in front of 48103 for the 1st time in a very long time. No painting done today due to the rain.

21/08/2025

Executive light grey and red gloss now on, just the roof sections and the panels to do on 48603 and a section of 48602 and those colours will be done, however the red needs another coat.
I should...optomistically... finish the bodywork painting by end next week then its doing the small details like grilles and emergency fire pull handles at each cab, vinyls on and painting the bogies.

16/08/2025

Now undercoating the public side with 3 quarters of it done, got the rest of the TBF to do and the roofs on the DTS, TRUB, TBF, these should be done by next week.
Still hoping to get the main bodywork finished by end of the month, then painting the bogies..all done by early September. From where i sat today it looked like the panto was on the overhead ( even though it would of been the wrong one lol)...& no it's not going mainline before it's mentioned lol

09/08/2025

West Coast side now done just vents on the underframe panels & cantrail striping to do. The power car will be done last as it requires a bit of work on it.
I have started on the public side undercoating which im hoping to get done by end of next week.

05/08/2025

Hi all. I have these reprinted posters in their original sizes ( Double Royal, A2 ) if interested. PM me for the prices all done by a professional printer. These images are thumbnail sizes so look terrible but the printed ones are perfect.

02/08/2025

Dark grey now done on the W/C side, just the red and white stripes to do and cantrail striping and this side is finished.
The PC and grilles will be done last, just need to get the main painting done.

30/07/2025

Light grey done on the W/C side except for the power car that'll be done last as it needs a bot more work. Next will be the dark grey then red and white, hopefully by end next week that side will be done.

25/07/2025

Hi all. I am doing all my manuals ( PDF,JPG,etc) on a flashdrive if interested. There are around 800+ different ones varying from drivers, crew manuals ( 33003, 33056 ), technical, engineering, some drawings, etc. PM me for the cost and also the list.

25/07/2025

Roof sections all painted on West coast side..then gets bombarded by flies, wasps... damn things. Also done bottom section of 602 on public side and part of the roof.
Going to finish off the bottom sections on W/C side, then dark grey undercoat, gloss red line, then grey gloss followed by white stripe. The power car will be last as it still needs a little bit of work.