GWR King George V No. 6000
Great Western power with an American souvenir.
Bring the engine
to life.
Start with the suggested palette or choose your own colours. Build gentle layers around the engine's distinctive shapes.
Suggested pencil shades and approximate screen swatches. These are not historical paint specifications.
Start lightly and build the darker surfaces gradually. Preserve the printed details.
Leave fine white highlights to separate the moving parts.
Keep the surroundings quieter than the locomotive. Retain light sky areas.
Look a little closer.
Preserved No. 6000 at STEAM in dark green with black smokebox, red buffer beam and brass-coloured bell and fittings. Read each caption before using it as a colour or configuration reference.
Preserved No. 6000 at STEAM in dark green with black smokebox, red buffer beam and brass-coloured bell and fittings. Photograph of the named locomotive. Preserved appearance may differ from its original working condition.
BWard 1997 · CC BY 3.0 · Source photograph. Resized and converted to WebP.
King George V at Chester in preserved green livery, viewed from the front with its black smokebox and brass-coloured boiler fittings visible. Photograph of the named locomotive. Preserved appearance may differ from its original working condition.
Martin Tester · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source photograph. Resized and converted to WebP.
Monochrome photograph of King George V working a train through a cutting. Tonal values do not establish paint colour. Photograph of the named locomotive. Preserved appearance may differ from its original working condition.
David Ingham from Bury, Lancashire, England · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source photograph. Resized and converted to WebP.
King George V at Paddington, partly backlit, with its black smokebox and red buffer beam visible through steam. Photograph of the named locomotive. Preserved appearance may differ from its original working condition.
Barry Lewis · CC BY 2.0 · Source photograph. Resized and converted to WebP.
Elevated museum view of No. 6000 showing its dark green boiler and cab, black front and red buffer beam. Photograph of the named locomotive. Preserved appearance may differ from its original working condition.
nzsteam · CC BY 2.0 · Source photograph. Resized and converted to WebP.
Know the version.
The source below supports the locomotive identity and history. The photographs record the finish visible when each image was taken. A preserved or replica finish does not establish the original paint specification. Exact original paint shades and all period marking details have not been established for this guide.
The pencil example uses deep green and brass. Its palette is interpretive. The gallery records the particular appearances described in its captions; preserved engines, replicas and monochrome photographs cannot establish every original shade or marking.
STEAM Museum: King George V and its American visitDid you know?
King George V crossed the Atlantic in 1927 to take part in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's centenary celebrations.
Make the details count.
Let the bell be a small bright focal point.
Separate the front buffer beam from the dark smokebox.