LMS Duchess of Hamilton No. 6229
A streamlined expression of inter-war confidence.
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.
Restored streamlined nose in deep red or maroon with sweeping gold-coloured lining. Read each caption before using it as a colour or configuration reference.
Restored streamlined nose in deep red or maroon with sweeping gold-coloured lining. Duchess of Hamilton in preservation. Some views show the unstreamlined form and others show the reconstructed streamlined casing; these are different periods of the same locomotive.
Ian Taylor · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source photograph. Resized and converted to WebP.
Duchess of Hamilton on static display at Minehead in its unstreamlined maroon form. Duchess of Hamilton in preservation. Some views show the unstreamlined form and others show the reconstructed streamlined casing; these are different periods of the same locomotive.
Rick Weston from UK · CC BY 2.0 · Source photograph. Resized and converted to WebP.
Duchess of Hamilton working in its unstreamlined maroon preservation form, with a black smokebox and red buffer beam. Duchess of Hamilton in preservation. Some views show the unstreamlined form and others show the reconstructed streamlined casing; these are different periods of the same locomotive.
Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source photograph. Resized and converted to WebP.
Close cab-side view of Duchess of Hamilton showing the cream number 6229 against maroon paint and fine lining. Duchess of Hamilton in preservation. Some views show the unstreamlined form and others show the reconstructed streamlined casing; these are different periods of the same locomotive.
Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK · CC BY 2.0 · Source photograph. Resized and converted to WebP.
Distant monochrome station view of Duchess of Hamilton. This photograph does not establish paint colour. Duchess of Hamilton in preservation. Some views show the unstreamlined form and others show the reconstructed streamlined casing; these are different periods of the same locomotive.
Dr Neil Clifton · CC BY-SA 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 crimson and warm gold. 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.
National Railway Museum: Duchess of Hamilton restoration and crew recollectionsDid you know?
The streamlined shape seen in preservation is a restoration. Duchess of Hamilton spent much of its later working life without the original casing.
Make the details count.
Keep the gold lining thin and consistent.
Shade the broad casing gradually so its rounded shape remains clear.