SR Channel Packet No. 21C1
Bulleid experiments beneath an air-smoothed casing.
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.
Original works photograph of Channel Packet with its air-smoothed casing. Monochrome tones do not establish the colour of its early livery. Read each caption before using it as a colour or configuration reference.
Original works photograph of Channel Packet with its air-smoothed casing. Monochrome tones do not establish the colour of its early livery. Original air-smoothed Channel Packet No. 21C1.
The original uploader was Bulleid Pacific at English Wikipedia. · Public domain · Source photograph. Resized and converted to WebP.
Channel Packet as rebuilt BR No. 35001, without its original air-smoothed casing. This monochrome photograph does not establish paint colour. Rebuilt Channel Packet No. 35001, with the air-smoothed casing removed.
Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source photograph. Resized and converted to WebP.
Channel Packet as BR No. 35001 while still carrying its air-smoothed casing. This monochrome photograph does not establish paint colour. Channel Packet renumbered 35001 while still in its air-smoothed form.
Ben Brooksbank · 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 southern-inspired green. 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.
Southern E-Group: Merchant Navy class historyDid you know?
Bulleid's 21C numbering described the axle arrangement: two leading axles, one trailing axle and three coupled axles represented by C.
Make the details count.
Use gentle tonal changes across the flat casing panels.
Keep the lettering clear by colouring around its edges first.