Victorian Railways NA No. 6A
A compact tank engine to close the collection.
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 6A takes water at Belgrave in November 2002. Green tanks, a black smokebox and a red buffer beam are visible. Read each caption before using it as a colour or configuration reference.
Preserved 6A takes water at Belgrave in November 2002. Green tanks, a black smokebox and a red buffer beam are visible. Exact engine No. 6A in its preserved green presentation. This later finish differs from the dark finish in the 1960s photographs.
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Preserved 6A at Belgrave in November 2002, showing green tanks with pale lining and red trim. Exact engine No. 6A in its preserved green presentation. This later finish differs from the dark finish in the 1960s photographs.
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6A with a works train at Menzies Creek in 1962. The rear view shows its dark finish, pale number plate and red buffer beam. Historical photograph of exact engine No. 6A. Caption date follows the photograph description; the 2017 metadata date is the scan date.
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6A departing Emerald towards Belgrave around 1966. This distant historical view shows the dark locomotive and red carriages. Historical photograph of exact engine No. 6A. Caption date follows the photograph description; the 2017 metadata date is the scan date.
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Preserved 6A at Lakeside in March 2007, showing its green finish, pale tank lining, black smokebox and red buffer beam. Exact engine No. 6A in its preserved green presentation. This later finish differs from the dark finish in the 1960s photographs.
Gwernol · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source photograph. Resized and converted to WebP.
Know the version.
Puffing Billy Railway identifies two-tone green with white lining as 6A's original scheme and its restored livery. The restoration includes original-style tanks and a low bunker, but uses a steel cow-catcher instead of the original wooden type. The green pencil shades are approximate; follow the visible tank boundaries and keep the pale lining fine.
The pencil example uses mid green and deep 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.
Puffing Billy Railway: locomotive fleet, 6ADid you know?
6A worked on all four Victorian Railways narrow-gauge lines during its career, although much of its service was on the Colac and Gembrook routes.
Make the details count.
Separate the side tanks from the boiler with subtle changes in green.
Keep light gaps around the compact wheels and rods.