(06 Feb 2018, 4:17 pm)Dan I'm surprised this wasn't used as an opportunity to give it an internal mid-life refurbishment? Don't profess to travel on these Hybrids all too often, but if it's anything like the similarly-aged diesel Enviro400s, they won't be in the best condition internally!
Guessing they possibly missed the whole roof? I noticed parts of the 'pod' on the gas buses have been left blue too.
If you look at the roofs of Wheatsheaf's repaints, they very rarely paint them. SC Health and Safety rules group wide mean they aren't allowed to paint the roofs unless they have correct safety harness etc. Wheatsheaf being one of those paintshops without such, and with no painting gantry. Surprised they've not done that front lip of the dome though, unless it's left for quirkiness. I guess the same paint principle will go with the reverse of the Gas bus pod panels.
Some depots do paint the roof one colour, normally white, as painters do not need to be physically on the roof, in contrast to painting stripes from corporate swoops. The North East ALX300s always stand out in memory, freshly painted but with a scabby roof. Same with the Metrocentre E300s, they still have original swoops on the roof from when they were new and they've gone through a few swoop variations over the years:
https://flic.kr/p/C89HDM
