(06 Feb 2018, 4:58 pm)RBZ 5459 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
I remember when they had to repaint the whole fleet back in 2002 (i think) and remember distinctly the ALX300's still had a stripy roof whilst the rest of the bus was in the new livery,so i see your point of scabby roof's,as internal refurbs,probably wont happen,i was on 19217 today and its a mess,it was actually leaking upstairs,and you can see where they've attempted to re-seal it with black silicone,looks awful
Kind Regards
Tez
