(05 Feb 2016, 8:00 pm)G-CPTN wrote Talking of MPDs - Hexham now has at least two MPDs with blue roofs - are these 'keepers'?
(Hexham is to receive Solos 'soon' that are expected to replace (some of) the MPDs.)
IMO the blue roof makes the (ageing) MPDs look 'tacky' (like a lesser operator's 'hand-painted' livery).
I believe that the Solos will have blue roofs as part of a new Tynedale Links livery.
That is the intention, I believe.
And yes, the contrast roof looks a lot better on solos. Helps that the colour can be carried down the front, as on the venture solos. The OK way MPDs look lovely, though - it's a slightly old fashioned livery and the white roof carries down to the bottom of the windows - it's not a lot of white paint, but it does look a lot more balanced, as visually, it's half and half. I think that would have been a better move for the Hexham MPDs that are to remain.
They'd look better still with the blue on the bottom half, but then they'd look like the bus equivalent of Minions
