(31 Jul 2013, 5:08 pm)BJ10VUS wrote(31 Jul 2013, 4:30 pm)Daniel wrote Re: Cobalt Clipper
Only the rear of the vehicles are being repainted at the moment. Most (if not all) Citaros have a rear advertisement and require a repaint to clean them up a bit afterwards, so going straight back into silver.
I imagine after the above repaints are complete, work may possibly start on "Cobalt Clipper" branded vehicles too.
Wonder if they'll do that with the 'Crusader' Citaro that has a 'Love Northumberland' advert on the rear. Seems a bit pointless advertising Northumberland County Council in South Tyneside
I believe that there are a few "Crusader" branded Citaros that have a few odd panels that need to be painted... I noticed one a few days ago with a panel kind of hanging off (same story with a "North Tyne Links" MPD today too), but a lot have been replaced with darker coloured panels.
A "Red Kite" Omnicity was having a few panels repainted today that had either been replaced or needed replacing. I imagine when Saltmeadows' load isn't quite so heavy, they'll have it removed. That said, they'll have to wait until the advertisement is due to be removed to actually remove it - otherwise they'd have to refund Northumberland County Council some money if they paid for it to be displayed, surely? Seems incredibly pointless nevertheless, I agree.
I don't think that the adverts on Cobalt Clipper were the same, they were just every day adverts you see on buses if I am correct. They didn't have the proper boards for them though, hence the need to remove the adverts, sand down and then repaint to clean them back up.