Mackenzie546

What paint did you use for the 57? i bought some rainbow railways FGW blue and magenta the other day, which looks far more prototypical, but doesnt match the Hornby colour at all from what i can tell from photos.

AFAIK all BFOs had 6 windows then a large pillar then another window on each side, then FGW put in an 8th on the corridor side, and then it was removed when the coaches were converted to BSOs during 2018 refurbishment, at which point the buffet was extensively refurbished, and the TSO had disabled facilities put in.

Hi there, i have recently done the conversion, but i did it from a mk3a tso as then i could use and oxford one for the jumper cables, however it doesnt have the extra door peice, but i may add this from a donor coach at a later date.

Hi all, This is just a workbench thread to show anyone who's interested what i get up to. my current project is creating a reasonable representation of the GWR night riviera. i have so far created the RFM and BSO and I'm now looking at how to do the TSO as it has a strange window arrangement at the toilet end. any tips are very much appreciated. here are some pictures of what i've done so far.

just thought i post some pictures of the coaches ive done so far

ok so today was spent modifying my oxford coach which thankfully turned up early in the day. i tried to take pictures of most of the steps so that if anyone wants to try it themselves they can. i started by removing all of the detail from the end, it just pops out when you press from the inside of the coach. next i removed the roevac vents and added the square ones. i filled in the toilet windows and the first windows on both sides of the coach.(note they got filed down more than this and you can now just see a vague outline of them) then i began cutting the side of the coach. i cut almost flush with the window frame on one side and as far from it as possible on the other side i dont have any photos past this point as i just wnted to get on with it, but essentially i cut an identical piece out of the other side, and swapped them around, meaning the blanked window and the window aperture were right next to each other. this was followed by filling, sanding, priming, filling and sanding for a fairly long period to fill up the gaps between the pieces. the coach has now recieved a coat of green paint, and i have removed 2 seating bays from the interior and replaced them with a cut down guards compartment from a spare airfix mk2. once this dries tomorrow i will paint the doors and roof and apply the decals, and finally i will drill light holes and do put tail lights on both ends and interior lighting.

i thought the same, but i have just looked at the image after pre ordering, and (yes i know its a photoshopped image so may or may not mean anything) it does have the correct vents to not be a repainted RFM also (once again i know its a photoshop) if they had done it from the image of an RFM it would have the smaller window by the buffet counter at the end of the day however, all we can do at this time is speculate until Hornby release more information.

Today i spent a bit of time figuring out how i'm going to do the BFO/BSO. they were converted into BSOs in 2018 i think during refurbishment. i am going to use an oxford rail mk3a as a donor coach, and use 3d printed roof vents to turn it into a mk3B, along with drilling holes for lights. to get the windows correct due to the larger pillar by the guard's compartment, i've drawn up a basic sketch showing where to cut etc. it's only an aproxximation and as long as the spacing is noticably larger, im happy with it. this will have a result that looks something like this i will be ordering the oxford coach next week hopefully so as soon as that arrives then progress will begin.

my current project is making an accurate representation of the GWR/FGW Night Riviera Sleeper. I have jsut finished the buffet, and i'm now purchasing two more coaches for the TSO, and the BSO. I feel the RFM looks ok, as ive had to fabricate roof vents and reposition the service hatch. i have only decalled one side to save resources, and as it will only be seen from that side, it isnt an issue

im now looking at getting some for the Sleeper coaches as they seem to be out of stock on the BFO. just out of interest, what paint and transfers did you use for the FGW livery?

those look really nice! How did you make the end detail? and i occasionally see the hurst overlays on the likes of Ebay etc, but have been unsure of how difficult they would be to use, as the mk3s have a curve in thebodyside. and how do you make the overlay fit flush with the doors?

they were present, as this picture shows- i'd recommend looking at this website, as it has lots of pictures of essentially every item of rolling stock. you can see on the right the Roevac vents on the roof, which denote it as a FO conversion, as opposed to this one (10232) which has the square vents on the far left, along with the the half size windows( the FO conversions had full size windows on the counter side)

apologies for the late reply, Ive had schoolwork get in the way of doing much. i have however managed to finish the buffet coach, #10225, and ive attached some pictures below. You'll notice I've only decalled one side, as it's only going to be running with the counter facing out.

i made the rfm for the gwr night riviera out of an oxford FO, just a case of filling windows, 3d printing roof vents andcutting a bit of the roof. ill see if i can get some pictures. and after looking through the rest of this page i think i mentioned it to you on facebook

that last picture is of a mk3B, not a mk3A, the noticable difference being the HST style vents. this can be done with just a normal Hornby model, or you can do what im doing and swap them onto an oxford model to give a reasonable representation. Mackenzie