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Hi! Sounds good, are you respraying the HST or are you doing a 166 or the Night Riviera? That can't be the same teal green used by Midland Mainline in their first livery is it? As the model is a representation of the real thing you might want to use a darker green as you won't get the same darkening effect that happens in real life, which means the model may look too light even though you've used the correct colour. Personally I'd suggest matching the colour you use to most pictures of the HST in action rather than, for example, the livery spec, as when it's on the layout you want it to look like it does when in every day service. However, thats just my opinion, you should always go with whatever you like the look of best; as the modeller it's always got to be your decision.

Fair enough, whatever works for you. It was actually whilst I was looking for paints to mix that I found one ready mixed that looked pretty good. If you haven't got your transfers yet, I'd recomment using Precision Decals, they do 2mm and 4mm versions of the GWR HST logos.

An N gauge GWR HST would look great! What paint colours are you using for it? Regarding the light clusters, personally I prefer the older style headlights, so I think I'll allow for a little bit of modellers license and leave them how they are.

Hi there! As you may have already gathered, this thread is about my first major respraying project; making an HST go green. For those of you who haven't seen set LA15, here's a picture (not mine!) http://www.hondawanderer.com/43188_Circourt_2015.htm. For the project, I am using transfers from Precision Decals. These are superb quality, as good as you can get in my opinion. John from Precision Decals was very helpful as well, not just advising me on the transfers themselves, but also on aspects such as the pain colour and what finishes to use. I highly recommend using them. For the main paint colour, I have found that Revell number 62 seems to be a good representation, but you cant be 100% sure until it's on the model! I am going to start with the powercars. I have enough transfers for 2 class 43s and 5 Mk.3s, which would give a decent length to the model, the same as my other HSTs that I already have. Whether or not a do a full rake of 8 coaches depends on how the first 5 go. The powercars I am using are the latest spec Hornby ones in East Midlands Livery. I chose these powercars in particular because: 1,They were going cheap, and 2, because the way the black swoops down from the roof to the windscreen at the front is the same as the GWR one. I also am not a huge fan of the livery, and the seem to be fairly common, so I won't feel guilty stripping them down to base plastic and repainting them. The headlights and the cooler group fans are incorrect for either 43187 or 43188, but I'm not really bothered about that too much. Personally, I think the HSTs look a lot better with the older style headlights, so I probably won't change that on the model. I'd like to know what you all think though. In terms of the fan on the roof, the only way I could get an HST with the correct Voith one rather than the Brush version on the EMT model would be to buy a First Great Western blue set. Since these go for 100s of pounds and are quite rare, I am not prepared to use one of them just for the roof vent! Any advise on any aspect of the project and comments/feedback would be most welcome! Watch this space!

Looks great, I've been searching for a FGW based layout on here for a long time, so nice to see one of such a high standard! Where did you get the FGW power cars in the older livery from? They look like the newer Hornby tooling so I'm guessing they're resprays?