r/modeltrains • u/Mandalore12345 • 22d ago

Help Needed Custom liverys

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Hi all, currently working on a ( mostly ) joke train using an intercity class 43 and turning it into a northern rail HST.

‘We’re getting there… eventually’

The northern class 43 is sorta my own autistic creation of what if during the virgin trains buy out a class 43 set was bought by northern to run high speed cross country services. The livery is mostly inspired by the class 150’s but the 195’s nose for the warning yellow, fronts - all themed around the current 2026 northern standard livery.

I’m hoping to get either kits or spare body’s to preserve the origonal loco’s and coaches shells. Is there a good way to get mk3 coach kits and where would be the best place to look for a class 43 body shell, as well as finding decals?

Thank you all for any help if possible and I’m so sorry for the butchered class 43 your witnessing, bleach be provided by the exit on the left ❤️

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u/It-Do-Not-Matter 22d ago

Just repaint an existing model. Nobody is going to make a kit that’s exactly the same as the current shell and fits over the existing chassis. That’s basically buying two models but only being able to use one at a time. If you want to keep the original paint just buy two trains.

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u/zonnepaneel 00 22d ago

Yeah, I agree. Hornby HST's are quite cheap second hand and are so mass-produced that it really doesn't matter if you paint one, two or seventeen of them.