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Good morning Many thanks for these explanations and the photos which clearly show the difference. I thought about changing the wheels but I'm afraid the bogies will touch the rails. My primary concern is that English passenger carriages are high on their bogies. Therefore, the platforms must be at the height of the doors. In France, the platforms of the past were low and passenger carriages had two levels of steps. So I'm going to be reasonable and I'm going to stay on the HO models and change the delivery of the models to the GWR version. Thanks again...

This is the second series of modern passenger cars in GWR livery. Personally, I'm not attracted to these passenger cars... My preference is for the first series with the side doors.... In the future, I'm thinking of buying GWR cars from Hornby. But for the moment, the supplier can't fulfil orders because of a fire in his shop. So I'll wait until the supplier is up and running before ordering two passenger coaches. Because I understand that the OO scale is identical to HO

I'd be interested to know how you made the river.... For my network I was thinking of making it with industrial gelatin but given the depth of my river, I was thinking of making it with transparent varnish in several layers.... and how did you make your river?

No I don't think I can put ‘First’, ‘Third’, ‘Guard’ and ‘GWR’/‘Shirt Button’ transfers because I couldn't find the decals. Also, I don't think I can put them on the passenger cars because I don't know where to put them.... Personally, I think the cars will stay as you see them in the photos. Maybe a small logo, but I don't know what to put. Second series of passenger cars delivered by GWR. I'm going to look at the doors again and paint them cream around the windows.

I'd like to introduce you to the GWR version of the restyled passenger carriages. I am satisfied with the result although it was not easy because of the design of the passenger cars.

Thank you Mr Wolf. For small details to be painted, glued etc... I use a large magnifying glass hanging around my neck. This allows me to see in close-up and to have both hands free. You can find them everywhere, in shops and on the web. Here's an example.

The windows are painted dark red with a permanent marker pen. I think the colour is fine. What do you think?

Initially I put in a thin strip of border. It's a self-adhesive strip that I painted gold. But when I put it on the passenger car, the gold faded. So I opted for black, which stayed on the thin strip.... I couldn't get a fine felt-tip pen between the hand-mountings and the edge of the windows. I'd have to find some in a shop.... For the colour of the window surrounds, I'm thinking of dark red for the 1880-1908 period.

Hats off to you! Not a brushstroke on the wagon... I thought it was model spray paint...

Magnificent! What kind of paint do you use?

Thank you, Mr Wolf. I was thinking like you and this evening I put a thin black strip 3 mm thick. Not easy to put on but I used a large magnifying glass ^^. Here's the result in photos, it's better and I've added a little touch of gold on the cuffs. Originally, the outlines of the door windows were gold. I'm thinking of doing the outline of the door windows in dark red... But according to the photos, the colours are different. As someone who knows GWR passenger cars well, what colour are the window surrounds? Thank you

The junction between the brown and the creamy white isn't very pretty to look at. I don't know how I could get a cleaner line between these two colours, knowing that the relief doesn't make my job any easier. Do you have any ideas on how to correct this?

That's it! I've found the colour I like. I bought a creamy white spray paint in a DIY shop. It's exactly what I wanted for my cars. See you soon for the next part of Sainte Apolline's adventure.

I've painted the passenger cars in creamy brown. However, I'm disappointed with the cream colour, which looks grey.... I can't seem to find the right colour for the outline of the windows. It's not easy to choose the right paint on the web because the images are always different from reality. What reference of yellow could I use for my passenger cars? Thank you for your help and see you soon for the continuation of Sainte Apolline's adventure.