Trainmaster189
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I did have the stationmistress version before I moved to TANE from Trainz 12. I was alright with it, but the roof doesn't have any line textures like a lot of the other HST textures (it looks too smooth) and it's somewhat basic looking. I do however have the "INTERCITY Class 43 HST Powercar" from Nath and it's a decent reskin of the old HST model. For the new IC 125 model, I got the entire IC Swallow set from intercityboy and it's a very good texture of the Class 43 and the Mk3s. I wouldn't recommend downloading the old IC Class 43 skin from boy_hennah1989 to anyone who wants accuracy with the swallow livery.
I do like to collect the different skins, compare the looks, and even run them alongside with each other on routes which I also do this with a lot of the North American and German content I have. Back to the IC Swallow stuff, I just think there needs to be more good InterCity Executive and Swallow HST skins to be made, despite of how popular the privatized stuff are. I've even heard of the Railwaves payware HST which I came across on tons of screenshots and even old YouTube videos of it and it's not available anymore like any other ancient Trainz payware. I used to be a fan of the privatized UK stuff and I've personally seen how confusing that can be without doing tons of research on different regions (who runs where) while keeping up with the times which is why I personally prefer the British Rail stuff (mostly 80s and early 90s) more.
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