Overall, good improvement over my first attempt with him. I am by no means perfect lmao, but nice to know I’ve gotten way better at this in just five years.

The grind continues though, got way more to finish within a year, so stay tuned as always!

It’s mostly small stuff, but the smoother smokebox end, and using actual 3D printed lamp irons, brake pipe and safety valve make a world of a difference.

Also so happy we have scans of the prop faces to use and print now, though I still need to sand n paint the rest of them.

As I’ve mentioned before, I’m trying to upgrade and refine my TVS stuff since I feel a lot of it has aged.

Edward was one of my earlier ones and is probably the easiest to redo, since he doesn’t require a new 3D printed body and is pretty simple detail-wise, so he was first up.

Here’s a comparison between the new Hornby and my old Bachmann Mayflower in 1970s-2000s condition, that I renamed/Renumbered myself.

And yea the Hornby one’s def an upgrade in every area, especially the handrails.

Might sell my Bachmann one, but it’s a different livery so idk..

Do have some minor gripes tho, mainly the (still) plastic running plate makes the price a lil questionable + the front NEM pocket sticks out too far and interferes when the front details are fitted.

I might even get a spare bogie to model and cut the pocket off, it is annoying.

In-all, overjoyed with the results, and happy to complete the steam engine fleet (sort of). Cliche to say, but this may be another favorite in the collection.

Thanks to KnucklesSCC for the bodyshells as always!

Stay tuned, and Happy 80th Anniversary!! 🎉

#THOMAS80
#RWS80

After all the test fits tho, painting was a pretty standard affair at this point.

Like with the Scottish Twins, it was a real challenge trying to get their details matching up to make them look like the same engine, but I think I pulled it off well enough.

I had always planned Thomas to be the last of the main steam engines.

I bought (them) the same time as Percy, but unlike Percy, getting the chassis to fit right on BOTH shells was easily the hardest part; LOTS or trial and error cutting/test fitting with these ones!

The Trevor faces are scaled to the Bandai TECS model, but I can scale them to whatever size you want (Plarail, WR, Take Along, etc), just provide me the measurements.

I also have some of NWRKRIS other designs available too. These are about $5 CAD per face, DM if interested too!

Don’t think it’s worth going into as much detail about everything else, they’re pretty self explanatory as to what they are, besides getting everything shown for decent prices.

‘Tis all for now. I’m been really sick for a couple days, so I will go back to dying in bed 🫡 🛏️

Oh yea and Mr. Overpriced himself, Oliver.

I have an Oliver from childhood already, but in rough shape even after cleaning and a bad runner. Then by chance I found an auction for this one at a low bid, so said why not!

I still have his coaches from childhood in clean shape too.

Yes, the RWS Thomas is as good as everyone says it is, don’t think I have much to add that hasn’t already been praised.

It’s just really cool to me that we have versions of Thomas (and Annie and Clarabel) in RWS, Model, and CGI styles now.