Donald and Douglas - Complete!

Well, it's been another good project, and it has turned out better than i had expected, although the chassis maybe shorter than the real tv models, i am pleased with my models of the scottish twins.

Donald and Douglas have so far been my most fave projects, both models have been entirely built from scratch and run on a pair of Hornby 0-6-0 motors, they have been well oiled ands run smoothly.

I will soon have a video made of the twins running on my partly built layout, but for now, here are pics of the finished models.

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Bachmann Thomas and Percy Upgrade!

This is just something i did as a quick project, basically, i have removed the eye mechanisms from both engines carefully and put them aside for future use. The faces on the models are wrong anyway to begin with, so i have also removed these and put them to one side.

I have two old Hornby Thomas and Percy models, which i have removed the faces from carefully and made slight adjustments to them. With that complete, the faces have been placed on the fronts of the Bachmann Thomas and Percy, and the result, a more TV series look-alike Thomas and Percy.

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Douglas - 70% Done!

Well, progress on Douglas is coming along nicely, won't be too long now before he is done, just need safety valves and whistle to be added, the i can start his tender. Pics below of current progress:

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Douglas - 40% Done

Since the completion of Donald, i had planned to make Douglas straight after, but, i had left the project for a while so i could carry on with other projects, i don't like to rush making my models and many have told me that i can often produce them abit quick. So i decided to go back to the plans i had for the CR 812, and make a fresh start scratchbuilding again.

At current, Douglas is 40% done, the body is having splashers, handrails and cab roof fitted, so it won't be too long before the main part of the model is done, once that is done, i can then make a start on building the tender, which is an easy job and won't take very long for me to do.

Pics will be posted later of the models current progress..

Update on new model projects and new layout

Greetings one and all, i must first apologise for the lack of updates to this blog. I have been very busy with new projects in my time and have lacked updating severly due to work and getting stuck into my new projects.

Firstly, Douglas is halfway near completion, the boiler, cab and smokebox have been built and the chassis mounted to the scratchbuilt runningplate, so i am hopin to have Douglas completed by the end of next week, if all goes well with the model.

Secondly, the new layout i designed has began construction and all the trackwork has been pinned to the baseboard and tested. All tracks and sidings work nicely with full power, so i have only to solder the wire to the rails to keep power permanently running through the rails.
The proposed layout i am modelling is Elsbridge from the first series of Thomas The Tank Engine, the station has some nice features to it, such as the footbridge, canopy and the road where Thomas and Bertie raced each other. I am modelling the layout using pictures i printed off the computer for reference, and adding some of my own details to the rest of the layout once Elsbridge has been built and detailed.

I have decided that once Douglas is complete, i will move on to my next new project, which will be a re-model of my old Rosie. The model will be made from an old playcraft 0-4-0 mould, or, i might just scratchbuild her completely, but i am waiting for a good friend of mine to send me a list of parts i need in order to make her.

Well, that's all for now, will keep you updated as soon as more progress is made.

bye for now

regards

The Thomas Modeller