It looks beautiful! Something about it reminds me of the Rainhill Trials.
I thought you were going to keep it in its original state, but you shouldn't have given away what it was going to be after the photo with the VHS, because you wrote: "Can you guess what it is?" You could've instead just stopped the first post there and let others answer the question in the comments.
It seems to have a perfect wheel configuration for what you have in mind (I have heard of this incarnation of the Little Engine). At the time of writing, all it will need for the conversion would be a set of trailing wheels and enlarged cylinders, and the cowcatcher would go exactly where the bufferbeam is.
As much as your previous Tillie looks like the actual character, the new one is clearly going to look more professional. Best of luck.
I thought you were going to keep it in its original state, but you shouldn't have given away what it was going to be after the photo with the VHS, because you wrote: "Can you guess what it is?" You could've instead just stopped the first post there and let others answer the question in the comments.
It seems to have a perfect wheel configuration for what you have in mind (I have heard of this incarnation of the Little Engine). At the time of writing, all it will need for the conversion would be a set of trailing wheels and enlarged cylinders, and the cowcatcher would go exactly where the bufferbeam is.
As much as your previous Tillie looks like the actual character, the new one is clearly going to look more professional. Best of luck.
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