Glad to see my expansions seem to have generated some excitement 
Well, I've actually decided on a 'theme', so to speak, for the switchback zone - It's going to be a Thomas & Freinds themed section, using the Elsbridge crossing station as a centerpiece; I'm actually planning on expanding my rolling stock collection to have more of the T&F Plarail engines, or at least the ones I distinctly remember from 'my' era of Thomas, that being Ringo Starr [on VHS] and Michael Angelis [TV]. At minimum, I want to add Gordon, Henry and Edward, so i've got the main set of steam engines from Series 1, plus a few of the diesels too, and probably Lady as well, since I got Diesel 10 and of course Magic Railroad, for everything that it is, is still a cherished childhood memory that defo needs recognition on my layout
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This is a bit of a break from my layout previously, as I had decided to stick firmly to Japanese stock and theming only, for the most part, but actually since building the layout, I've gained much more of an appreciation for the old T&F from back in the day, helped by both re-building my original Plarail Thomas from my childhood so he could run again after 15 years of dormancy, and seeing All Engines Go, which frankly made me glad I grew up with 'proper' Thomas - I don't actually know anybody who unironically thinks All Engines Go was a good thing, it's been especially badly recieved in Britain since many people see it as tarnishing the legacy of one of our oldest children's franchises, and considering [as noted in the main AEG thread] that I saw 'Race for The Sodor Cup' and came out wondering what the hell Mattel were thinking by creating it, yeah, give me 'real' Thomas any day
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But yeah, I feel like it's time I properly acknowledged the stuff that got me to this level of railway collecting in the first place, so it looks like a little slice of Sodor will be coming to my layout fairly soonÂ
. Might also make a thread on here for some of the 'Thomas' music covers i've made, as i've been using a MIDI sequencer and the original Roland Synth sounds from S1 to create Thomas-style covers of everything from movie themes to anime music lol .
Well, I've actually decided on a 'theme', so to speak, for the switchback zone - It's going to be a Thomas & Freinds themed section, using the Elsbridge crossing station as a centerpiece; I'm actually planning on expanding my rolling stock collection to have more of the T&F Plarail engines, or at least the ones I distinctly remember from 'my' era of Thomas, that being Ringo Starr [on VHS] and Michael Angelis [TV]. At minimum, I want to add Gordon, Henry and Edward, so i've got the main set of steam engines from Series 1, plus a few of the diesels too, and probably Lady as well, since I got Diesel 10 and of course Magic Railroad, for everything that it is, is still a cherished childhood memory that defo needs recognition on my layout
.This is a bit of a break from my layout previously, as I had decided to stick firmly to Japanese stock and theming only, for the most part, but actually since building the layout, I've gained much more of an appreciation for the old T&F from back in the day, helped by both re-building my original Plarail Thomas from my childhood so he could run again after 15 years of dormancy, and seeing All Engines Go, which frankly made me glad I grew up with 'proper' Thomas - I don't actually know anybody who unironically thinks All Engines Go was a good thing, it's been especially badly recieved in Britain since many people see it as tarnishing the legacy of one of our oldest children's franchises, and considering [as noted in the main AEG thread] that I saw 'Race for The Sodor Cup' and came out wondering what the hell Mattel were thinking by creating it, yeah, give me 'real' Thomas any day
.But yeah, I feel like it's time I properly acknowledged the stuff that got me to this level of railway collecting in the first place, so it looks like a little slice of Sodor will be coming to my layout fairly soonÂ
. Might also make a thread on here for some of the 'Thomas' music covers i've made, as i've been using a MIDI sequencer and the original Roland Synth sounds from S1 to create Thomas-style covers of everything from movie themes to anime music lol .
Been building Plarail worlds since 2001; Building when I can in 2023