Backdating Bachmann's Thomas the Tank Engine

I've been kind of quiet recently due to being busy with school, but I have made a fair amount of progress with Thomas! For the last few weeks, I was mostly doing filling and sanding, but I have finally started on painting! First I repainted the wheels to the new blue color. One nice thing is that, because I used a blue spray paint, the coverage on the wheels is much better than I got with the brush-on lighter blue!






After that, I was able to spray the cab piece blue right away, but I had some work to do on the main body still. I also got the cab windows painted yellow.





Once I finished the sanding work on the body, I was able to paint it blue! Now Thomas looks much more like himself again!





Now I just need to do the last coat of black on the smokebox, then I can begin all of the masking for the lining and number. I'm going to need a lot of patience for that, but I'm confident that I can do it!

I have also worked on the design for the new running plate, and I just need to finish off the parts of the design will allow me to put the model together (the cosmetic parts are finished). There's not a picture because most of what I have done is near where the chassis will be, and won't really be visible.

I also have some general updates on my OO scale stuff, and I'll hopefully post about that later today or tomorrow!
Thanks for reading!
-TM2001