TandH's thomas customs

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Hi, my name is T&H, I'm gonna be posting about the tomy/trackmaster thomas customs I've made. To start, I'll post about some of my favourites:
Edward:
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My Edward is very much inspired by aduckproductions RWS Edward, with the taller funnel and visible boiler. Not much to say except I might replace his tender at some point with a Gordon one so his tender can have a centered wheel base.

Henry:
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My favourite character, Henry's biggest mod is that I removed his splashers as I really don't like them on henry. I also had to replace his coal load with a custom one made from wood and the tape used on wooden outdoor things so you can grip onto them. (I don't know what that tape is called) also, I changed his and Gordon's rods so they have an extra bit on top so it's more representative of the valve gear they have in the show.

Spencer:
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Spencer has been given the type rods that Gordon and Henry have. I believe I was inspired by someone else on here who did something similar so thank you to that person! (I should probably try and find that post) not much else to say except he has the same rod mod and has a new tender to engine coupling.

Rosie:
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Rosie has several mods, I based her more so on her irl basis rather than the prop. I changed her wheels to black ones as I thought it looked nicer, I removed part of the running board and did the same rod mod like Henry and Spencer. I'll probably go into my rule of thumb for which locos I do this rod mod to at some point.

Rebecca:
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Still a wip, Rebecca is a plarail one I got on ebay without the face, hence why it isn't here. I replaced the wheels and tender with ones from a neville (the tender I got separately and the neville wheels I got like 7 months later.) Not finished but I do want to get a face for her, any recommendations?

Sixteen:
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My best custom (so far) sixteen was made out of a tomy percy with bufferbeams from a tm2 percy, middle wheels from a thomas, a scratch built saddle tank as I have no spare bills or Bens, and a Rosie face modified using miliput. The front wheels are also from a tm2 engine as they are smaller and removes the need for a splasher or having a gap in the running board.

Geoffrey:
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Made on the fly, Geoffrey is based on the "character" thomas made up in "who's Geoffrey" (I think that's what the episode was called) I made him out of a red c-12 as it was a big red engine and fit the bill as Geoffrey. I gave it bufferbeams and 2 middle wheels from an adventures percy to make him an 0-8-0, just to be different to my other c-12 and to make him look more powerful.

Henry in blue:
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Basically old shape Henry, I made him out of a 2012 trackmaster henry with the standard mods, taper the firebox, remove the steam pipes etc. I decided to go with the blue livery so he could be different to my normal Henry. I do want to go back and redo him at some point though.

98462:
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One of the engines in the shed from "Edwards day out" I made him out of a Gordon with a back running board piece from a Henry. I gave him a tm2 james funnel and made the tender look more like a Henry tender. He's mid redo at the moment and is being worked on with another engine. I also based his design on max the modelling dudes TVS 98462, so credit goes to him for that.

87546:
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The other blue engine from "Edwards day out" he's made from a Gordon, with a Henry boiler and James cab. I based him on an LNER B4. Not much else to say as he's still being worked on. 

W&S No.4:
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An engine from the lore books, I'm making him out of a stepney as it's widely agreed upon that W&S No.4 is a terrier. I've opted for an Isle of Wight bunker which isn't accurate to the time period but I think it looks cool so I'm fine with it. Again, not much to say as he's still being worked on.
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Messages In This Thread
TandH's thomas customs - by TandH - 09-27-2024, 10:23 AM
RE: TandH's thomas customs - by Super - 09-28-2024, 07:36 AM
RE: TandH's thomas customs - by TandH - 09-28-2024, 03:48 PM
RE: TandH's thomas customs - by TandH - 10-02-2024, 12:36 PM
RE: TandH's thomas customs - by Super - 10-03-2024, 09:26 AM
RE: TandH's thomas customs - by TandH - 10-05-2024, 05:46 PM
RE: TandH's thomas customs - by TandH - 10-20-2024, 10:58 AM
RE: TandH's thomas customs - by Super - 10-21-2024, 11:17 AM
RE: TandH's thomas customs - by TandH - 11-08-2024, 03:31 PM
RE: TandH's thomas customs - by Super - 11-08-2024, 06:19 PM



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