Too much painting which doesn't wear well with played with toys. A model on the shelf yes but it seems like no matter how much prep you do there always is places where the paint doesn't adhere well. I even went as far as using primer and paint used for plastic car bumpers. My dream is that in the series they do an episode for a repaint of Hank like some of the other trains i.e. Salty, Rheneas etc, and make him black with black wheels then he would definitely be our Polar Express replacement. I know, fat chance that will happen. The original looks to be bigger than the remake and would be much closer to the behemoth that the Polar Express is.
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