Thomas collection and projects

[fitzythe4p]

What parts did you use for the backheads on your tender engines?

[MrBob]

What parts did you use for the backheads on your tender engines?

do you mean the cab detailing? they're moldings removed from Hornby locos with the pipes painted gold

update

the red and white coaches are done



Laughing van finished



but didnt stop there i decied to do the whole close shave train

[ClrwtrMK2]

That face for the Laughing Van is way too big.

[MrBob]

That face for the Laughing Van is way too big.

it is but its the right shape and only one i could find

[JLK2707]

I was just wondering whether or not the brake van with a face from a close shave is in reality the spiteful nw brake van with a different face.

[Striker1945]

Hey love your work!
Was wondering how you went and made the face for the laughing van?
Also did you use the body of the Ice Cream Car for the body?

-Striker1945

[MrBob]

I was just wondering whether or not the brake van with a face from a close shave is in reality the spiteful nw brake van with a different face.

my guess would be there both just standard brake vans fitted with faces for the episodes

Hey love your work!
Was wondering how you went and made the face for the laughing van?
Also did you use the body of the Ice Cream Car for the body?

-Striker1945

the laughing van is a Peco OR-25 4 Wheel Box Van kit with HO buffers and long bachmann hook n loop couplers fitted and a custom made roof


the face is from a O gauge Lionel troublesome truck 1 model

the rest of the train is

troublesome truck 3 with face removed and painted dark brown

salt wagon with roof painted black

troublesome truck 1 painted dark green

troublesome truck 1 with face removed and replaced with the face from TT 3 and painted dark green

brake van with all its fine detailing removed painted brown and the face from TT 1 fitted

[MrBob]

This month projects



finished off the close shave train with adding the stone loads to the trucks

S1 Flying kipper





1 Bachmann mail car

2 Bachmann ventalated vans

1 Bachmann brake van

1 Slightly altered LMS 12 ton steel van Cambrian kit C9




and 1 Heavily altered BR OTA Timber wagon Cambrian kit C20



they're needing Bachmann couplers fitted, painted and the flat trucks load made to finish

next months project looks like 3 red coaches

[JLK2707]

Cool! Good luck with that!

[JLK2707]

Also, just what thickness was the plasticard that you used to cover the doors in the express coaches?

[MrBob]

Also, just what thickness was the plasticard that you used to cover the doors in the express coaches?

the front and back corridor doors?

I didn't use plasticard i just removed the door parts and filled the door molding with filler

[JLK2707]

Also, I am just curious as to what differences that there are for the 1st and 3rd class maunsell coaches in regards to the television series express coaches. Could you please tell me?

[Rickenbacker 325]

How did you get the TT#3 face on a regular open wagon?

[MrBob]

Also, I am just curious as to what differences that there are for the 1st and 3rd class maunsell coaches in regards to the television series express coaches. Could you please tell me?

1st off the TV series coaches are out of scale and a little shorter than they should be







probably due to scale 1 coaches would be huge

a side from that they're identical to 3rd class coaches, the difference between the classes is 1st class the compartments are bigger 3rd class would have been to squeeze more people into them, 1st was more of a luxury, this is shown by the spacing of the windows on the compartment side of the coach

3rd:


1st


1st has 7 groups of 3 where 3rd is more a continuous line of windows

How did you get the TT#3 face on a regular open wagon?

I bought a TT 3 and removed its face (they're only glued on and can be prised off gently with a small flat blade screwdriver) I also bought a TT 1 (or 2 or 4 or plain open wagon) removed its face by prising it off with a small screw driver and glued on the TT 3 face in its place

[Metal]

Those Coaches look really close to the Red Express Coaches as seen in S8-12, just in slightly different shades.