The Everything Thomas Topic

[Chaz]

Loved the reveal of N scale Diesel and Paxton on the stream today; easily the highlight for me by a long shot. Definitely can't wait for Henry once his sample is done, which, as hinted, shouldn't be too much longer now.

Hope to see an exciting N scale engine announcement at NMRA this summer too. Either Edward to finish off the original main cast, or Duck to be added alongside his old rival, Diesel, would be very fitting choices.

[TRAINSROCK!]

Today's stream was great. lots of good things to come down the line. probably the highlight for me was the update for sidney and the mainland diesel. hearing the news that bachmann will change sidney to have the correct face and showing the sample of his face has me really more excited than ever. the fact bachmann heard the criticism of how paxton turned out and that they took the extra time to give sidney the proper face is really good. I think theybmay do the same with the mainland diesel. I never thought I'd be excited for repaints of the class 08 shunter tooling. but it's great they're doing the proper face this time. really can't wait to see how sidney and the mainland diesel turnout after more samples arrive.

[TrainFan97]

At last, we finally got to see the first unpainted samples of N Scale Diesel and Paxton, and shouldn't be much longer before their painted samples arrive. We did get an update on N Scale Henry, and he's finishing the design phase, so it won't be too much longer before we see his first unpainted sample. We also saw a face sample of HO Scale Sidney, showing he has a perfectly-proportioned face, unlike Paxton's HO Scale model, which had a disproportionate face. It won't be too much longer before we see the first samples of HO Scale Sidney and Mainland Diesel within a few streams. Paxton's unpainted N Scale sample didn't have stepladders, but they'll be there on the final model. Maybe we can get 'Arry and Bert in N Scale too, which are discontinued in HO Scale.

We were also shown the fully painted N Scale Express Coaches, but we saw those on Facebook last week, and those will be available by the end of the year, alongside the Narrow Gauge Gunpowder Wagons, HO Scale Open Carriage, CGI Milk and Tar tankers. We weren't shown N Scale LBSC Thomas or Origin James, but those too should be available by the end of the year.

Within a few streams, we should see Bulgy's painted sample, along with the fully painted samples of N Scale Diesel and Paxton, HO Scale Sidney and Mainland Diesel samples, and the first unpainted samples of N Scale Henry, and HO Scale Flying Scotsman. We're starting to get more exciting reveals. With the N Scale backlog finally starting to clear, maybe this NMRA will finally be the time for Bachmann to announce N Scale Edward or Duck.