Call me crazy, but I honestly think I'd prefer to see Ryan first. Don't get me wrong, I love Stepney. Ryan just seems a bit more relevant in regards to the brand, and his character is much more developed than Stepney's.

Hi guys!

As some of you know, I've been working on OOZ models of Mike, Rex, and Bert. For anyone interested, here's a video of Mike and Rex - Bert's motor is being somewhat troublesome, so he wasn't included in this video, but he will appear in future ones. I hope you enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzLuYJ8z5gc

I received my Oliver two days ago, and may I say is he stunning! Excellent job, Bachmann! Here's a photo of him (it looks as though he has teeth lol):

Thanks! Thomas' face mod, which utilizes Trackmaster's R/C flip-face Thomas face, was pretty simple. Using a Dremel, I cut the happy face from the alternate surprised face, and then I drilled out the eyes with the Dremel's drill bit attachment. From there I inserted Bachmann Thomas' eyes into the sockets and adhered them using a bit of tack, which allows me to pose the eyes however I desire. In order to fit on the front of Thomas' smoke box, I removed the eye mechanism and stuck the face on with more tack. Super quick, super simple - that is as long as you have the proper tools!

Thanks fellas! Here is a photo from back in December of Rex next to Thomas and Skarloey:

I'm not sure if this is considered to be a form of narrow gauge, but I'm going to share here anyway. Since Christmas I've been working here and there on the three primary Arlesdale engines. They utilize Tomy Wind-up shells with Marklin Z scale chassis. Unlike Mike and Rex, Bert is tender driven. They are still a WIP, as they need new buffer heads, buffer beam details, etc. If you'd like you can follow their progress on Twitter and Instagram using #oozdale. I hope you enjoy!  

I concur with the Daisy/Ryan idea. Ryan easily has become my favorite character aesthetically, and I think Bachmann would do a beautiful job with him. Daisy would be a lovely addition as well

A mirror and Sony Vegas video effects. It took me quite a bit of time, but it was all worth it in the end

Here are two samples of some of my narrow gauge modeling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gFjqckH1Gw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IPRytbEcvY

Those are called double slip switches. Peco makes them in HO scale. Here's a link: http://www.amazon.com/Peco-Scale-Insulfrog-Double-Switch/dp/B000VK92US

Quote from: AJW98Productions The Second on May 21, 2014, 08:42:53 AM
Sorry for quoting such an old post , but do you recall how you scratch constructed these, ThomasFan247? I find the scratch built fences and buffers to look quite nice .

I used spare sleepers/railroad ties to build the buffers and tooth picks for the fences

A quick Google search lead me to this: http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/Thomas_%26_Friends_-_Season_18

I don't know that the information is true, but I sure hope it is!

Take-N-Play is making Big City Engine...?

Well, maybe this means the lost episode "Gordon Goes Foreign" may not be lost after all...?

I would think that since BoCo's eyes sit in the middle of his body, his leading bogey could be attached to a swivel point under the eye mechanism. I'd think the chassis would be very similar to the American line's FT diesel locos:



The bogeys would be fitted on the under side of the chassis (obviously), and the eye mechanism would sit atop it. A gear mechanism would have to be sorted out though, as the FTs utilize driveshafts rather than gears.

I, like Calebtrain, use a fog machine for my videos, but with the way I've set everything up, there is little to no residue left behind. I'd love to add smoke generators to my locos (the extra maintenance isn't a problem with me), but in order for them to work properly I'd have to convert the models to DCC, and I really don't want to do that lol