With all of this talk of 'Arry and Bert being potentially being reintroduced, I wanted to make an argument to repaint 'Arry and Bert Models into Splatter and Dodge as well. Considering that Splatter and Dodge were themselves a repaint of 'Arry and Bert, it would be cool to also make Splatter and Dodge out of them. It would just require repainting the already existing 'Arry and Bert shells, the ones that do not have the ladders on front around the face. And since Splatter and Dodge have only appeared together on screen with the same faces, Bachmann would just have to design a single face that can be used by both characters. It would be a great way to get two new characters out quickly, especially considering that Bachmann is willing to make the Mainland Diesels.

Just wanted to put the idea out there.

Given that Bachmann is willing to go into Railway Series rolling stock, first with the China Clay Wagon and now the Ffarquhar Quarry Wagon, maybe they would be more willing to recolor Donald and Douglas into Blue Donald and Blue Douglas.

Its good to see that Bachmann is releasing the 20-ton Brake Van from the canceled Anniversary set. I would hope that they would also release more variants of it like the gray livery that was previously intended for the brakevan from the anniversary set, so that way they we have more options than just a variant of the Spiteful Brakevan.

With the upcoming 77410 Milk Tank and 77422 Fuel Tank being based on the CGI series designs of the tankers, something I really appreciate Bachmann doing is releasing them as separate items than the already existing 77048 Tidmouth Milk Tank and 77039 Sodor Fuel Tank, which have the Model Series design of the Tankers. That way, both the Model Series and CGI Series versions of the Milk Tanker and the Fuel Tanker are available at the same time, so modelers can choose which versions they prefer: Model, CGI or Both!

Another idea for Rolling Stock I would like to see in the future would be Blue Gordon's Special Composite Coach and Gordon's Special Brake Coach, repainted from 76034 Gordon's Express Composite Coach and the 76035 Gordon's Express Brake Coach, with the corridors on both ends so that they can fit seamlessly into already existing Bachmann Gordon's Express. I know it is not screen accurate, but I would prefer that they match up. I will even admit that I prefer the Corridors on Bachmann and Hornby Thomas Express Coaches.

Something else I would hope that Bachmann do is update their 76044 Annie and 76055 Clarabel to rectify their gray chassis with a correct black chassis, like the UK Annie and Clarabel have. As well as update the gray lamps irons, dummy coupling hooks, and tender chassis on their Henry, Gordon, and Toby to the correct black. They have already done this with the Thomas, James, and Percy, with Percy recently now also having a his incorrect gray coal bunker updated to the correct black color as well.

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Quote from: Zorran202 on July 27, 2025, 12:52:49 PMI find it ironic that even the Flying Scotsman Tenders that did show up in Season 3 had the correct lining on it, but not the CGI render. I'd imagine that if they do correct the lining on the tenders, then overall it'll be a perfect model of the T&F Flying Scotsman.

Also his model tenders had the correct wheel configuration on the tenders, I still don't know why they didn't just give the tenders 4 wheels in cgi...

To be honest, yeah . I wonder if they would also change that to have Spencer's tender, be reused . 
I'm sure they could get away with this as sir Handel had extra detailing so modifying Scotsman wouldn't be too far off .

I would like for Bachmann Flying Scotsmans Tenders to have 8 wheels as well, and they do have the Spencer tender to use as at least a basis to start with.

I have also have had a thought that I wanted to bring up that could make both sides happy.

If Bachmann ultimately decides to make Flying Scotsman screen accurate in CGI with the 6-wheeled tenders, maybe something they could also do would be to modify the Spencer Tender into 8-wheeled Flying Scotsmans Tenders, and then release them as separate products meant to supplement the Bachmann Flying Scotsman. Call them something along the lines "Flying Scotsman Tender 1" and "Flying Scotsman Tender 2." The 6-wheeled CGI Tenders would then come with the Flying Scotsman Model, making it screen accurate to the CGI series, but there would also be Model series accurate 8-wheeled tenders available for purchase for those who want to go the extra mile. This would also give Bachmann an additional set of 2 more products they could sell, and the 8-wheel tenders might also appeal to non-Thomas Modelers who would want an 8 wheeled tender for without having to buy a whole engine.

I don't know if this would be a good idea, but I wanted to at least put this on the table.

Quote from: Cheeky_ULP on June 26, 2025, 11:43:14 PMIt's a hypothetical though, not sure how practical it would actually be. I do agree though that the quality of the range has gone up tremendously in recent years, that it only makes sense fans want the original trio to be higher quality now too. I don't think the demand will go quiet anytime soon.

I also agree that repaints and gimmicky products could help absorb costs that would go into redesigns. The Mainland Diesels could certainly help with that, as well as a new Henrietta. Maybe even a "classic" Arry and Bert limited run, some BWBA Class 08s, or Splatter and Dodge. The "Thomas" class 08 tooling has a lot of mileage.

Indeed. And if they do Splatter and Dodge, they would only need to make 1 new face for both of them, as whenever they are onscreen together, Splatter and Dodge both use identical faces as each other.

Other repaints that Bachmann could do would be Blue Donald and Blue Douglas.

And a revision on a piece of rolling stock I would like to see would be updating their Bachmann Toad model with the correct hook-and-loop style couplings, so that way he would work seamlessly with the Bachmann Thomas HO/OO range, as well as other ranges like Hornby. I am not sure if retooling Toad is doable, but I wanted to at least mention it.

Seems solid to me.

As mentioned, the wheels should also be painted black.

In addition, maybe they could put the black lining and painted lamp on the tender, to match up with the red lining and painted lamp on the  Origins James Model.

Something else I hope Bachmann can do is modify their Bachmann Toad to have the correct hook-and-loop couplers, so it would work with Bachmann's HO/OO Thomas models seamlessly.

Has anyone repainted any Donald and Douglas into Blue Donald and Blue Douglas?

Found the picture!

Here is a link to it for anyone who has not seen it:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=949787763858393&set=pb.100064815337741.-2207520000&type=3

I can't find the image.

I just realized now that Bachmann is releasing Bulgy, people will be able to recreate CaptainPunjabs Road vs. Rail Trilogy!

Something I have always wondered is what CaptainPunjab would think of the Bachmann Thomas range today? Both the products and the amount of fan work and dedication from a lot of fans who were influenced by him?

On a similar note regarding the Red Coaches, has anyone tried using the Toby's Museum Coaches with Duck and Oliver? The Museum Coaches have a livery similar to the Great Western Railway (GWR) coaches, and it would be cool to see them used with the GWR Duck and Oliver.

And maybe, the Museum Coaches can be used to quickly make stand-ins for Isabel, Dulcie, ALice, and Mirabel

I suspect that a lot of people will reenact Escape using the new Mainland Diesel as some generic Other Railway diesels.

If they do, I hope they will get an autocoach, or even just repurpose a Toby's Museum Coach as Isabel. I miss that Oliver, Isabel, and Toad as a unit of 3.

Gotcha. Thank you Chaz!

Indeed, he looks quite good. Plus, that silver gives an interesting look at how Stanley's silver smokebox will look like.

Is there a prototype of Bachmann Stanley available? If so, where could I find some images of it? I haven't been able to find any.

While the Arthur, Murdoch, Derek, and Class 40 toolings might be too detailed right now, it should be noted that with these toolings, Bachmann does at least have a starting point for making more show-accurate models of these characters. They won't have to make completely new models, and can make some improvements and modifications.

Such as if the Hornby 9F or any of the other models have functionality problems, hopefully Bachmann could address them at the same time as well.