Quote from: Angelob6660 on February 13, 2021, 11:11:20 PM
The original salt van was yellow only in the Salty train set. I saw a single release on eBay about 3 years ago. But I don't know if it was really release outside the train set. I would have gotten it but I wasn't go paid $80.

I also missed out on the original mail car, cattle car, and tar, oil tank wagon.

The updated log car and plank wagons looks nice with the grey and dark grey hinges. The name on the flatcar i'm not into but it makes sense.

It actually was released outside of the Salty set, along with the "M wagon" (6 ton wagon), but both were discontinued individually well before the Salty set was released. I don't remember specifically, but the 6 ton, RF container (the short flat car the new crate cars are based on), and the red express composite and brake coach were discontinued individually in 2010. A lot more stuff was dropped in 2011, probably including the original salt wagon. However, both the 6 ton and the salt wagon were included in the salty set until it was discontinued, which is really weird and probably why they discontinued it, because they were losing money making 2 pieces of rolling stock with unique toolings at the time, specifically for a set that didn't sell that well to begin with (although I really liked the Salty Set, I could just never find it for a decent price).

Ok, I know I can't be the only one feeling this way, but the new wagons are just a little too gimmicky for me. Don't get me wrong, I think stuff like the GW cattle wagon, ventilated van, and even the newer salt wagon are pretty good, and troublesome truck #5 is the best one since the original 2, but the new 1-planks and open wagons are really a let-down for me.



I think a lot of times the extra designs take away from the model. For instance, I think the new log car is great, but the cartoonish writing down the side is really distracting. The salt wagon is fine, but why does it need to have all that writing on the side? What was wrong with the original plain yellow one that actually looked really close to the show? The express coaches, red coaches, and even the new museum coaches are all great pieces because they look really close to the show, and don't go overboard with the details. Even when I was a little kid, I always preferred the plain freight cars (like the original cattle wagon, the well wagon, the RF container wagon, etc) to the cheesier ones (Raspberry tanker, ice cream van, the cream tanker, etc). Less is more!

Anyway, I'd love to hear some more opinions on this. It's been bugging me for a while that there really isn't anymore "plain" rolling stock that actually resembles what's in the show (at least when Thomas was still "Thomas"...). Maybe you disagree and think I'm a contrarian idiot, or maybe you've been thinking the same thing. Either way, let me know with a reply.

Really nice job on capturing the classic series, nice to see since most people are focusing on the new cgi series. One suggestion I would make is making the roof of the red express coaches black like it was in series 2-3,

HO:
(Any one of the engines)
Stephen
Conner
Caitlin
Stafford
Hiro

Rolling stock-
CGI Troublesome Truck
CGI Box Car
CGI Brakevan (any version)
CGI Express Coach
CGI Express Brake Coach
Stephen's Special Coach #1
Stephen's Special Coach #2
Connor's Special Coach
Connor's Special Brake Coach
Caitlin's Special Coach
Caitlin's Special Brake Coach

Accessories-
Tidmouth Goods Shed
Small Goods Shed
Reg

HOn30:
Sir Handel
Peter Sam

Rolling stock-
Coach (Blue)
Brake Van (Blue)