That Thomas is waaaaaaay too big  to be of much use to me 
I will have to get one anyway, but I had hoped for a smaller block than the Annie for bashes.
We'll see how Percy turns out.

Also, will the spoked wheels be available as a seperate item?

(or a loco where the driving wheels are very visible, and just next to the boiler)

Quote from: Joe Satnik on May 27, 2009, 12:31:53 PM
Where are the tops of the driver wheel flanges compared to the center line of the boilers? ..

fun exercise that. Now I have not used a caliper or even a vague measurement other than my eyes, recollection and "trains of the world" (or somesuch).
It appears you have a take off a rather large part of the boiler to make it for gauge one and 1/24.
I bet the driving wheels will have to be inside the boiler?
Am I right?

This problem can even be seen when trying to make a scale model in any scale, the model wheels will usually be thicker and have a larger flange, so usually the solution is pushing the frames in just a bit, not visible. This is even more apparent in 1/29 and also in a bunch of LGB "standard gauge" locomotives at roughly 1/27.
Making a 1/24 model while keeping 45mm track gauge is virtually impossible for an inside framed locomotive.

Ok, I expected that.
So I'll have to get to work on the four I have then 

Excactly
And I will also welcome a Thomas with closer spaced drivers than the Annie, one for use as Thomas, and several for 'rebuilds'.
Not many standard gauge locomotives has axle spacing like that (with that size driver wheel)

Quote from: scottychaos on April 20, 2009, 10:59:15 PM
yes I know they are based, loosely, on real locomotives..

Indeed, but the wagons are not loosely anything, they are and have always been scale models. And in the shows they where 1/32 scale models 
From the pictures of the prototypes it appears that Bachmann has got them about right 

The idea was that if they made the wagons to scale, and the locos to fit, then the wagons will have a much, much bigger market than a 'Generic G' approach (that lionel went with)

There's always the Bachmann brassworks range of 1/32 locomotives

I browsed trough the online catalogue today and I see a range of H0 engines almost identical to the Annie.

Any chance of ever seeing these in Gauge one (other than 'modifying' ourselves)?

I saw some prototype phots on this site today, and if they are scaled right they will look fabulous behind even the Bachmann Brassworks range.
There is a potential for lots of European customers on this range, both Thomas fans and others.
The troublesome trucks will even look right behind the class 66!

If they scale out to 1/32 I will be mighty pleased, but even 1/30 will do if the production run is half as good as those prototypes.

But please, do make it an option to run without faces 

By the way, the Bachmann range is the best Thomas range in H0.
Hornby has faces on the originals it seems, that way their Thomas appears much longer than the Bachmann one.