Nice job on that E2! You are doing Thomas proud. Must admit, I could never do something like that. So, I'll tip my hat off and proudly embrace you for doing something gorgeous.
This Thomas replica looks real good so far! I like the way he looks, with its RWS aesthetics and more. My question is: do you plan to make the entire characters from the RWS or TVS, or your making this Thomas model only for display or fun?
I may do Percy live steam, but if I did toby there's a good chance he'd be electric, unless someone else has done a live steam tram... can imagine the wood would burn
JH55000 if you ask me, I suggest finding some metal (like the one this Thomas model’s got), and try to carve and make it look like wood, if you get what I mean
That rather depends on the wood you use, and how you "treat" it. If you give it a good coat of fire retardant, then it should be fine even if you do make it steam-powered.
I wonder if it is possible to reuse a real working standard gauge jinty as a prototype for an e2. By that I mean keep all the components that work as they should on the jinty, but give it the correct running board, side tanks, firebox, etc.
@@greatwestern57 I know, and the Jinty’s are close enough mechanically, but the fact that the Jinty’s are better at water capacity, and have no rough riding make them perfect aids for the E2’s. How? If we incorporate their boiler design and pistons, that will solve the 2 major problems.
Hi there. Nice Model LBSACR E2 of Thomas Great Job for building Engine. You had to Create Fireman Sam, TUGS, Joshua Joes, All dogs Go to Hevan the series to write the Animation.
I have one question And I would like for you to answer I would like to know if you can cut out pieces for an E2 kit I might pay for it if it's not expensive Please let me know
He was already painted that way when I posted on your video, but I could have wet and dried it and repainted him... just spent the day making a 3d printable percy for 00 gauge to fit on the Bachmann Percy's chassis, hopefully it'll turn out ok.
Personally, my only fault is the face. If he has a real flesh tone, he should have more realisic facial features. Other than that, this is one of the best things I've ever seen!
I've just been wondering, James, were you planning to take this engine out to an open day or an exhibition any time soon? Because I'd be really interested in seeing him for real.
Looking really good, James. I look forward to seeing him in the flesh. Just out of curiosity, were you still aiming to do one in 12-inch to the foot at some point? I know your proposal has been meeting with a lot of unfair heckling, and I will readily concede that they had their flaws just like any other engine, but I'm still keen to actually see what the design would have been like with the modifications that it should have had in service days. I kinda feel that these engines have suffered an unfair reputation (thanks in no part to Chris Eden-Green hating on them like no impartial reviewer would do), and to see it corrected would be one heck of a satisfaction.
I know the video you're talking about it was an unjust review of the loco and very breif. I have read a book written by a Southern fireman who found them to be good engines, only citing that they only used a lot of water when flat out banking up a hill.
...which pretty much proves my point that those engines were still far from irredeemable. Good thing one guy realises that. I did actually point out to Chris that all this guff about the E2s being bad steamers could just have been coincidence, i.e. some journalist catching the engines on a bad day, and the so-called "bad steamer" myth gradually becoming unfounded gospel, but he just continued to brush it off - and he claims he doesn't hate Thomas and Friends! For someone who still 'likes' the series, he sure isn't doing himself any favours. In fact, the more he goes on about them being rubbish, the less inclined I am to believe him. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if he was reading the wrong material just so he could justify their scrapping and deter anyone from building a new one! But in any case, whether or not you still plan to build a full size E2, I really do hope we get one eventually. With all these new preserved railways springing up all over the country, we could do with a bit of variety to help keep the younger railway enthusiasts' interested. That's what I admire about the groups building the F5 and the G5; they recognise the need for newer, more supple engines of types that have been decimated to the point of extinction, and are working to fill in the gaps just like you were aiming to do.
if they were bad steamers they wouldn't have survived until 1963, I would love to see a full size one, hopefully in LBSCR umber since it'd be nearly exclusively used for passenger running.. I would love to try and jumpstart it again, but with the way heritage running is headed (bigger is better) I don't know if there would be room for an E2, possibly at the MNR or one further south. it would need to be one of hte smaller railways that it went to to work. if you know anyone who has experience setting up a society I'd love to chat with them. as far as I got all I was able to get from people were small tid-bits that weren't much help. one possible stream of revenue would be to get it licensed as a true thomas and rent it out for events, but then people would just see it as Thomas, and not as a true rebuild
Well, that's okay. I'm sure you could loan the engine out to other railways for galas, etc., like they did with Joem and Black Prince. Weren't you aiming to base it at the North Norfolk anyway?
they've pretty much turned their backs on smaller engines sadly. every turn I had there this year on loco was the WD (woefully dreadful) an engine which is constantly falling to bits, they were working on the regulator while we were running the 3rd trip up. I think a railway like the Mid Norfolk would appreciate it more, plus it'd probably be kept cleaner
the reason for that is that my boiler isn't for an E2, it's for a simplex which somehow has the same dimensions as a scale E2, the safety valve bushes were already put in as it was a commercially made boiler
