To anyone who thinks that Norman shouldn’t exist because he is based on the same prototype as Dennis, try explaining the Skarloey engines being the same designs as the Talyllyn ones. Most of those are one off designs too.
I think he should be a different class just because of the wide array of diesel classes to be found. Pretty much all the diesels in the CGI series are based on shunting classes.
I do really have to say Green does look interesting on Skarloey. Probably because Green is my favorite colour. Any I'm gonna continue with my list of character that I would like to see, first of all is Lady, second is Diesel ten, third is Emily, Fourth splatter, fifth Dodge, Sixth Arry', and Seventh Bert
There was some inspiration for the SKR other than the talyllyn railway for example steamroller was based on an incident over in my country Ireland in 1927
Very intresting take on Skaroley in your AU. I prefer him to be red, but it’s fine how you made him. I’d like to see the other narrow gauge engines in your style too.
I considered an AU where the SKR engines would have colors similar to Talyllyn as well. My only problem with it personally is that it's hard to decide what to change vs what to keep. Green suits Skarloey though, arguably more than any shade of red
I ready how Duke was inspired by an engine from South America that was found and put back in service, so techincally Awdry found other inspirations outside Wales for Skarloey... Also, I am going to be a theoretical fifty pounds that Rheneas is green.
I agree on that part about Awdry going "fuck you they're not real lol" especially when the man went through so much effort and worldbuilding for much of the RWS, something tells me Awdry didn't _actually_ want to add that in for the sake of not breaking the 4th wall or what have you but something something publishers are strict and annoying sometimes. I mean maybe it's just me but it genuinely doesn't make sense for Awdry to go through all that effort detailing Sodor's history and making it feel as real as one could get just to go "Oh yeah sorry kids I made it up lmao", especially when that makes all the little details somewhat redundant or useless to the point the RWS might as well just be "some railway sonewhere in England." It's kind of like a Dungeon Master going through all this complex lore just to go "ah fuck it." before changing the whole setting.
"Wants to add more inspiration for his ideal railway" proceeds to make Skarloey Identical to Tal-y-lynn Edit: the slate mine wasn't tooken over by thr MOD forever, they did get it back sometime before the 2000s :p
I'm strongly suspecting you'll do something similar to the engines of the SR as you did to the NWR. Though, the narrow gauge examples should be far easier, Skarloey fills out the saddle tank role, Rheneas maybe the rear tank which may excuse Douglas still being a well tank, Duke is a tank + tender, and Ivo Hugh is somehow the only side tank. Sir Handel and Peter Sam are both obviously saddle tanks. One possibility is Sir Handel and Stanley being merged into one character making him a pannier, Peter Sam could be damn near anything, most likely either a wing tank or inverted saddle tank, with Dougal or Joan serving as inspiration at a stretch.
Your Ideal Freindship Express next? (Sorry) Also, is it just me or the remixed theme you used has both the original and HiT era Skarloey Railway themes
I know your next couple of videos are gonna focus on the narrow Gauge engines but could we get some non Awdry characters like Emily, Arthur, Murdock, Molly, etc
I really hate the colored faces and I’m glad that if you do Spencer or Dennis and keep their original liveries their faces would be the regular grey. I just think the colored faces because it just looks weird. At least Bertie looks normal
