Thomas the Tank Engine - Sodor:87 

Some things that I accidentally left out of the video's script: -I added a TCS KA-1 Keep Alive after the running session was filmed. I have yet to bring it back to the club for another run but I anticipate improved performance. Why the Bachmann J72 didn't have a sprung center axle is beyond me. -The counterweights are 3d prints of my own design. They are a little chunky, but I wanted to have an accurate representation of the E2's counterweights. -The tanks, boiler and dome are stuffed with tungsten putty to give him traction. -The method I devised to keep the body on as mentioned at 12:45? Gravity and friction. I unfortunately could not re-use the J72's body screws.

Tbh I’ve actually learned to be ok with having Thomas be the full length of an E2. I went back and forth on this for a while, but came to my conclusion after taking the story triple header into consideration. In that story, Thomas Percy and Duck triple head the express. Percy’s at the front, Duck’s in the middle, and Thomas is coupled to the coaches. The E2s were about 33 inches long while the panier tanks were I think 31 inches. So if Thomas was a full sized E2, and slightly bigger than Duck, it’d PROBABLY make sense to have him next to the train instead of Duck. If Thomas was supposed to be smaller than Duck, to me, it doesn’t make sense to have him next to the train. Plus it just looks visually wrong to me; small engine, big engine, small engine? So that’s how I came to my conclusion. Feel free to tell me what you think to whom ever reads this! 👍🏾

If it’s possible, I think it would be really cool if you could program the DCC sound effects to have some Thomas voice clips. Whether it’s Ringo Starr, Michael Angelis, George Carlin, Edward Glen, or one of his other numerous voice actors, I think it would be an interesting touch. Of course do whatever you want with it, it’s your model

Your explanation for the nebulous "wartime mix-up" makes so much sense that I wish it'd occurred to me before.

The LOK-Sound and custom coaches are really nice to see! And I'm in agreement with you on Shapeways discontinuing the materiel. It's never been great, but it was much better than filament printing. I've heard from some that the new resin material warps due to ambient heat, like in the summer. But I could be wrong on that.

An absolutely amazing model. 👍

OMG idk why but people don’t use blue bell for Thomas but this is what I’m going to do you are a HUGE insporashon to me

I feel like the 1950s attempt at thomas the tank engine was A success and never will we forget the basis designs of the NWR engines

SEVERELY underrated

24:37 You and Me: Little Engines Can Do Big Things.

Still surreal to see the video names have "Sodor:87" bolted on

Tbh, your Thomas model looks awesome. I was hoping you do James next one day

Excellent video! Entertaining, educational, and a fantastic model!

Keep up the good work man, they all look really good so far! :)

EXCELLENT WORK WITH THIS OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR SURE!

I really like your take on Thomas ,nice work I’ve gotten things from Shapeways as well and the Texas heat sucks

amazing job

Your Thomas model looks great and the sound to though I think a LBSCR E2 whistle will fit better then a TV series one do to your model being RWS style

Subbed! Enjoyed this greatly. I would say though wouldn't I? 😅 End result turned out brilliant 👌

This is amazing thomas model

vary nice thomas

the intro is great but the music was louder than what Awdry was saying

Why can't you use a normal Jinty Chassis? H0 scale is just 00 but the models are bigger. You can run 00 trians on H0 track perfectly fine

Thomas Is e2 tank engine

I very much like the fact that you are making everything h0 instead of 00. the ridiculousness of the scale/gauge discrepancy for the sake of super tight curves has gone on long enough. I am glad more people are trying P4, EM, and h0. Maybe one day, it will be mainstream, and we will look back at our old 00 models warmly, with appreciation of the priorities of the past, and the advantages we have today and in the future...

bro are u the same keeperofthetoast that me and absolutley0 used to play minecraft hunger games with like 12 years ago

Thomas looks absolutely magnificent! Nicely done, Toast! Once the two diesels are done, do you have any plans on making any of the other Sodor engines? Or are you going to settle with just your Ffarquhar fleet?

Interesting, I've never seen anyone tackle British engines in HO scale, as opposed to OO which most use for British engines.

That was quite Brilliant Mate! Though I must ask about the layout: That an old one of yours or do you plan to make a more Sudrian-based one in future?

$500 for the prints? Ouch

Plz make Neil next !!!

the bachmann j27 and the bachmann 1f is the same langth

I'm pretty sure Thomas is a Pannier Tank Engine

Aren't OO and HO the same thing????

In my opinion, I’d like to think that somewhere around when the E2’s were relegated to Southampton docks a distinctive person would’ve taken one of those E2’s when they began to get phased out around the 1950’s as pity for their entire class being withdrawn was that this person would’ve brought in a E2 for a rebuild, shortening the length, making the water tanks wider and just a bit thicker while maintaining the correct coal capacity, doing this would’ve maybe reduced the shaking of the tanks. (It partly did, but didn’t fully do the idea of rebuilding the E2’s never took off as LBSCR didn’t take interest as not all the designs were fixed and didn’t want to risk one of their horrible designs being another flop, and so when the war rolled around and prices went high, the E2 (Thomas) was sold off to a certain *island.*

Flat running board?

Do Gordon next

It OO gage

Question for you, if the NWR had a unified paint scheme what do you think it would be?

How long will it take for your next upload?

Hello, have you considered making hawin?

Cann you do pleas do Gordon

Why did Hornsby not make an E2 Thomas?

are you ganna redo percy at some point in time?

KeeperofToast are you G.I. Joe fan?

Where’s Duck? Your no.8 is Emily,why

Hello Keeper of toast my name is Isaiah and I have something important to say to you. God loves you and like any father he wants to help you and keep you safe especially from the devil. But I am not just speaking to you about this I am also speaking to your fans about this. God loves you all. But the choice is ultimately yours have a nice day Shalom Shalom.