Currently, Thomas, James, Diesel, and Rosie are the only HO scale engines with more than one variant.

Bachmann models were used as references for the Percy, James, Gordon and Emily replicas at Thomas Land US.Donald and Douglas share the same facial expression moulding, but with differently painted eyebrows. If a convincing Thomas is required, then the illustrations are not a reliable guide. We know Thomas lost his drooping front end when he had an accident somewhere in the first dozen or so books and Rev Awdrey himself modelled Thomas in this condition with a Stewart Reidpath 0-6-0T then an modified Triang Jinty. Running is smooth, easily as good as any other RTR model, and it's possible to drive slowly for shunting. Our sample is an early example, which has seen many miles of testing at trade events, yet still works perfectly, suggesting a long life in the playroom. Skarloey is the first locomotive model in the range to not have moving eyes and the first HO scale tank engine with an open cab. Thomas the Tank Engine was first born thanks to post-war austerity. When his young son, Christopher, asked for a model of Gordon from his bedtime stories, the Rev. Awdry found himself without sufficient material, so built a blue tank engine instead. The youngster then demanded stories for this new locomotive – the rest is history.

Oliver, Rosie, Ryan, Paxton and Daisy are the only HO locomotives to be based purely on their CGI renders. All other models, including those with CGI faces, borrow elements from the model series builds.

Bachmann Europe Plc today unveiled its Autumn 2023 British Railway Announcements, revealing new products that are set to be released over the coming months for each of its model railway ranges. With new tooling projects in N, OO and OO9 scale, more than a century of railway history is depicted by the models that make up the Autumn collection. Bachmann Branchline This is due to his model being a repaint of Bachmann’s existing American 4-4-0 tooling. As a result of this, the model is inaccurate in a few places.

All HO scale four-wheel coaches and brake vans (excluding Henrietta and Toad) are missing their dummy coupling hooks. The Bachmann Thomas range includes working models of Thomas himself, as well as James, Henry, Percy, Daisy, Toby, and Harold the Helicopter. You’ll find all the Bachmann Thomas trains at Gaugemaster - one of the many reasons why we’re known as the one-stop model shop. It's a pet project both to have a piece of nostalgia that I myself created as well as a challenge to build my modeling skillset; nothing more, nothing less than a simple pet project. S.C. Ruffey's HO model's frames are grey instead of rusty orange. This was corrected on his large scale, and N scale models. In close-up shots, the large scale Thomas is used (albeit with the face altered to resemble the HO one for consistency).

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Due to sharing Diesel's body shell, the HO Paxton's eyes are raised higher than they are in the show, thus causing his whole face to be incorrectly proportioned. This issue was fixed on the large scale model, as both Paxton and Diesel were designed at the same time. As for rivets, CGI Thomas has them, but none of the other versions has, and this model's tanks are also plain. The blue narrow gauge van has the letters "SR" painted on the side which stand for "Skarloey Railway", while the red van does not, as it's based on Cora from The Railway Series. Interestingly enough, the large scale Brake Van similarly has the letters "NW" for " North Western".

The cab steps are mounted on the valences instead of under the footplate. Strangely, his prototype model did not have this problem. When the N scale Thomas and Percy models were first revealed, their faces had been switched around and had swapped eyebrows. There are two versions of the 6-ton wagon; one with white lettering and the other with a more cream tint. The white lettering wagons have an unglossed chassis on the bottom and would have the "K101019". The roofs are attached and have plastic frames and rectangles attached underneath them to resemble windows, unlike the large scale models that have unattached roofs. Emily's coaches and the Christmas coaches have similar features. Thomas and Percy's HO models were recycled as different models with the same moulds in the Bachmann Junior range. Thomas' model was repainted into engines such as 2005, Billy and Stuart. Percy's model was repainted into GWR locomotives and Greg. Interestingly, they were given front couplings.The Bachmann Thomas Range locos have great running qualities (far better than the Hornby Thomas stuff) but are based on the TV models rather than on the books or the prototypes Rev. Awdry had in mind (and modelled). I have seen 1915 as Thomas's building date so with heavy general overhauls at 10 year or less intervals there can have been little original left by the 1950s when Rev Awdrey wrote about him. I suspect he was mistaken for an E2 because of his extended tanks and stylish drooping front frames, but clearly he was a much smaller engine. Thomas, Percy and James' HO models do not have front couplers, unlike all the other HO scale locomotives. Diesel's model was used as the basis for 'Arry, Bert and Paxton, due to all of them being BR Class 08 shunters. As a result, 'Arry and Bert have faux wires around their headlights, as well as brake pipes, which they do not have in the series like Diesel and Paxton do.