Custom G scale Thomas the Tank Engine characters

["Betsy"]

 I like Thomas the Tank Engine a lot. I was trying to see if any G scale models of him have ever been made. I have found out the have, but they're rare. I just wanted to ask if I should kitbash locomotives from Thomas and how should I do it ?

[altterrain]

Since Thomas and friends are based on English prototypes, I am going to point you over to an English large scale forum - http://www.gscalemad.co.uk/. Its free to join. Great bunch of guys on that side of the pond and a few of us Yanks hang there to.

-Brian 

 

[cabbage]

Since all of the locos described in the books are real ones, it is possible to re-construct them from kits or scratch build them. The latter option supplied my son with both TOBY and PERCY.

IP Eng supply a TOBY kit for 45mm gauge http://www.ipengineering.co.uk/page53.html

PERCY can be found at Garden Railway Specialists as "Pecket Saddle Tank" code: DG236
TIN and TOM the two diesals who work at the scrap yard (Boo Hiss!!!) can be found as "Hudswell Clark" code : DG291

Garden Railway Specialists can be found ahere http://www.grsuk.com/index.asp?info/welcome.htm

regards

ralph

[scottychaos]

Lionel made a G-gauge Thomas and James in the early 90's.

The Thomas set came with Thomas, Annie and Clarabel. And the James set came with James and two "Troublesome trucks." I believe thats all Lionel made in G. Two locos and 4 cars total.

they are out of production and very hard to find now, but they do exist.

Scot

[cabbage]

I knew I had made a list !!!

Thomas the Tank Engine (Billington E2 0-6-0 tank, standard gauge)
Edward the Blue Engine (Rebuilt 'Seagull' 4-4-0 tender, standard gauge)
James the Red Engine (Rebuilt Hughes Class 28 2-6-0 tender, standard gauge)
Gordon the Big Engine (Gresley/Stanier hybrid 4-6-2 tender, standard gauge)
Henry the Green Engine (Stanier Class 5MT 4-6-0 tender, standard gauge)
Percy the Small Engine (Rebuilt Pecket 0-4-0 saddle tank, standard gauge)
Toby the Tram Engine (J70 0-6-0 tank, standard gauge)
Skarloey (Fletcher/Jennings 0-4-0 saddle tank, 2' 3" gauge)
Boco (Metropolitan/Vickers Type 2 Co Bo Diesel Electric, standard gauge)
Daisy (Metropolitan-Cammell Diesel Mechanical Railcar, standard gauge)
Duncan (Barclay 0-4-0 welltank, 2' 3" gauge)
Donald & Douglas (McIntosh Class 812 0-6-0 tender, standard gauge)
Duck (Collett Class 57xx 0-6-0 pannier tank, standard gauge)
Duke ('George England' type 0-4-0 tender/saddle tank, 2' 3" gauge)
Peter San (Kerr Stuart 0-4-2 saddle tank, 2' 3" gauge)
Bill and Ben (Bagnall 'Low Slung' 0-4-0 saddletank, standard gauge)

regards

ralph

[Benjamin Maggi]

Check out this link from a post on the Mad-G-Scale forum:

http://www.gscalemad.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=1960&st=25