No respect for Thomas modeller

[ghonz711]

Thomas the Tank Engine got me into the hobby years ago when I was probably 2 or 3.  Now I'm 15 and I model the Canadian National Railway in HO Scale, but whenever I am at my little cousin's house, I can't wait to play with him with my old Thomas wooden trains.  I remember countless times I would walk into a toy store with my mom begging her to buy me another train car, or piece of track, and she'd always say, "Don't you think you have enough?" NEVER! Why would between 50 and 75 trains and countless pieces of track be ENOUGH  Now all of that is with my cousin, and at four and a half years old, he is starting to really enjoy them, along with all of my Thomas Videos!  I'm just glad that Thomas was around, mind you, my parents aren't too thrilled that I keep on begging them for much more expensive HO scale locomotives and cars today.  I'm sure they wish I still preferred Thomas!

Ghonz

[Trekkie]

I've got the Tomix Thomas & Friends. Right now there is Percy, James, Henry, and Thomas with some cars. Hoping Gordon shows up, as well as Toby.

If you're picking up the HO Bachmann sets my LHS has a great step by step on how they installed a decoder here at Trainbuddy.

They'll even do em for you and mail em too you. Not bad if you suck at soldering small things like I do. He's currently putting an M1 in my N-scale ones.

[Anonymous]

Bump for an OLD thread...

 

I love THOMAS. I wanted to Build a repro of the Tank from the Show.

Im told they are based on O Scale cars. Anyone have any idea which ones?

 

Frank 

 

[Trekkie]

There are models available in O, HO, and N scale.

O is available from Lionel. They have a few expansion kits with cars, and Thomas, Percy, James, and Diesel.

HO is available from Bachmann. They have the largest offering of Thomas themed both engines & decorations. Cranky the Crane, Bertie the Bus, and a number of engines. Thomas, Percy, James, Gordon, Henry, Spencer, and I think Mavis & Toby are out and Emily was 'coming soon' last time I looked.

N Scale is lightly represented by Tomix, but is very hard to find here in the states. I found them on eBay. The only engines are Henry, Percy, Thomas and James. Gordon is rumored on some sites but it has been a year now and I've not seen him, much to my disappointment. There are a few trucks available.

[Walter Clot]

Anything that gets dad and son doing something together is GREAT!  We have lots of "Thomas" the wooden railroad around.  After watching (and operating, if old enough) the grandkids like to go into the next room and "run Thomas the wooden RR).  They always say, "Granaddad play with us."  So I sit on the floor and help them.

I bet the LHS guys don't laugh at you when they go to the bank with your money. 

BTW if its so "uncool" to buy it at the LHS, why do they sell it?

Keep up the good work with your son.  You will never be sorry you did!

[Anonymous]

I used to love the whole thing when I was little, and I never thought of modeling it. I think it's fine that you model it, can't wait to see photos of your layout. Do you have a site for it?

[lvanhen]

Bump for an OLD thread...

 

I love THOMAS. I wanted to Build a repro of the Tank from the Show.

Im told they are based on O Scale cars. Anyone have any idea which ones?

 

Frank 

 

http://www.pegnsean.net/~railwayseries/ffarquhar.htm will get you to the original layout!!  It will tell you all you want about Sodor, Thomas, Sir Topemhat, etc!!

[Phoebe Vet]

I have a more traditional model layout that fills a two car garage, but I also have 3 grandchildren, so Thomas and Hogwart's Express (both converted to DCC) live in my staging yard and are welcome to operate in my little world when the request is made.