Looking at the other announcement made so far (the Golden Spike themed set), this year seems like it might be a bit small compared to last year, but it definitely seems promising.

I have had this problem with my turnout before. If the wheel is pushing off of the track, it's not a short. What I did was look along the turnout as closely to my eyes as I could without losing focus on it and pushed a piece of rolling stock over it. My problem was a bit of excess plastic from the track ties. If it's the same problem for you, a hobby knife should clean out the excess plastic just fine.

Quote from: angelob6660 on February 01, 2019, 04:33:47 PM
I latter have the narrow gauge coaches have no faces. To follow the CGI version of them of being normal coaches.

The green and cream narrow gauge coaches have never been seen in the CGI Series, and therefore, it would not be inaccurate for them to be released with faces in the future. It would also help bring variety into the rolling stock range if they were made with faces.

Hey guys, I just had a thought about how they could make the green and cream open coaches from the Skarloey Railway and have them be a fresh idea so they aren't just like the red and blue carriages. They could release a couple different versions of the coach with different faces, like the ones from season 4 and have them labelled something like "Happy Carriage" or "Angry Carriage" for example. They would also be something completely different for the range because they would be the first narrow gauge rolling stock with faces. They would also bring some Season 4 nostalgia into the narrow gauge range even further than the Blue Carriage will. I don't think they should be considered for 2019, but maybe a few years down the line, if the range is still going, they could do something like this. Do you guys think that would be a good idea for the future? Would you guys buy them if Bachmann made them? Which of the facial expressions would you want to see, if they don't do all of them?

I want either Peter Sam, or Sir Handel, or both, since Sir Haydn is out of overhaul now (though I would prefer Sir Handel, Peter Sam does seem to have more demand). I also would want the Brake Vans in all colors (if possible). For regular HO, either skip an engine or make Stepney, Troublesome Truck 6, and bring back the Flatbed with Paint Drums. For Large Scale, the Red Coaches would be nice.

I think the Resin Buildings should be brought back as well, and I have no real suggestions, so the ones TerencetheTractor525 suggested would be nice.

I got Bachmann Skarloey, Narrow Gauge Open Wagon, Narrow Gauge Red Box Van, and Red Open Wagon for Christmas this year. Now that I own everything released for the Narrow Gauge line from Bachmann US, I can say that they are of a much nicer quality than the regular HO models. I hope Rusty and the coaches will also be this good.

Wow. You got all of that done really fast. That honestly looks amazing. Well done!

Wow. I have enjoyed reading all of your projects so far, but this one is my favorite. I love reading about modellers who take one thing and add details to them to make them something different, and your projects are no exception, especially since they are Thomas themed. Good job.

I got the Thomas' Christmas Express set at a train show yesterday. It runs very well.

For my birthday, I got the Narrow Gauge blue box van and the slate wagon with no number.

I wouldn't mind Sir Handel before Peter Sam, but either way, I would buy whoever the next model is.
On another note, I wouldn't mind Bachmann making more resin buildings if they included more narrow gauge buildings. My picks would be the double engine shed and Neptune Refreshments.

Has Bachmann ever considered producing a regular line of HOn30 trains? I think that they would be interesting. Would anyone else buy them if Bachmann did make them?

Would anyone want Bachmann to release separate HOn30 couplings as an accessory? I have heard that the Peco wagons have more of an uncoupling problem than the Bachmann wagons, and, looking at the couplings, the pin that the loop goes around is more pronounced on the Bachmann couplings than the Peco couplings. I was thinking that that might be why, and, since all of the rolling stock released so far has NEM couplings, people would be able to replace the Peco couplings with the Bachmann ones. What do you guys think?

I would want Stepney. He's been one of my favorite characters ever since I was a kid (and I wasn't even born when Thomas & the Magic Railroad came out).

I am going to put my predictions for next year here:

HO Scale

Stepney
Flat Car with Chinese Dragon
One of the 3 Large Scale Wagons yet to be released in HO Scale (Explosives Van, Toffee Tanker, Chocolate Syrup Tanker)
Troublesome Truck 6 (Hopefully a Tanker with a Model Series Face)

Narrow Gauge

Peter Sam

Large Scale

Red Coach
Red Brake Coach