Quote from: Sparks on December 29, 2011, 08:58:21 PM
If you can weather him, go with Salty. If not, go with Emily.

You're right! I never noticed that before... I wonder why Bachmann didn't make him pre-weathered?

At any rate - weathering is not that hard.

Salty

I agree Emily is a beautiful locomotive, but I've heard she doesn't have much power

I've been following this thread with interest, because like everyone else I want to get the best price. But I haven't found any store yet with a consistently lower price than Hobbylinc. But I did note that some stores have a better variety of products.

It made me think, however, that some of you may want to broaden your scope a bit. I need to point out that not all of Bachmann's Thomas accessories are from British prototypes. They are just repackaging of products Bachmann USA was already selling in their American railroad range.

And what some  of you might not be aware of is that Bachmann also has a complete range of British models in OO scale. Along with a lot of British accessories. If you are interested, check out this Canadian store: http://modelrailwayimports.com/ You'll find a variety of wagons there that are exactly the same as the Thomas range.

A comment here - I contacted Bachmann about getting parts for my Knapford Station kit and I was told that they don't sell individual parts for their structures. So my guess would be that - yes - you have to buy the whole Tidmouth Shed complex to get what you need. Maybe you could ebay the manual turntable.

I buy mostly from Hobbylinc because they seem to to have the best prices.

But I did buy my Knapford Station from Phil's hobby because their price can't be beat - for that one item (the rest is higher than Hobbylinc)

http://www.philshobbyshop.com/catalog/viewsku?sku=BAC45239&itemname=ho_knapford_station_building_kit

Quote from: deviousdiesel10 on December 26, 2011, 07:57:31 PM
I mean online, like a website or somethin. none of the hobby shops around me have any in stock!

And I meant US or UK - huge difference on-line

I like this site:
http://www.hobbylinc.com/Thomas-the-Tank_Electric_Cars

Quote from: TrainsofSodor on December 26, 2011, 04:26:22 PM
Ummmm, okay then.

I meant - I probably wasn't communicating effectively - which evidently I failed again.

Quote from: Churchill8F on December 26, 2011, 04:58:47 PM
I'd suggest taking a coach down to a shop that sells auto paints, sometimes they can match a color up to an item of rolling stock. Done this before, and it works out to be cheap.

Jack

I'm surprised that would work. Model paints usually have finer pigment particles than automotive paints. The thicker paint could hide surface details.

I would just take a photo to your local hobby shop and pick the closest color you could find.

Where do you live? That would make a big difference.

Quote from: TrainsofSodor on December 25, 2011, 03:31:36 PM
I get it now.

This can be a strange medium for communications sometimes.

Quote from: TrainsofSodor on December 23, 2011, 11:11:34 PM
I thought you ment Cream Tanker since this is the CGI Cream Tanker.

Okay - I am aware that the cream tanker has always had a graphic - they changed the graphic when it was changed in the CGI version. I understand. I just mentioned that I wish they weren't moving all the wagons to the CGI version - I like the old version better.

I won't be getting a Cream tanker because I really don't like it (although, I think the cream color is better than white which is used for the milk tanker) - I prefer the wagons with words on them - they seem more authentic.

I'm sorry if it bothers anyone that I hijacked this thread. I thought the conversation was about the changes to the CGI wagons. But I've seen people get slammed for starting a new thread, and I wouldn't want to go there.

This is what I am concerned about - I prefer the old version that said "OIL". I guess I need to buy up a few of the old stock before they run out.

Quote from: PasqualeCS96 on December 22, 2011, 10:14:42 AM
The milk one was changed to in HO? How about Sodor Fuel?

I keep hearing that they will, but I don't think they have yet. I was referring to the new CGI TV shows which I assume is the direction of the market as well.

Sorry if I caused any premature concern.

Yeah, I guess there really wasn't a first generation cream tanker - I was actually referring to the tankers like "MILK" and "OIL" which have been replaced with pictures. I guess it's good for an international audience, or an illiterate, one, or both.

To be honest, I prefer the old style with actual words on them instead of pictures.