Choobacca Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Hi. I've been thinking about using some Thomas Oil and Tar tanker wagons on a 'normal' railway and was wondering if anyone could tell what the build quality is like?Are the wagons very fragile and do they have parts that are glued on?Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyCube Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Seeing as they're made with kids in mind, they're not as fragile as modern main range stuff. I don't have any, but from the pictures its pretty obvious they're made from the old 4-wheel tanker tooling. I do have a couple of the old tankers and they're not delicate (or have glued bits), but you should be aware that they do have the moulded-on large style couplers, which depending on the layout curves, aren't 100% compatible with the modern small type.The other issue is that the Thomas liveries are very unrealistic, but I'm guessing that doesn't bother you! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choobacca Posted August 13, 2011 Author Share Posted August 13, 2011 Thanks SkyCube. I'd noticed that they aren't very realistic but I'm OK with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choobacca Posted November 28, 2011 Author Share Posted November 28, 2011 Does anyone know if the Oil & Tar wagons are based on real wagons?I'm sure I've seen a photo somewhere of some real rolling stock with either oil or tar written on the side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matilda Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Whilst we're talking about the Tar & fuel wagons, I have a question about the Milk wagon. Whenever I see them, they always have blue lettering, but I came across one the other day with red lettering, is this official, or some sort of special edition one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow.Monk Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Matilda said:Whilst we're talking about the Tar & fuel wagons, I have a question about the Milk wagon. Whenever I see them, they always have blue lettering, but I came across one the other day with red lettering, is this official, or some sort of special edition one?Blue text is what appears in the show. Red lettering ones are apparently extremely rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choobacca Posted November 30, 2011 Author Share Posted November 30, 2011 I found a photo of the TAR wagon:http://www.flickr.com/photos/nottsexminer/6137404474/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyCube Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 The tar wagons are based on the ones from the TV Show. I used to have some similar ones from the diecast thomas range when I was a kid. The wagons in the show may be based on real tar tankers of course, although I've never seen any like it, and the person who took that Flickr pic seems to think it might have just been done up like that for the museum (a Thomas event perhaps?).The Hornby Thomas Milk and Tar wagons are not accurate representations of real vehicles however, they're just old wagon mouldings painted to look like those on the TV show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choobacca Posted December 1, 2011 Author Share Posted December 1, 2011 Ah, that explains it.I'm sure I've seen a photo of the Oil tankers on a forum. I just can't remember which one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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