Blue Plastic Tracks

Thomas is looking really good T-Man. Nice work. How did you remove the blue paint on the edges of the wheels?

I removed the blue with a fine sandpaper. I'm planning on going over them again with a finer sandpaper (probably 2000 grit), then the finest one that I have (I think 3000) just in case the sandpaper I used at first put any scratches on the wheels.

A bit of a smaller update this time, but it's still an important one!
I finished off Thomas' new running plate design and also designed some buffers for him! I also placed an order for them from Shapeways, along with a couple other finishing features, so once the order gets here (probably in a couple of weeks), I'll be able to start getting Thomas ready for a proper assembly! The buffers are also going to be made of brass, which will hopefully be a better material than plastic!




I also painted Thomas' 1 on his left side, and I'll be preparing to do his right side soon.


That's all for now, but hopefully soon I'll have some more updates!
-TM2001

The lining transfers arrived, so I started work on Thomas! I got one side and the back done! It was a bit difficult at first, because I've never used waterslide transfers before, but once I got the hang of it, it wasn't that bad.

Looks great T-Man