Logan is now more than a 'promotional' character.

Recent news has come about that Logan, is now more than just a promo model from the wooden railway book and model feature 'Logan and the Big Blue Engines'.
A recent video by Arc Productions has given fans great expectations that Logan will possibly be part of the Thomas and Friends television stories, with hopes that he will get featured when Season 19 airs in the fall of 2015.

Close up of Logan's chassis and wheel details

There had been a lot of speculation regarding Logan's character, being just a 'one-off' like many of the other previous characters that had come and gone in the television stories between 2009 and 2012, however, this video, with it's little back story detailing Logan's shape and characteristics, gives the indication he will probably be more than just a simple promo character, all we can do is wait for further confirmation from best sources, to whether Logan will remain a permanent addition to the Sodor fleet.

Thomas with Logan at the Shunting Yard

Stephen OO - Test Video

Also long awaited is the completed model of Stephen from 'King of the Railway'.



Stephen was made using a Tri-ang Hornby 'Rocket' with a dapol tender kit, the model was thoroughly cleaned, and given odd parts from the Take 'n' Play Stephen, it runs really well, and i have recently bought a second rocket to make another version of him with his black funnel before it got broken off during the mine scene. :)

Porter & Rosie OO - Test Clips!

Long awaited videos of Porter and Rosie in OO are finally here!



Porter was made using a Rivarossi OO/HO model. Rosie was built from scratch and runs on a Hornby 'Toby' 0-6-0 chassis with motion from a Bachmann Gordon.

Hornby 2015 range reveals Den prototype!

Hornby's 2015 product range has recently revealed that a second version of the 0-4-0 'Sentinel' will include motion rod drive, something that was only ever available as a plastic kit from Knightwing using a Branchlines chassis kit. The new model looks superb, and although the model will not be out till next year, it now opens up some new opportunities for fans to make their own models of Thomas & Friends character, Den.

Den who was recently seen in the Thomas and Friends Television Series, is based on the sentinel 0-4-0 rod drive locomotive like the picture above, he works at the Diesel works with his friend Dart, who was made by Hornby two years ago.

Sadly there is no new Thomas & Friends characters in the 2015 lineup, but, there could well be a return of the Hornby Thomas range around 2016/17 depending on the current state of Hornby's future, it was announced recently that they were leaving Margate Works in Kent to move to new premises, but production of new products would still continue nonetheless!

Blog Update - 20/12/14

Greetings friends and visitors.

We apologize for so many updates lacking on this blog, the last year has been very stressful in everyday life that we've not had much time to get online to do any updating, but as we move towards 2015, the blog will be fully updated and hopefully will get back on track from January with new product news, updates and community happenings.

We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas, and hope that it's a good one from all of use here at the World of Thomas Modelling. :)

Homepage updated

Decided to update the homepage banner with a new look.

More updates to follow soon, but enjoy for now. :)

Back in Buisness!!

Greetings to all.

It's been a long while since we've made any new posts, but we are finally getting back on track with updating the pages after a long spell of not using media sites and blogs.

Expect some new updates to commence in the next couple days. :)

regards

Dan

Now on Wikia!

We have now created a page on Wikia.

The idea for the wikia page is to encourage more modellers to join in with our community and share their love for model railways in the form of Thomas the Tank Engine.

Stephen the 'Original' Steam Engine - Photos Here!

Completed photos of Stephen the 'Rocket' Engine are now posted in the Complete Projects Page!

The model was made using various parts from a take 'n' play die-cast model, and a second hand Triang 'Rocket' loco i won on Ebay for £38.00.

Make October a Smoke-Free month for 28 days!

As part of the Stoptober 28 day Smoke-Free month, we have made this little banner to hopefully influence others to join in and support it. We respect all smokers, but we all have family and friends who also like the odd smoke a fair bit, and would like to try and help them to quit once and for all.

 Smoking causes harm to you're health and can cause serious health problems in later years to come, possibly also leading to lung cancer, which is something we'd like to help avoid, and stop the spread of passive smoking to children and babies.

Do the right thing, put it out, right out!

Do it for our friend, Stephen.