0:31 in my headcanon, Thomas is a built as a prototype of the E2s with the extended side tanks, but he is built as a smaller prototype and with the error of the rear buffer beam not being lowered to match the front's height (the latter of which isn't noticed until it's too late). The results prove satisfactory, but it is because of the buffer difference Thomas is left as a pilot engine for safety until he gets sent to Sodor.

Just a fun fact, the E2s and jintys were actually the same size. Another note, I don’t like Thomas being a straight up E2 either. I always thought he was too big and long

I think this series really helped me get into modelmaking. So much fine detail and care is put into these trains, I love them.

I really love how you don’t just switch the fronts of the Bachmann Thomas and Friends engines. You actually do the work and it’s amazing.

In my headcanon, I have always had in my mind have Thomas as LMS Jinty which even if you ignore the fact the jinty's were better than the E2's, then storywise makes more sense. Given Sodor's position next to LMS territory, it would make sense that Thomas wouldn't have far to travel to get to Sodor compared to how an E2 would travel all the way up from the south coast. Also, the relationship between Thomas and Gordon takes on a different edge in which the teasing that Thomas does on Gordon is down to the LMS/LNER rivalry which makes some good reason for why Thomas would go after Gordon in the first place. Speaking of which, as a Jinty instead of an E2, he and Gordon would be about the same age instead of Thomas being older than Gordon which honestly I'm not a fan of. So yeah, wrote more than I meant too but yeah, Thomas as a Jinty is actually makes so much sense compared to him being an E2.

I personally like Thomas as an E2, but I totally understand where you're coming from here, and your Thomas is DAMN good 👍

I like another discrepancy I noticed between the real E2s and Thomas is that Thomas has those big splashers under his side tank extensions, while real E2s did not. I wonder why they were added? Anyway, I love watching the process of you making the models. You're steady hands and attention to detail are second to none. Seriously amazing work.

0:00 - 2:03 this has been the basis of my Thomas plans for a long time, long enough to make my own separate headcanons for a J50 and an experimental Jinty with extended tanks. Those thoughts never left my mind.

My favourite series ever! Ever since the channel was terminated I was very upset that the Tug’s trains were gone! Thanks for the reupload!

This looks accurate to the RWS! Fabulous work.

I love this series, it’s helped me learn a lot about modeling plus is just so fun and satisfying to see your models come together and has inspired me to make my own models. So glad it got a comeback recently and can’t wait to see more of what you’ve got in store!!! :)

The 2nd model of Thomas you made and showed does indeed look quite stunning on a Bachmann Thomas model engine chassis on my opinion. The other 1 used for the final version was quite impressive too.

In my headcanon, Thomas has a friend from the mainland, who is a J50 tank engine named Tommy. Thomas & Tommy came to Sodor due to World War 1 efforts and became the station pilots the Sodor railway. Thomas then gets modified to be smaller to handle shunting jobs better, but then gets reverted back to being longer for his new branch line.

I do like the E2s from an aesthetic point of view. They seem to have been a little less than adequate irl, but they looked fantastic.

I can't wait to see the prop accurate models.

This model for Thomas is fantastic of yours

4:46 I personally think the Hornby chassis for the E2 Thomas model seems to fit perfectly well for the most part.

YEEEES, its back! Your modeling videos, Especially this one, are inspirations for me, I modified my thomas recently and BOY was it worth it.

I couldn't but imagine both of your Thomas model engines with his CGI style face. Simply because they definitely fit the personality of Thomas.

At first, seeing a Thomas without his face was very strange, but after a few videos of yours explaining a few things, I definitely agree, this is the perfect Thomas.

Ive watched this video so many times i love it The model is so satisfying and pretty

Thanks for reviving these videos for us.

Ah yes, I’m glad this channel is back! This exact model of Thomas is my OC for how I portray him. Couldn’t be any more accurate!

I love this series, so so much! Inspired me to start researching my HO scale layout! I wish i could remember the program/site you used to lat it out though 😭

FINALLY A REUPLOAD OF THIS BANGER

I’m so glad you’re back nic 😊

5:53 One time dreamt I adopted a little Thomas the Tank Engine who'd been abandoned under a bush in the rain. I took him home, he ate little coal bits out of my hand and I set up a toy railway that ran around my house.

I honestly really like the Jinty Thomas photo shop. It looks like how I picture Thomas in my headcanon. Gonna have to keep this image in mind if I ever make a Jinty Thomas model.

I literally love this model I even made a small version of your model exept it has a flat running board. The model you make is so accurate and is one of my fav models you made along with Edward,duck and Oliver

I love this series, it inspired me to create my own custom models, expect for me to make a video on a custom polar express!

HE’S BACK!!!!!!!

I’m glad tugs trains is coming back on this channel ever since Il the first one was terminated

Let’s be honest, Tug’s trains is the best series Tug has made by far

Tug's Trains is finally back!

Welcome back man

Welcome back, old blue friend

Hey tug, thank you for posting the videos.

I Missed These Videos

0:19 I’don’t know if you’ve noticed but the E2’s are F*****G HUGE

I agree with what you say about Thomas and the E2’s. Besides the E2’s were more useless than useful, and that Thomas should have been a Furness Railway G5 or GNR/LNER J23/50

I would like to think that Thomas is an experimental prototype of the E2, just like how Gordon is a prototype. The concept was to make a miniature version of the E2 to make it cheaper to make, and more efficient… didn’t really work out that way though.

The big Chad of the Thomas fandom

I love the tugs trains series

Welcome back Unlucky Tug!

I love the fact that you are able to use real coal for your models.

Feeling bad for you about your channel and that, but it’s good that you (Correct me if I’m wrong) can just re-upload your videos instead of having to remake your videos.

I liked it since you uploaded the original video on my birthday.

Unpopular opinion. I always thought he resembled the E1X (which isn't a million miles removed from what you finished up with there) more than anything. This also fits with the late Rev's penchent for making his characters one offs, rebuilds and prototypes.

Hey tugs, I would like to thank you for your designing and painting, I used this video to make my model via painting and I just find it awesome, thank you.

I have a headcanon that Thomas is an accidental E2 and J50 hybrid When the builders were making Thomas they originally were going to create a J50 tank engine but while the first half of Thomas's base was a J50 the workers accidentally got the blueprints mixed up and finished Thomas using the blueprints of an E2 giving him the elements of an E2 They couldn't fix the mistake (both because it would take awhile and consider it would be the first world war at the time) they had to finish him as is and legally they would classified Thomas as an E2 tank engine

"It's made by Dapol, who's quality control is ABISMAL, for OO scale" well THAT aged well (lol).

im glad this is back

It's a crime that Gavin called Thomas "Tombo"

That a perfect good Thomas. Really love the story

He’s back again again

yeah i've had a problem with one of my dapol locomotives the GWR Mogul. It's side rods went out of line causing it to wobble & constantly derail. luckily i was able to return it & get a replacement which runs fine but still a hassle.

This is still the best Thomas ever.

I was watching this video the day the old channel went down

This video has inspired me

question who’s gavin and what did he do?

I was just rewatching Thomas and the Great Railway Show and Thomas *is* illustrated nearly as tall as Green Arrow, who is about as tall as the A1s/3s, so I can see him being pretty much exactly that height difference, which was about the same as he was drawn as in that book.

Im sorry what happened with the old channel man, good luck with this one

I know why Dapol's quality control is bad, they're based in Wrexham so, they must've done the work whilst watching home games

A yes the first video i watched from you

Excellent work Nick, and I can’t believe you use real coal. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️🚂🚂🚂and I love that Thomas cab light up.

I feel like Thomas could have originally been an E2, but after his ‘comes to breakfast’, or another really bad crash incident, he was too damaged to be sat on his original chassis, so was cut down and heavily modified to fit on a shorter chassis (perhaps an unused spare Terrier chassis after cutting the body off for scrap or something), akin to how Henry was modified from a boofed A0/A1 into a Stanier Black-5

Thomas’s rebuilt basics in the railway series is shared to Russia ь’ s classes but they are with outside valve gear

10:33 if only Thomas had the red lining on his bunker. But nevertheless the model itself is very well done.

UNLUCKY TUG!!! I'M YOUR 2ND HUGE FAN!!!

Twentieth time watching this and I'm still amazed by it.

In my Headcanon for Thomas he is the prototype for the series 3 E2s built in the 1920s with a smaller length and extra cab window but the mistake was his footplate was sloped on 1 side and the other was flat not long after the series 3 e2s were cancelled and Thomas was sold of to the north western railway

I do not know how to do Thomas in my headcanon. Either he’s a GER J23/LNER J50, and it’s explained that the artist cocked it up and the wrong design became too iconic to fix, he’s a LB&SCR E2 and the illustrations shrank him, he’s actually a smaller variant of the E2 that never entered full production, or he was a regular E2 until he was cut down to a smaller size for some reason.(Maybe he had an accident and they didn’t have the parts necessary to restore him to normal size, or maybe they thought shortening and lowering him would help with his design’s many, many issues.)

Yes. It's has returned!

I love this one

Awesome

0:20 its Gina, Rosie, thomas, and salty!

I think why Thomas is so short Compared to the E2,s. It's because Thomas was a prototype for the E2 and he was also an unwanted prototype and he was sent to the island of soder

YAY!!!

Thanks for the video tug i even made my own Thomas

I’m still waiting for the prop Thomas model (merry late Christmas)

Personally, I like to believe the reason Thomas is so small for an E2 is because A): the Brighton Works employees made a mistake while building him and made him much smaller than the average E2. B): There might've been a tiny shortage of iron material for when they were gonna build him, so they made do with what they had and added splashers because....why not? 🤷 But if Thomas WAS accurately sized, he'd knock Gordon down a couple pegs.

Really intresting vid

That is soooo cool

Oh yeah

Tugs Trains is BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wish you'd bring back these full videos for some of your bigger engines, or ones with a big story behind it

🎉 love it

3:59 you can see toad is literally behind Thomas, so it confirms that he already made Oliver, but you might already know that cuz he made a video bout that already

I mean technically the dip removeal still makes Thomas a e2 because or the e2 x witch have a flat running board

Yes!!!!!! Tug's Trains are back!!!!!! Tug's Trains is my favorite series on the The Unlucky Tug channel!

Cool

You know what I wouldn’t mind seeing I wouldn’t mind seeing tug make a little realistic model series where he uses these models to make it and since he’s making a little town he could add some other stuff

Making custom model trains looks fun, but I think I’ll stick with knitting hats, scarves, socks, etc. for now. Knitting something like a pair of socks and just knitting in general is so fun, relaxing, and satisfying for me at any rate. Making custom model trains seems too intimidating. Just give me knitting needles, a ball of yarn, and a knitting pattern to follow and I’m happy.

The first thomas of the video is "Thomas, but he's Real Life Accurate" the second thomas is "Thomas but he's Lore And Series Accurate".

Rewatching this gave me an idea, an HO/OO Thomas character body on Tomy / Trackmaster chassis

Still the best model I've seen

Whats that symbol on top of the smoke box? I also saw similar symbols on Caledonian 419 in videos and always wondered what they meant

Nice model, I'll do it. Even though it's my first time in modeling.

I love the idea of making Thomas model

OMG you FINALLY RE UPLOADED THE BUILDING SERIES! please re-upload ur builds first owo, I really look forward on pt 2 of ur railway system! (vid idea: use plarail and trackmaster to build the island of sordor )