I forgot to mention it in the video, but in Season 1. The scrapped model of Thomas can be seen right next to Toby’s shed, which gives us a good idea of the scale of the model, next to a Gauge 1 model. Link to image: ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Toby%27s_Shed_(T%26F)/Gallery?file=TobyandtheStoutGentleman41.png
@tre-engines11 ай бұрын
I think that’s a different model to the one in Off the Rails though. But it could be an alternate version!
@BIG_RED_PRODUCTIONS_official11 ай бұрын
Just pointing it out pilot gordon was retooled into s1 gordon so that can't be a O gauge short
@RoseSupreme Жыл бұрын
Man... to think we thought the Down the Mine Pilot is the Holy Grail of earliest-known Thomas "lost media". Along comes this. Granted, the DTM Pilot still pretty much is as we've got a lot surrounding it, but it'd be interesting to see whatever news comes of this O Gauge Pilot.
@FlyingFishProductions Жыл бұрын
Yes! The information regarding the original pilot, (if you can call it that). Has only been public knowledge for about 2 weeks now.
@retroversals081 Жыл бұрын
Wow. The more I watch your videos, the more I learn about obscure facts of the classic series! This was really interesting to see! Love your vids man, don't stop doing them!
@FlyingFishProductions Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the kind words, comments like these give me the motivation to keep creating content and making it better each time I upload.
@harrisonallen651 Жыл бұрын
I knew about the O Gauge test pilot thanks to the Thomas wiki. It could even be possible that we may see the test officially released to the public like the down the mine pilot in a 80th anniversary dvd in 2025.
@FlyingFishProductions Жыл бұрын
Possible, although extremely unlikely given that we believe only a few shots were filmed from the O Gauge "test". But it's possible some images may turn up one day.
@PercyTheSmallEngineStudios Жыл бұрын
And you can tell from Toby’s shed the scrap Thomas is tiny
@FlyingFishProductions Жыл бұрын
Yes! I forgot to show it in the video. But that is very true.
@wilbertlad Жыл бұрын
Another thing to add, there's a small green and yellow double decker bus, it appears in thimas and the guard I think? This bus was found to be a modified off the shelf toy noticeably smaller than gauge 1. I reckon myself that it was bought for the original pilot
@FlyingFishProductions Жыл бұрын
Yes! The O Gauge Chance and Hunt Bus. That’s a very good theory.
@Nausicaafan-go6lq Жыл бұрын
Wait a minute... Pilot before Down The Mine Pilot... EARLY REEL IS REAL!?
@joshslater242611 ай бұрын
Very interesting. I know of the Down The Mine Pilot, but the fact the rabbit hole goes deeper amazes me. While there’s a half a chance the aforementioned pilot will be revealed in the near future, there’s not enough to suggest we’ll see this emerge any time soon.
@CraftsTimReview Жыл бұрын
Wow, that's interesting. I never knew there's another pilot being made but with using O gauge models. I honestly thought the well known one was the only one produced.
@tre-engines Жыл бұрын
Hooray! More Thomas Lost Media craziness! I’m glad the fun hasn’t stopped yet!
@joshuaW5621 Жыл бұрын
We’re gonna see this eventually.
@Cosmos-mz5ut Жыл бұрын
this was a great video, hopefully we will find out more and maybe it will get leaked, there is a rumour about Mattel releasing the gauge 1 pilot at the 80th anniversary
@JesisAdrianGarcia Жыл бұрын
I never heard of a 0 Gauge thomas and Gordon.
@clayv5422 Жыл бұрын
Well I know a little more now I always thought the pilot used gauge 1 , thanks!
@FlyingFishProductions Жыл бұрын
The Original pilot was filmed in O gauge, but only a few shots were filmed since the models were so bad. The second pilot was filmed in Gauge 1, but it’s unlikely that the whole pilot was filmed. The models were better than their O Gauge counterparts, but still very bad. So they were refurbished and given Marklin Chassis’ for the first season in 1984.
@clayv5422 Жыл бұрын
@@FlyingFishProductions so basically they had 3???? lost pilots the o guage one the gauge 1 and the one in 1973?
@FlyingFishProductions Жыл бұрын
@@clayv5422 I believe you're referring to the one from 1976, however that was just a few sketches made for a cartoon. It took a little while to get the show off the ground to say the least.
@clayv5422 Жыл бұрын
@@FlyingFishProductions yeah if ya kinda compare them the 73 one to the current all engines go they look strangely similar??
@thegreatrailroadstudios9096 Жыл бұрын
@clayv5422 fun fact there was a lost loose adaption of thomas in 1973 called engines of eight
@thomaseinstein9074 Жыл бұрын
Thomas in O gauge
@Yorkshire2024 Жыл бұрын
They should make a one off special using the original models once again.Because when watching the early model series you can see lots of care and commitment in the production of it
@Cloned-alone Жыл бұрын
The models are all over the world now
@clayv5422 Жыл бұрын
Yes... They should with some of the cgi characters,the good ones
@GothRailfan Жыл бұрын
@@Cloned-alone All new models would have to be built. Which would cost more than when the final models were built in 2007-2008.
@abanana Жыл бұрын
woah this is so cool!! thanks for this, i never would've known about this!!
@spiderfan2003 Жыл бұрын
This is interesting
@mariobabbo34972 ай бұрын
Shame the models from the Down The Mine pilot episode from the early 1980s were used as set dressing as scrap engines. As the pilot was reshot and redone.
@bernarda1247 Жыл бұрын
Noice
@lowfurts11 ай бұрын
I need the pilot! I need it *NOW*
@firstnamlastnam2141 Жыл бұрын
Is there a chance either companies or whoever owns them now would still have the reference pics?
@FlyingFishProductions Жыл бұрын
I doubt it, although the footage from the Gauge 1 Pilot exists. I find it unlikely that the few shots that made up the original test “pilot”, still exist. But to answer your question, I don’t think so. There’s a very high chance that they were discarded, although possible that they still have them, it’s unlikely. Or some other individual may have an image or two, but we just don’t know yet.
@firstnamlastnam2141 Жыл бұрын
@@FlyingFishProductions That's understandable. It was mainly a shot in the dark.
@timthetankengineproduction5597 Жыл бұрын
OOOOO sounds intresting this vid
@herrice3227 Жыл бұрын
So, what would be the difference in these gauges? Evidently 0 Gauge is smaller than 1, but by how much?
@FlyingFishProductions Жыл бұрын
Well we know that the crew in Season 4 had such a hard time with the narrow Gauge models, (which were O Gauge). That they switched to large scale versions of the narrow Gauge engines for Season 5 onwards, and this was over a full decade after the pilot. So in short, if it was hard to use a small scale such as O Gauge in the 90’s, it was even harder to work with these models in the early 80’s.
@user-zh1qm1kf8i11 ай бұрын
now 4 Pilot for Thomas and Friends wow thomas has the most Pilots now
@steamxd9654 Жыл бұрын
So does thomas early reel exist
@IVANSAAVEDRAUSA Жыл бұрын
0:06 THOMASDOTD FOOTAGE :( Sad he hasn't posted. I miss him.
@wyattm6782 Жыл бұрын
Hello
@bernardothetankengine721810 ай бұрын
i never know that
@maddalonefarms11 ай бұрын
2:55 what was the documentary?
@FlyingFishProductions11 ай бұрын
It was a cancelled documentary, here's the link to the trailer: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/abVhZ8hi1s6-Y58.html
@alanramos636211 ай бұрын
You mentioned the cancelled documentary, I remember seeing how much that was being promoted years ago but I can’t remember who was making it. Does anyone know why it was cancelled?
@FlyingFishProductions11 ай бұрын
It was TomsProps who was making it, I think he got burnout or lazy and was low on funds so he cancelled it. So he'd then disappear from Twitter, he's been selling stuff on eBay as of recently. The thing is, all the O gauge narrow gauge engines were being brought to the "Unlikely fandom" event in November, by their respective owners. But since he owns Duncan and Rheneas it's unlikely that'll happen now.