Happy New Year, engineers! Thought this might be an interesting addition to the thread.
Before I remove the printed images to (potentially) reuse the canvas, I'd like to reveal something I made 'at least' eight years ago and never wanted to bring up (not even in my introduction): an old TOMY Thomas & Friends wish list from circa 2014, which also had two Fisher Price engines on it.
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For an unusual (and still confidential) reason, Murdoch (of all engines) was one of my highest priorities back then. I also included normal versions of Gordon, James and Salty due to the oversized battery tenders and crate truck the Talking versions have, as well as their inability to free wheel; however, I did contradict that by choosing the Talking Henry on purpose to match my Gordon when I should've just picked a normal one. Both Bill and Ben were listed just because I already had a Ben I took apart for components. Now that I've warmed up to scratchbuilding and making my own versions of certain things, I effectively wouldn't have to look for the real items anymore. Should I ever need any of the characters they depict, I could trace parts of the items from photos of them and scale them (more or less) correctly. Only parts like faces, drive units, activation tabs etc. would be harder to recreate than others, though many of them could be unpowered as well. In the bottom corners, there was cringeworthy handwritten text that included poor wording and sensitive info I had to edit out. Even though I acknowledged that the prices online sellers were charging were too high when converted to shekels, I don't think I even checked listings for only the relevant items. Not sure if I knew about the scummy prices for Oliver either.
Before I remove the printed images to (potentially) reuse the canvas, I'd like to reveal something I made 'at least' eight years ago and never wanted to bring up (not even in my introduction): an old TOMY Thomas & Friends wish list from circa 2014, which also had two Fisher Price engines on it.
For an unusual (and still confidential) reason, Murdoch (of all engines) was one of my highest priorities back then. I also included normal versions of Gordon, James and Salty due to the oversized battery tenders and crate truck the Talking versions have, as well as their inability to free wheel; however, I did contradict that by choosing the Talking Henry on purpose to match my Gordon when I should've just picked a normal one. Both Bill and Ben were listed just because I already had a Ben I took apart for components. Now that I've warmed up to scratchbuilding and making my own versions of certain things, I effectively wouldn't have to look for the real items anymore. Should I ever need any of the characters they depict, I could trace parts of the items from photos of them and scale them (more or less) correctly. Only parts like faces, drive units, activation tabs etc. would be harder to recreate than others, though many of them could be unpowered as well. In the bottom corners, there was cringeworthy handwritten text that included poor wording and sensitive info I had to edit out. Even though I acknowledged that the prices online sellers were charging were too high when converted to shekels, I don't think I even checked listings for only the relevant items. Not sure if I knew about the scummy prices for Oliver either.
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