Rosie's basis and other classes derived from it were actually exported to numerous other countries (10 more besides the UK and Yugoslavia). Two of them were even used here when the British Mandate was coming to an end (out of six loaned by the UK War Department). If only the animators of BWBA thought to recolour Rosie for more international engines.
He was thinking of the TrackMaster versions, where the cab does have two stickers for the windows and gold borders. The TOMY Hiro is mainly a retool of one of their (many) existing D51 moulds from the main range, hence why he naturally looks more prototypical than the TrackMaster one (made from scratch by Western designers).
(02-07-2021, 09:49 AM)Mister No Wrote: Everything's real on Hiro, Super. The windows are not holes, though, just solid black plastic, with frames in gold. There are no stickers on Hiro (except his name plate); I only wish all Plarail vehicles are made like this! Really beautiful engine. He is a fine representation of his D51 Class "Mikado". (I learned that Mikado means The Emperor of Japan.)
He was thinking of the TrackMaster versions, where the cab does have two stickers for the windows and gold borders. The TOMY Hiro is mainly a retool of one of their (many) existing D51 moulds from the main range, hence why he naturally looks more prototypical than the TrackMaster one (made from scratch by Western designers).
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