I went back to the carboot sale and bought the following
ertl thumper £1
back
compared to the take along one
Terrence ertl and thumper
changed the treads as I like the darker ones
another trackmaster Stanley £1.50 originally £2 but seller didn't want to get change so I only paid £1.50
back
compared to my other one (might customise this one)
ertl bill and ben 50p each but I bought together so £1
side
and another angle
and last but not least believe it or not Tomy Oliver got it for £1 he was in a terrible shape but I fixed that
side
side
back no coupling hook
and the front
one axel missing
inside is dusty and has some broken wheels
the wheel base had this tangled
got a metal axel and modified it to be like the one that was there before I had to make it thinner and cut to size it worked
I put a bit of plastic here to hold the motor (not pictured) I also added a coupling hook and place to put it as it didn't have that again not pictured but did do
buffers were cracked so some modelling clay and sanding later got to be flat
the motor and body
was able to paint the black dot on his face to be somewhat perfect
painted buffer beam
and some final touches later
side
other side
back now has a coupling
compared to thumper
I argue that this was a good purchase as I paid way less than I would have done and also due to the restoration I did as I felt it could go back to its glory days again
ertl thumper £1
back
compared to the take along one
Terrence ertl and thumper
changed the treads as I like the darker ones
another trackmaster Stanley £1.50 originally £2 but seller didn't want to get change so I only paid £1.50
back
compared to my other one (might customise this one)
ertl bill and ben 50p each but I bought together so £1
side
and another angle
and last but not least believe it or not Tomy Oliver got it for £1 he was in a terrible shape but I fixed that
side
side
back no coupling hook
and the front
one axel missing
inside is dusty and has some broken wheels
the wheel base had this tangled
got a metal axel and modified it to be like the one that was there before I had to make it thinner and cut to size it worked
I put a bit of plastic here to hold the motor (not pictured) I also added a coupling hook and place to put it as it didn't have that again not pictured but did do
buffers were cracked so some modelling clay and sanding later got to be flat
the motor and body
was able to paint the black dot on his face to be somewhat perfect
painted buffer beam
and some final touches later
side
other side
back now has a coupling
compared to thumper
I argue that this was a good purchase as I paid way less than I would have done and also due to the restoration I did as I felt it could go back to its glory days again
I liked tomy ever since I found out about it