FfarquharDeveloper's TrackMaster Customs

2023/8/29 Update

So before getting into the topics of the post there are a few things I'd like to talk about.
1. Transformers has been steadily taking over influence, partially due to a lack of diverse Thomas content and customs, as such I've been sorta drifting away from Thomas as a primary interest. It's still my primary interest as I'm still doing Trackmaster Customs but since Thomas has kinda gotten repetitive in recent years I've been slowly falling into Transformers.
2. I've been doing commissions for the past 2 years or so and I've modeled a few characters I've been pretty proud of and have wanted to do again, just for my own collection.
3. There's a few characters I really want to make that I haven't had the chance to start on yet including:
- Norman, who I've recently modeled for a friend with a pretty close resculpt of the Dennis face to match Norman's on-screen appearance.
- Merlin, who I modeled for the same previously mentioned friend last year using a Gordon, I want to get back to that and model him again but closer to his actual on-screen appearance with some minor tweaks to the design
- Sonny, I modeled him for a friend about 2 years back now. I'm happy with the concept design and I'm not really happy with the one I made for him and I've been itching to go back and remodel Sonny for myself better with my current skills.
- Ned, I just need some hinges and winch pieces to put him together.
- The Peel Godred Electric Engines, these engines are blank slates and as such I basically have creative freedom for how they're painted and what their basis are. I've pin-pointed that I want to model 3 of them using the Electric in the S-38 long container train pack for the class 87's and an additional 2 from the S-34 Car Carrier Train pack to serve as the class 86s. While I could just buy a bunch of Diesel 10's, slap a new bodyshell onto the chassis and call it a day, part of the reason I'm doing this is because I want more of these special long bits of rolling stock because they're just that cool. Won't spoil too much for what I have planned for the electrics (which are basically original characters at this point alongside a few other characters I plan on making such as a trio of Class 66's and a pair of Class 20s). Though I will say one word pertaining to them seekers. Anyways I just wanted to nerd out about my own characters which I plan on making. Onto the actual stuff people check this thread out for.

Bear:

So I printed out an additional 2 bodyshells, the original (centre) is going to become my primary Bear and will be painted in Green as he appears post-super rescue.
The one on the left side of the photo, which is directly next to the original and the closest to the original, is going to become Bear as he first appears as D7101 painted up in the same matching Blue as my D199, who I also have to update, more on him when I get to painting the pair.
The one on the right side of the photo's for a friend.

Diesel 10:

So I finally got him an actually working Pinchy. In time I do plan on sanding and painting up pinchy alongside filling in the gap in the roof but this is where he stands at right now with a fully articulated pinchy capable of getting pretty close to the ground.

Scruff:
One of the more recent additions, I still need to get to repainting his front bufferbeam and painting on his brass fittings.


There are a few other projects and characters I have worked on recently however these fall into the ever going list of "characters ive made for other people before ive made for myself

This list so-far contains the following (from oldest to newest)
- Sonny
- Green Arrow
- Merlin
- Bear
- Nigel (cancelled Jack and the Pack character)
- Ashima
- Sam
- Bridlington Goods Yard/Great Railway Show Diesels
- Norman
- Bloomer
- Helena
- Old Slow Coach
- Barry the Rescue Engine

while yes i made the customs they belong to other people and as such are not a part of my collection, hence they're not being shown off here

Not Pictured:
The Sodor Mail Vans, they're not pictured here because I'm still working on getting them smoothed out for painting and I still need to cut rods and print wheels for them.