Well, I decided to make my own Thomas The Tank Engine models, using unpainted wooden trains. I did that for Thomas’s 75th anniversary, which is this year. Since the very first book was written in 1945 by the Rev. W. Awdry, the creator of Thomas, who cheered up his son; Christopher Awdry with the first chapter of the book when he was laying ill in bed with measles.
Mum ordered some trains, I chose, for me. They used to be plain wood with no colours and some of their tenders used to be cabooses, until Dad helped me. He sawed the top bits off and made them shaped like Henry Fowler tenders.
I only painted the engines with paint pens while Dad turned the cabooses into tenders before I painted them as well. First, I made Thomas! Second, I made Gordon! Thirdly, James! And finally, Percy!
Here is a picture of my models. ↓
I'm part of the Thomas history now! And if you don't believe me, go to https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilbert_Awdry, click on the 3rd picture in the Biography, and you'll see my username.
Now before I finish, I’ve one last thing to say -
Happy 75th Anniversary, Thomas!!
* my very own character.