It's sad that characters during the HIT Era have an introduction episode and then immediately get reduced to background cameos or not appearing ever again
I never understood that because by then, Thomas was making big money for its merchandise so surely featuring the lesser known characters would be to their benefit.
One of my favorite hit era characters and seeing her brought to more justice makes this so special in my eyes, man. Thank you for doing this, not only for yourself but for the people of the Thomas community, showing us that our favorite characters may not come back on screen but they can still live in the real world and in our hearts.
Interesting take on Molly, and I’m loving the smaller face. I already said that the large face is nightmare fuel (cause it’s so big!), but the smaller face somehow reminds me of the Gunvor and Peter Edwards illustrations.
I love how she's turned out! Part of me wonders if you've considered what number she'd be in your AU, and/or if you've thought about numbering her? I stare at her tender and just expect to see the number appear lol, Thomas has tainted my perspective for sure
I really like this model of Molly she is one of my favorite characters since I can relate to her, it just sucks how HIT never used her again and tried to give her character development
I'm very vocal on how much I love the HiT era, but yeah lots of the new characters got done dirty. But I always loved the small sneaks of personality they had like Molly being shy, Dennis being lazy, Hector having internal fears, etc...
Absolutely love this model, my man! It’s so great to see a unique take on an often forgotten character and I’m so glad I could help out again!! 🙏✨ We will need to talk about that green caterpillar in the back, though. 😉
Maybe Molly works on the same line as Arthur, besides the seaside village, it has a VERY productive coal mine, one that needs a powerful engine capable of longer-distance hauling. Arthur handles the fish and passengers, Molly handles the coal and maybe the works trains. Maybe her yellow paint is to appear as a “safety” vehicle, think of wasp stripes on industrial diesels, for example. But hey, I’m just spitballing, great model gamer, I liked the addition of sound effects at the end.
Maybe she sometimes when she isn't pulling coal, she banks trains on Gordon's Hill, which kicks up a lot of soot from her funnel. I threw this out there not only because of how strong she is, but also because "Mighty Molly" sounds similar to "Big Bertha" to me.
Baised on the look of you're model; Molly was an old Engine used on a rural branch for Passenger service in her early years, However as time went on and as bigger faster engines were needed Molly was shifted to Coal and iron works drags. Since she already had a yellow livery the industrial works happily took her under their purview. Molly was later bought and is ran on the Isle of Sodor doing many of the things she has done over her whole career, Currently she is in need of a wash and a new coat of paint but Molly is ever more the happier.
I also like to think that in the alternative universe , Molly came to the island looking dirty like her was in the modul, the reason why she was so anxious in the show is because she got so embarrassed that all the other engine on the railway had a better paint job that her.
I have a very small collection of them now but I hope to have more in the coming years, he’s GOT to be favorite railway related author!! :) Any recommendations I should look for bro?
*AU for your molly model :* when Henry was brought to sodor and the fat director saw it wasn’t what he wanted was pretty tick offed about that but he kept Henry but his thoughts on the Atlantic never left him one day he finally decided to see if he could find one for a cheap price he wandered around until he came across an scrapyard it was a engine her wheels and chassis looked rusted and paint faded she seemed downcasted the fat director than decided to purchase molly but since she was new and all the work with the town being restored ( great Watertown ) he did minor repairs to bring her back into steam as soon as possible she did odd jobs around the town like coal trains , timber , and building materials she was getting pretty dirty with suit and dust but she didn’t mind she was just glad she was in service again. after the town and line was completed and the work easier down she was reassigned to do jobs in places wherever she was needed eventually she would get properly restored into her former glory new paint in all and she works happily around sodor sometimes you maybe just get to see her sometimes pulling a heavy goods train down the line.
That's a nice take on Molly being an Atlantic, if I were ever into modeling trains and decided to build Molly, I would've probably made her out of a Hornby D16. My head cannon for that would be that she originally started out as a regular GER D56 before being moving to the LNER and later getting reclassified as a D15 and would later get rebuilt into a D16 (specifically a D16/3) by Sir Nigel Gresley in 1923 (that would play into her dynamic with Gordon in the fan made story "Former Express Engine").
That’s what I hate about the Hit era. Using new potential characters once but they never use em again and Molly had so much potential to be a good yellow female character like Rebecca. In fact, I could make them be friends
Within the context of a coal mine, this bright yellow livery makes a lot of sense: it's highly visible and stands out from the black coal/dust all around.
you know the militarized engines you made a while back? feel like you could do something like that for Neville (he is based on an engine made during the war after all)
That would be REALLY fun honestly, Neville is on my list of to-do’s I just have to figure out what I’ll do to make him more unique. That’s a pretty good way right there 🤣👀
You know, I never actually liked Molly. Her design always felt too busy, and the fact that she was almost _less_ than a one-note character certainly didn't help matters. That said, I _really_ like this re-imagining of her! Personally, I look at that engine and think it works in something like a steel foundry or something like that as opposed to a coal mine, but either way I _love_ the look of her! I'm genuinely thankful you didn't decide to go with all that panel lining and striping the original had; that would have severely detracted from the visual impact of the design in my eyes. Keep up the inspiring work, my guy!
As someone who models Anthracite Roads and Camelbacks, I know the pains of not finding a specific model of locomotive you want. 3D printing is always an option, but especially for camelbacks its super hard to find a good example of a 3D Print, as the Wootten Fireboxes are very odd and not common aside from a few roads in the North East US. Sometimes it’s good to freelance a bit and make your own take on a Character or locomotive. If there’s 1 rule of Modeling, it is, “Do what *YOU* want to do.”
Honestly homie me too, seeing Thomas in any sort of Tim Burton style would be SO fun- (Also me too every time I look at her I laugh a little bit and remember Sally’s song)
I had the metal Molly and Murdock toys as a kid. Molly was my favorite because my favorite color was yellow but never actually saw the episodes she was in.
Ha in your head canon the Fat Controller did finally get a Atlantic, probably just after Henry was rebuilt and he gave her that branch as she was capable after spending her last few years on LNER as a jack of all trades and just was happy to work on Sodor and not be scrapped. She may pull passengers as I imagine the mines to be a fair distance but I like her this way very much and I fully agree Hit gave us lovely models but wasted money. Murdoch had great potential and he could of inspired the need for a banker, leading the future addition of Bertha. Call me silly but when I found out about the working girl of the lickey with ten big wheels I wanted a Sudrian example.
Perhaps, instead of taking the coal trains directly from the branchline, she meets up with whoever’s working there that day? And she’s the one who delivers coal around the island, to and from station to station that needs coal, and going back after trucks have been dropped off to get to each part of the island, which takes a while, occasionally helping Henry with the freight trains. Often times it’s Percy, since why not, he’s already known for being; “Put Upon”. Especially your, Industrial Percy.
Molly is one of my favorite hit era characters and if im gonna be honest one of my favorite Thomas characters of all. It’s why i want to save her brass model prop one day
I like the idea of Molly working for the coal mines since she is seen pulling trucks more then coaches. (Yes I did watch a video dedicated to every Molly appearance for no reason)
Looks class! If it’s anything it wasn’t uncommon practice for ex-mainline locos to be related to goods specific work later in careers as new locos came in!
You know, after watching your videos on your new layout with Rico, this model could act as a spare engine for when Rico needs repairs or decides to take a nap. The model here already has that industrial look anyway
Using an Atlantic 4-4-2 tender engine as Molly's basis is a brilliant idea as that wheel configuration wasn't even used on any railway characters in the TV Series.
Ngl that part blew my mind 😭 It does beg the question though as to where the track LEADING to it is?? (I assumed it was a loop thing that brings engines up but that’s just me)
hey trainboy! Loved this video! Quick question: Do you still have your layout that you had in your old house? Or is their gonna be a new one? [ nvm saw the text at the end lol ]
hit era engines in a nutshell molly: waifu dennis: lazy bastard neville: box head rosie: waifu 2 billy: S T O P T E L L I N G M E W H A T T O D O whiff: nerd stanley: W E L C O M E S T A N L E Y hank: 🇺🇸 flora: waifu 3 might mac: conjoint twins proteus: sir handel the second freddie: old man
I always though Molly was a lbsc b4 because her livery is pretty close to improved engine green. Nice to find out her actual basis, though I’ll still see her as a b4 despite the b4 having the wrong firebox shape
1:41 well my guy… I made a backstory about her Also I interpreted Molly as not embarrassed, more like Timid and worried about what others will think of her…also my backstory for her is some crazy shish :p
Why is Everytime I order food and it arrives TRAINBOY uploads do you have cameras in my house? 😅 anyways that aside fucking nice model as always same quality for le video
There is one question we should be asking right now whatever happened to the HO scale layout does that mean something's in the works or is the layout still the same I guess we'll just have to wait
I think it looks a wee’ bit off that her face is so clean and bright. What if you gave her like a small splotch of dirt or something on one of her cheeks?
It's sad that characters during the HIT Era have an introduction episode and then immediately get reduced to background cameos or not appearing ever again
It did make an appearance in the great Discovery
@@Poplar70bodiam that's what I mean by background cameos Molly appears in the background of The Great Discovery
Oh ok I get it now but also I do agree with you
I never understood that because by then, Thomas was making big money for its merchandise so surely featuring the lesser known characters would be to their benefit.
@@RockProductionsYT you can say that about many characters tho?
Love this take on Molly! The brown and Yellow just look so right, and her being the islands main coal train puller is such a cool concept :D
Now I have to get on making her a proper coal train 😅 At LEAST James can rest easy knowing it’s not on him now haha!
@@ItsTrainBoy yes yes! It’d be so cool seeing her coasting down the mountains with a long line of coal trucks behind her
@@ItsTrainBoy looks like jasmine from tomtoys in roblox
Imagine if Trainboy makes William and Charlie a pair of push pull tank engines
One of my favorite hit era characters and seeing her brought to more justice makes this so special in my eyes, man. Thank you for doing this, not only for yourself but for the people of the Thomas community, showing us that our favorite characters may not come back on screen but they can still live in the real world and in our hearts.
In all honesty, Molly looks nice as an H1. I like the canon you have come up for her.
Interesting take on Molly, and I’m loving the smaller face. I already said that the large face is nightmare fuel (cause it’s so big!), but the smaller face somehow reminds me of the Gunvor and Peter Edwards illustrations.
I love this model, it's a good take on the character.
I always liked the idea of Molly working at a coal mine, not sure what it was but her role seemed appropriate for that.
Wasn't her class like use for war like Neville I think am not sure
I really like Molly as a H1, also amazing model.
Thank you so much! I’m glad you enjoyed :)🙏
H1 Molly is a vibe, I love it
I love how she's turned out! Part of me wonders if you've considered what number she'd be in your AU, and/or if you've thought about numbering her? I stare at her tender and just expect to see the number appear lol, Thomas has tainted my perspective for sure
I really like this model of Molly she is one of my favorite characters since I can relate to her, it just sucks how HIT never used her again and tried to give her character development
I'm very vocal on how much I love the HiT era, but yeah lots of the new characters got done dirty. But I always loved the small sneaks of personality they had like Molly being shy, Dennis being lazy, Hector having internal fears, etc...
Absolutely love this model, my man! It’s so great to see a unique take on an often forgotten character and I’m so glad I could help out again!! 🙏✨
We will need to talk about that green caterpillar in the back, though. 😉
Man, you got me like, "this'll make a great Lego model..."
Love this custom man. Really nice model. Might start up 00 customs myself...
Maybe Molly works on the same line as Arthur, besides the seaside village, it has a VERY productive coal mine, one that needs a powerful engine capable of longer-distance hauling. Arthur handles the fish and passengers, Molly handles the coal and maybe the works trains. Maybe her yellow paint is to appear as a “safety” vehicle, think of wasp stripes on industrial diesels, for example. But hey, I’m just spitballing, great model gamer, I liked the addition of sound effects at the end.
Interesting take on Molly. I can imagine this is her appearance if she appeared in the Railway Series.
Maybe she sometimes when she isn't pulling coal, she banks trains on Gordon's Hill, which kicks up a lot of soot from her funnel. I threw this out there not only because of how strong she is, but also because "Mighty Molly" sounds similar to "Big Bertha" to me.
Baised on the look of you're model; Molly was an old Engine used on a rural branch for Passenger service in her early years, However as time went on and as bigger faster engines were needed Molly was shifted to Coal and iron works drags. Since she already had a yellow livery the industrial works happily took her under their purview. Molly was later bought and is ran on the Isle of Sodor doing many of the things she has done over her whole career, Currently she is in need of a wash and a new coat of paint but Molly is ever more the happier.
I also like to think that in the alternative universe , Molly came to the island looking dirty like her was in the modul, the reason why she was so anxious in the show is because she got so embarrassed that all the other engine on the railway had a better paint job that her.
3:38 Knowing that you own a book by O.S. Nock boosts the respect I have for you!
I have a very small collection of them now but I hope to have more in the coming years, he’s GOT to be favorite railway related author!! :)
Any recommendations I should look for bro?
@@ItsTrainBoy I can't really say right now. I only have two books by O.S. Nock. Or were you talking about railroad related books in general?
*AU for your molly model :* when Henry was brought to sodor and the fat director saw it wasn’t what he wanted was pretty tick offed about that but he kept Henry but his thoughts on the Atlantic never left him one day he finally decided to see if he could find one for a cheap price he wandered around until he came across an scrapyard it was a engine her wheels and chassis looked rusted and paint faded she seemed downcasted the fat director than decided to purchase molly but since she was new and all the work with the town being restored ( great Watertown ) he did minor repairs to bring her back into steam as soon as possible she did odd jobs around the town like coal trains , timber , and building materials she was getting pretty dirty with suit and dust but she didn’t mind she was just glad she was in service again. after the town and line was completed and the work easier down she was reassigned to do jobs in places wherever she was needed eventually she would get properly restored into her former glory new paint in all and she works happily around sodor sometimes you maybe just get to see her sometimes pulling a heavy goods train down the line.
Wow, if I were to make a model of a character, I would never think Molly! And the engine you used for her surprisingly works! Good job!
Thank you so much! :) Glad you enjoyed homie!!
@@ItsTrainBoy your welcome, your models will always be awesome
That's a nice take on Molly being an Atlantic, if I were ever into modeling trains and decided to build Molly, I would've probably made her out of a Hornby D16. My head cannon for that would be that she originally started out as a regular GER D56 before being moving to the LNER and later getting reclassified as a D15 and would later get rebuilt into a D16 (specifically a D16/3) by Sir Nigel Gresley in 1923 (that would play into her dynamic with Gordon in the fan made story "Former Express Engine").
The. Music. OH MY GOD THE AMOUNT OF VIBES OF SEASON 6 IS AMAZING
That’s what I hate about the Hit era. Using new potential characters once but they never use em again and Molly had so much potential to be a good yellow female character like Rebecca. In fact, I could make them be friends
Within the context of a coal mine, this bright yellow livery makes a lot of sense: it's highly visible and stands out from the black coal/dust all around.
This is a stunning model! I love your AU of Molly
Out of all your customs this one is like the best one
you know the militarized engines you made a while back? feel like you could do something like that for Neville (he is based on an engine made during the war after all)
That would be REALLY fun honestly, Neville is on my list of to-do’s I just have to figure out what I’ll do to make him more unique. That’s a pretty good way right there 🤣👀
@@ItsTrainBoy
Have you still got that armoured train? Why not make him the command engine?
@@TBone-bz9mp oh yeah, that’s also a really good idea too!
You know, I never actually liked Molly. Her design always felt too busy, and the fact that she was almost _less_ than a one-note character certainly didn't help matters.
That said, I _really_ like this re-imagining of her! Personally, I look at that engine and think it works in something like a steel foundry or something like that as opposed to a coal mine, but either way I _love_ the look of her! I'm genuinely thankful you didn't decide to go with all that panel lining and striping the original had; that would have severely detracted from the visual impact of the design in my eyes.
Keep up the inspiring work, my guy!
As someone who models Anthracite Roads and Camelbacks, I know the pains of not finding a specific model of locomotive you want. 3D printing is always an option, but especially for camelbacks its super hard to find a good example of a 3D Print, as the Wootten Fireboxes are very odd and not common aside from a few roads in the North East US. Sometimes it’s good to freelance a bit and make your own take on a Character or locomotive. If there’s 1 rule of Modeling, it is, “Do what *YOU* want to do.”
Seeing this on Twitter was very nice. Especially seeing this being built.
I really like the contrast between the bright yellow paint, and the dirty weathering
Makes a very visually interesting piece
Looks great, although the weathering is so severe it gives me vibes of escaping from scrap rather than just industrial work.
With your statement at 5:41, I now cannot unsee Molly as Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas. Now I actually want someone to do this tbh
Honestly homie me too, seeing Thomas in any sort of Tim Burton style would be SO fun-
(Also me too every time I look at her I laugh a little bit and remember Sally’s song)
I had the metal Molly and Murdock toys as a kid. Molly was my favorite because my favorite color was yellow but never actually saw the episodes she was in.
Love your work man, keep it up.
Thank you brother man, I’ll sure do my best 💪
I always saw Molly as an LB&SCR B4 in my own head cannon, especially with her livery
I like Molly so this makes me happy
Ha in your head canon the Fat Controller did finally get a Atlantic, probably just after Henry was rebuilt and he gave her that branch as she was capable after spending her last few years on LNER as a jack of all trades and just was happy to work on Sodor and not be scrapped. She may pull passengers as I imagine the mines to be a fair distance but I like her this way very much and I fully agree Hit gave us lovely models but wasted money. Murdoch had great potential and he could of inspired the need for a banker, leading the future addition of Bertha.
Call me silly but when I found out about the working girl of the lickey with ten big wheels I wanted a Sudrian example.
Fun fact they actually made H2’s with Belpaire Fireboxes,just like the Claude Hamilton’s which was Mollys original basises
Perhaps, instead of taking the coal trains directly from the branchline, she meets up with whoever’s working there that day? And she’s the one who delivers coal around the island, to and from station to station that needs coal, and going back after trucks have been dropped off to get to each part of the island, which takes a while, occasionally helping Henry with the freight trains.
Often times it’s Percy, since why not, he’s already known for being; “Put Upon”. Especially your, Industrial Percy.
Molly is one of my favorite hit era characters and if im gonna be honest one of my favorite Thomas characters of all. It’s why i want to save her brass model prop one day
Epic model dude! We need all these characters back. Arthur and Murdoch especially! Bachmann would make a killing if they released them as models.
Could you please show a full video of the painting process on a future loco please, want to start making customs and yours always look so good 😁
I like the idea of Molly working for the coal mines since she is seen pulling trucks more then coaches. (Yes I did watch a video dedicated to every Molly appearance for no reason)
Looks class!
If it’s anything it wasn’t uncommon practice for ex-mainline locos to be related to goods specific work later in careers as new locos came in!
You know, after watching your videos on your new layout with Rico, this model could act as a spare engine for when Rico needs repairs or decides to take a nap. The model here already has that industrial look anyway
Using an Atlantic 4-4-2 tender engine as Molly's basis is a brilliant idea as that wheel configuration wasn't even used on any railway characters in the TV Series.
My universe’s molly is a Claude Hamilton
And I also have an H1 in my AU
It’s a good day when trainboy uploads…
You’re probably sick of these comments.
Molly isn't even on the rails in that cameo it took me 10 years to realize that
Ngl that part blew my mind 😭 It does beg the question though as to where the track LEADING to it is?? (I assumed it was a loop thing that brings engines up but that’s just me)
NGL that model is 100% fire, rlly nice work on it. Did you spraypaint the yellow or handpaint it?
In my head canon molly B12 but your idea was cool
Always had a soft spot for the 1 off hit characters
Ayee mighty molly looks fantastic ❤
hey trainboy! Loved this video! Quick question: Do you still have your layout that you had in your old house? Or is their gonna be a new one? [ nvm saw the text at the end lol ]
GUYS TRAINBOYS HACKED
Molly is my favourite character
hit era engines in a nutshell
molly: waifu
dennis: lazy bastard
neville: box head
rosie: waifu 2
billy: S T O P T E L L I N G M E W H A T T O D O
whiff: nerd
stanley: W E L C O M E S T A N L E Y
hank: 🇺🇸
flora: waifu 3
might mac: conjoint twins
proteus: sir handel the second
freddie: old man
Sheer beauty, my own alternative basis for Molly would have to be an LNER D49
That would be SO cool to see, you should try modeling it somehow!! 👀
@@ItsTrainBoy I’ll definitely have a go at an ho model, I did try to build a Lego model but the parts were getting pricey.
Molly is my favorite engine
That molly looking good
I always though Molly was a lbsc b4 because her livery is pretty close to improved engine green. Nice to find out her actual basis, though I’ll still see her as a b4 despite the b4 having the wrong firebox shape
That model looks amazing.
Very very nice Molly it’s definitely different which makes it amazing
You have nice clean carpets
New layout Cool I hope you make it more realistic then the others than it will suit James Percy and molly
Industrial Molly Les go
I love molly as an Atlantic better then the TV shows take
nice job on the model. it looks great, im excited to see the new layout vid
New layout in the works, looking forward to what you come up with :)
I think you should do Neville but don't change his basis
Neville is definitely on the list; he’s gonna stay the same class but maybe get a different livery? We’ll see! :)
HOLY IT IS BEAUTIFUL!!!
1:41 well my guy…
I made a backstory about her
Also I interpreted Molly as not embarrassed, more like Timid and worried about what others will think of her…also my backstory for her is some crazy shish :p
Been following the posts for a bit, excited to see the video
that model was great
ngl molly looks pretty good as an h1
Why is Everytime I order food and it arrives TRAINBOY uploads do you have cameras in my house? 😅 anyways that aside fucking nice model as always same quality for le video
This video was great I still love the Molly face's, but using the Westcliff Works lamps made me wonder where's those models?
Awesome video trainboy
Will you make other hit era characters or will it be just Molly?
There’s a rumor saying Molly is going to be apart of the main cast before BWBA.
One day I wanna do stuff like this too
tbh, this basis works better and suited her perfectly than a D15
Best Molly model I’ve seen
I love Neville cause he’s my favourite type of locomotive
This inspired me to draw a Molly with a similar story
There is one question we should be asking right now whatever happened to the HO scale layout does that mean something's in the works or is the layout still the same I guess we'll just have to wait
She's glorious!
I have always thought that the Hit model era exclusive characters were always interesting
I like how you stated her large face at 5:45 and I am with your opinion but I would rather have her small face
🤔well it does make some sense as Molly’s first episode was all about her taking empty coal trucks
Also another new layout?
She looks amazing! But out of curiosity. Dose this inspare you too do the other hit one off characters? Like hank or Freddie.
These are my favourite tender engines they are so pretty same they were scrapped
Molly...
That's the comment.
The model may not look like molly (In class), but we know that its molly, because you tried more then most Dowt events!
5:53 Just noticed, is that a fish on the lid?
Emily and stanly are the only bit wra charwcter to apper (somewhat consistently in the later seasons)
Also nice moldel of molly
I think it looks a wee’ bit off that her face is so clean and bright.
What if you gave her like a small splotch of dirt or something on one of her cheeks?