The Blessing (& Curse) Of Bachmann N Scale Percy

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  • @rmarsh9387
    @rmarsh9387 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    I would honestly be shocked if Bachmann doesn't go all in with this and just sell Percy's chassis on amazon or something for like 50 to 60 bucks a pop, no need to make a plastic mold or even paint the model.

    • @VestedUTuber
      @VestedUTuber ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I believe you actually can through their spare parts department.

    • @rmarsh9387
      @rmarsh9387 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@VestedUTuber I checked, they have the complete chassis for ho percy, not N sadly

  • @johncunningham5784
    @johncunningham5784 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Bachmann knows exactly what they're doing when they release these Thomas models with such excellent machinery.

    • @ItsTrainBoy
      @ItsTrainBoy  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And I can’t lie, I love it 🤣

  • @hiesler
    @hiesler ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I started designing the Festiniog Railway George Englands in their as built condition years ago for a larger scale. I always knew they could be popular in OO9, but the prototypes were so small that no mechanism at the time was close to fitting. The moment Bachmann announced a Percy for N scale I thought there was a chance it would be suitable, I just had to wait. I bought one as soon as I was able to, and sure enough it worked. I went on to create nine different designs depicting the four locos between 1863 and 1891 along with two freelance versions which are all available from the Mountaineer Models shop on Shapeways.

  • @edd17sp74
    @edd17sp74 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    As an n-scale fan, I hadn’t planned on buying any n-scale Thomas and Friends stuff when they announced that line…and then I saw Percy running on one of the giant modular layouts at the Edison, NJ Greenburgs train show and was like “Holy crap, that’s adorable.” Now I have Percy, Thomas, James, at least one example of each of the rolling stock (quite a few more than two of each troublesome truck) have already preordered Gordon and figure I’ll probably pick up Toby too when they release his model. Thomas, Percy and James all run smooth as silk for having such tiny internals, and I hope that if the Bachmann N-scale T+F line keeps selling well, they’ll continue to introduce more characters. I’d love to have all the engines #1-11 and maybe Diesel. Who knows if the line will ever get that far, but I can dream.

    • @ItsTrainBoy
      @ItsTrainBoy  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I mean hey man, we’re getting Gordon AND Toby this year; I wouldn’t doubt it if people keep buying them and I’m REALLY hoping they do 😭

  • @owentorres2389
    @owentorres2389 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The die cast chassis, the turned brass bearings, the flywheel and the coreless motor make it honestly the most overly designed toy I’ve ever seen, but, as an OO9 modeler, I couldn’t be happier

  • @thewatertastesfunny
    @thewatertastesfunny ปีที่แล้ว +4

    i always liked percy and his wheels it looked unique when i first saw him

  • @Thatonesaddletank
    @Thatonesaddletank ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Teeny tiny gobin on wheels: a blessing and a curse

    • @Idobwana
      @Idobwana ปีที่แล้ว

      A goblin with wheels crossed with a caterpillar on wheels of course, could get even worse if you think about it.

  • @wumpus976
    @wumpus976 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Seeing this just makes me wonder why Bachmann has yet to update their older OO scale models.

  • @Horrifying_turtle_penis
    @Horrifying_turtle_penis ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love this video. As an N scale modeler myself, I have used the Bachmann Percy chassis to make my own model of CNJ #840. It really is the only good 0-4-0 chassis for N scale; the rest are either 40-year-old pieces of junk that barely run, or the TU-Koppel.
    Also, now that you mentioned the thing about the Percy shells going to waste, I'm kinda considering 3D-printing a chassis for mine to make it into a Day-Out-With-Thomas-style dummy loco

  • @magicguystudios7940
    @magicguystudios7940 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Watching this video also made me realize that the Bachmann N scale Percy isn’t the only engine that falls under this category. When people try to make an HO Lady, they all use the ertl Lady model.

  • @GelatoTaco
    @GelatoTaco ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I'm just getting into oo9 myself, and it legitimately pisses me off how many kits use N scale Percy because of how hard they are to find and how much it adds to the cost of the model. While the chassis is good, 75-100+ on top of a solid bodyshell make the barrier to entry so much higher as there's no Used market for oo9
    Seriously, someone out there needs to pull a Kato and make ready to run chassis for these things

  • @urthvox
    @urthvox ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Bachmann has some good stuff. But some of the thomas stuff is just cursed. Great video

  • @TheSudrianStoryteller
    @TheSudrianStoryteller ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ever since I had ended up with the Bachmann N Scale Thomas set I [unexpectedly] won in 2021 from a disclosed raffle, I have been trying to get my hands on a N Scale Percy for a better and cheaper price through Amazon for so long I eventually, after a whole year, bite my tongue on the expensive price I had to settle on purchasing at the Greenburg Train Show one of them was being sold at.

  • @theoneandonlynumber1253
    @theoneandonlynumber1253 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    N scale percy
    Me: he really is a green caterpillar now he's so tiny awww

  • @THOMARIUS.
    @THOMARIUS. ปีที่แล้ว +2

    1:11 Is that a Baldwin WD Peggy or a Stanley model in the making ?🧐

  • @briandesens144
    @briandesens144 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome video trainboy

  • @FunAngelo2005
    @FunAngelo2005 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    We use n scale percy like how the show used märklin locomotives

  • @VestedUTuber
    @VestedUTuber ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "If you needed an 0-4-0 in N scale, you had to modify it from an 0-6-0"
    I'd actually say a Model Power USRA 4-4-0 would be easier than a Bachmann USRA 0-6-0, since then you're not messing with the drive system.

  • @gordonpacific04
    @gordonpacific04 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The amount Bachmann N scale Percy’s that have been slaughtered is ungodly

  • @Pyrotrainthing
    @Pyrotrainthing ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Now I just want to make an N-scale Percy into an 0-4-0 porter

    • @ItsTrainBoy
      @ItsTrainBoy  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ngl that kit tempts me every day more and more

  • @modelyh0
    @modelyh0 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wish i could get them in my country. They would be very useful for my 009 mallet

  • @harrisonallen651
    @harrisonallen651 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The only downside of the Ho Scale Percy was the face being nothing like the engine we all know and love, nice to see that both g scale and n scale models have changed that.

  • @cdyvids22
    @cdyvids22 ปีที่แล้ว

    There's gonna be a lot of Stirling single customs when bachmann does n gauge emily

  • @Nkp757railfan
    @Nkp757railfan ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My friend who makes narrow gauge models used those 😂

  • @Alextrains502
    @Alextrains502 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    kan you talk about the tomsen a2/3

  • @wodzimierzbiay9049
    @wodzimierzbiay9049 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yo Trainboy do you own any Take and play / take along merch? If yes can you do a small collection video on it?

  • @thewanderer9958
    @thewanderer9958 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Have you ever restored a model train from the inside? Cleaning all the mechanisms inside?

    • @ItsTrainBoy
      @ItsTrainBoy  ปีที่แล้ว

      I have!! I’ve never been great with soldering and such so if I lose a wire or a contact I’ll usually try to outsource but when it comes to basic cleaning or oiling quite commonly. :)

  • @PuzzlingHousing56
    @PuzzlingHousing56 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Now if Bachmann upsized it to HO

  • @dirtydan2854
    @dirtydan2854 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really wanna see a full collection Video of all his trains

  • @gkingGabe72
    @gkingGabe72 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Can't modeler's buy the N Scale Percy chassis in Bachmann's parts store like you did with the HO Scale Salty?
    I know if I was a modeler I wouldn't want to destroy an adorable model Percy just to use the chassis.

    • @ItsTrainBoy
      @ItsTrainBoy  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s not available for such sadly :/

    • @gkingGabe72
      @gkingGabe72 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ItsTrainBoy Ah what a shame. Let's just hope an employee at Bachmann sees this and in the future puts the chassis in their parts store.

  • @ILikeThomasTheTankEngine
    @ILikeThomasTheTankEngine ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Percy smiles don’t belong in The trash ):

  • @exveefan
    @exveefan ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Bachmann really should offer these chassis on their own.
    But I know they won't.

  • @FamilyByCycle
    @FamilyByCycle 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Has anyone else suffered from a squeak from Percy’s motion? Ours has. Didn’t do it straight out of the box but a couple of hours’ running later, and only going forwards…

  • @yawstrichgaming2010
    @yawstrichgaming2010 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Waiting for "The True Story Of Thomas And Gordon"

  • @the_autism_express
    @the_autism_express ปีที่แล้ว

    When do you think will bachmann make the HO Percy as detailed as the n scale?

  • @Poland_Ball_Fan
    @Poland_Ball_Fan ปีที่แล้ว

    I am trying to get n scale percy

  • @wolfox6954
    @wolfox6954 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bachmann by this point could make bank by just selling Percy chassis, it sucks that companies don't just sell the chassis along side their regular models.

  • @chasesrailwaylinesrr6447
    @chasesrailwaylinesrr6447 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hon30 hon3 009 Are all very similar Just different country types of locomotives I want some there are very expensive though

  • @tre-engines
    @tre-engines ปีที่แล้ว +2

    “This thing is not an expensive model by any means.”
    Then says it’s $75 - $110…
    Seems pretty expensive to me!

    • @ItsTrainBoy
      @ItsTrainBoy  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Compared to other models though? Not by much I'd say, you gotta think about what you're getting and the size of it all. A working 0-4-0 that's just over an inch in size isn't an easy make that COULD go for a lot more if they ever wanted. I'd call it fair myself lol

  • @fredboiandfriends5486
    @fredboiandfriends5486 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It should be a an international law to put the face onto a model that has used a Bachmann Percy Chassis

  • @bobbymckechnie7572
    @bobbymckechnie7572 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    First comment babyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy, hello me like your videos :)

  • @dallasgibson7578
    @dallasgibson7578 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well I know how I'm making my n scale lady now

  • @musclrcarg2090
    @musclrcarg2090 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Are you making stanley if so yeeeeees

  • @CR_class123
    @CR_class123 ปีที่แล้ว

    If only the you could buy just the chassis and not just with the n scale percy but other models in different scale as well

  • @fawnaforrest1000
    @fawnaforrest1000 ปีที่แล้ว

    the percy set is 150 right now

  • @tomicanimates
    @tomicanimates ปีที่แล้ว

    C

  • @That1Redhead28
    @That1Redhead28 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My n scale Percy is too weak to pull anything 😢

  • @natevalleystudios1086
    @natevalleystudios1086 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How's he a curse?

    • @ItsTrainBoy
      @ItsTrainBoy  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He isn’t, he just has one imo lol

    • @natevalleystudios1086
      @natevalleystudios1086 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ItsTrainBoy oh lol
      But I think the main curse (from how much I've seen of the video) is he's the only n scale 0-4-0 lol

  • @PopCorn-pv8qq
    @PopCorn-pv8qq ปีที่แล้ว

    19 hours till this is 24 hours or 1 day old

  • @cesarwastaken
    @cesarwastaken ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I said this before, and I'll say it again:
    I feel like the Thomas and Friends Bachmann range gets thrown under the rug all the time, constantly criticized, and not well revived. Hornby Fanboys I swear...

  • @BIG_RED_PRODUCTIONS_official
    @BIG_RED_PRODUCTIONS_official ปีที่แล้ว

    OK look I know you're doing as a citizen person but did you really have to mention what I'm assuming it will be a future Stanley custom

  • @NirateGoel
    @NirateGoel ปีที่แล้ว

    Bachmann should real redo some of their HO stuff with new moulds that suit better, some of them are just awful.