Jethro joins the island of Sodor

[bodgybuilder]

Jethro (named after Jethro Bodine from the Clampett Clan) was the latest addition to the staff on the railway system of the island of Sodor. He was brought in to modernise the railway, in an attempt to rationalise the number of locomotives by reducing the number of (dumb-donkey?) steam locomotives, with a view to improving the financial viability of the system.
Jethro was available cheap, due the fact he had been damaged by the cost cutting measures of a British Petroleum company. The British Petroleum company had on their hands a contaminated batch of jet fuel, which instead of being refined to remove impurities, had been re-blended to create diesel. Unfortunately this played havoc with Jethro's injectors, with the result that he had dual personalities. Half the time he thought he was a F 14 Tomcat, piloted by Captain Craig, the other half he considered himself to be a F1 Ferrari, piloted by Nigel Mansell.


Matthew

[The Rat]

     

[coolpop6307]

that is awesome glad to see someone else that likes trains

[Cobra]

Cool & Interesting Thanks for posting!  Dan

[NARSES2]

That's wonderfull   

Used to love the Beverly Hillbillies as a kid

[PR19_Kit]

A RIOT! 

But back to the modelling, what's the scource loco? It looks to be HO scale and a long veranda SD18 or similar?

[bodgybuilder]

The loco is HO scale, and part is an unwanted gift in the form of a chassis from an Athearn SD70, the sort with the bent trucks, with an Athearn Trainmaster shell modificated to fit, with a few spurious parts from the parts box to dress it up.
Matthew

[Dizzyfugu]

Ah, that's great! 

[The Rat]

Half the time he thought he was a F 14 Tomcat, piloted by Captain Craig, the other half he considered himself to be a F1 Ferrari, piloted by Nigel Mansell.

How could he get messed up that badly? After all, he done graduated grade 6! 

[Steel Penguin]

ROFL.
beutiful.  it should send the JRNs utterly bonkers.

[PR19_Kit]

No wonder I couldn't figure out what the base model was. 

That's a neat bit of cross-kitting, never mind all the other stuff, well done indeed. 

[bodgybuilder]

JRN?
I asked Glenn, and not even he knew.
Matthew

[Cobra]

i Think JRN stands for Joyless Railroad Nazis! Model Railroad Types Who Have to Keep Everything Proper! Dan

[Go4fun]

Ah, the JRNs! How I loved when they visited my Kaw Valley Southern layout and saw such things as a caboose with a tank turret mounted on it. Put it on the front of your train and the farmers learned to keep their cows off the tracks or love hamburger!
I won't even mention the T-Rex living in a cave under the bridge-to-nowhere.

[Joe C-P]

OH my!