How I Built Percy - Tug's Trains

[@DanGamingFan2406]

Percy may be a hodge podge of random Tank engines, but he's our hodge podge and we wouldn't change this little green goblin for anything. Excellent job on both Percy models.

[@TronicSSJ07]

He’s our little boy. Weird but is full of nothing but childhood joy.

[@sandeepsidhu3492]

O😊o😅

[@innahsimp]

isn’t it the green caterpillar with red sprites

[@Witheredbonie1983]

I like pecre

[@ZainsTrains]

He is just so innocent 😇

[@Ryder-a-Blaze]

It’s good that the green caterpillar with red stripes is a hodge podge because it allows for more ideas and creative head canons

[@Dakodmiesier407]

Idk, I agree with you, but for me as an over thinker 😢I don’t like it 😭 I need a solid basis!! 😫

[@fanofeverything30465]

​@@Dakodmiesier407There's nothing wrong with being an overthinker

[@Dakodmiesier407]

@@fanofeverything30465 it’s annoying a lot of times cause I can never be satisfied with what i pick

[@fanofeverything30465]

@@Dakodmiesier407 Just choose something that makes you happy

[@CelestinaakaClonaClox9999]

What about Percy was in a workshop that was just building steam engines and selling them?

[@TheOfficialArtOfAsh]

"So, Percy, what class of engine are you ?" Percy: yes

[@SirEzaq60163]

thought's on 1338 percy

[@TheOfficialArtOfAsh]

@@SirEzaq60163 I don't like it. I don't like the fact it makes would've made Percy a Great Western Engine and I just can't the fact he would be nearly as old as Edward. I personally think a Hudswell Clarke 0-4-0 works better.

[@SirEzaq60163]

@@TheOfficialArtOfAsh but remember awdry never gave him an actual basis he was a hodge podge I said 1338 looks like a good Percy model but Hudson Clarke is a good alternative basis so I agree with you on that

[@MSMFurcorn22]

Percy is choo choo steam train

[@asharai6014]

I love the fact that the model accurate props are angry at Percy for stealing their episode, And Duck, he isn't even paying attention😂

[@PallysCafe]

He’s away with the trucks xD

[@weirdthomasstuff6555]

He’s being a bit goofy

[@PallysCafe]

@@weirdthomasstuff6555 quite definitely hahaha

[@johnathonmcjohn3]

duck is just like me fr

[@tyrelmitchell9316]

Too busy reminiscing about his days on the Great Western

[@Steamteamrailworks88]

Gordon: Well one thing’s for sure, Unlucky Tug won’t choose Dirty Percy Percy: DON’T CALL ME DIRTY PERCY! (Unlucky Tug does a video about his model of Percy) Gordon: Peasant! Percy: Yes, I am pleasant!

[@fabionoronhazampieri7639]

But he wheaters him of coal dust Percy:🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@Ayembee1103]

**shoots laser**

[@tugsfan1617]

Percy’s model is freakin awesome I miss your old model so much and Percy is one of them

[@WhiffTheRubbishEngine1869]

I really appreciate your efforts. You could just slap a realistic coal box door on the face of a Bachmann Percy, Thomas, Gordon etc but you paint, customise and make it your own. It’s just amazing

[@greatwesternproductions2857]

Great model and having Percy as 1339 does actually work in another way. Being Great Western, it would explain why he got on with Duck so well as they were both of the same region. Just a thought. Cheers and keep up the great work - Alex.

[@MrMcEdits95]

Percy is meant to be the Hodge Podge. He is perfect the way he is.

[@Dwurban64]

I left a comment on the original upload stating that Tug and I share a headcanon on Percy being Cardiff #6, and then pasted the backstory I had written for him. Since the video is now gone, here is the story again: NWR #6 - 'Percy' Cardiff Railway #6 was built in 1898 along with its twin #5 at the Kitsons of Leeds engine shop. Both engines were unique designs, sporting an 0-4-0T wheel arrangement driven by a Kitson-Hawthorn valve gear. They worked for a few years doing light jobs on the Cardiff Railway, until it was absorbed by the Great Western Railway in 1923. Both engines were renumbered; #5 into GWR #1338 and #6 into GWR #1339, and set to work alongside other GWR tank engines. By 1924 however, the peculiar valve gear arrangement of the twins were becoming problematic and required frequent maintenance. GWR, desperate to resolve the issue, called upon George Jackson Churchward to design a rebuild for the engines. Churchward was the GWR chief mechanical engineer, but had stepped down two years prior. However, he thought it would be a fun challenge to try and fix the unique little engines (and was also compensated handsomely for it). Churchward drew plans of an engine that retained most of the Cardiff Railway design features, but swapped the valve gear for an Allan design and the cab for a larger one, based primarily off of his 1361 class. This designed was approved, and GWR opted to rebuild #1339, who was in more need of maintenance, and leave #1338 unchanged for the time being. #1339 rolled out of the works in 1925, but further testing proved the design was not as optimal as GWR had hoped. The larger cab required the saddle tank and boiler to be shortened, resulting in less efficiency, and as such #1338 was never rebuilt. The engine was eventually sold off to a second-hand engine dealer, where it patiently awaited a new home for about a year. Not too long after, the controller of the North Western Railway, Sir Topham Hatt I, visited the engine shop in search of a new shunter for his railway. Upon seeing #1339, he knew he had found the perfect match. The engine was unnamed, so Sir Topham Hatt gave him the name "Percy," and he's been the NWR's #6 ever since.

[@PopCorn-pv8qq]

You have convinced me that's the backstory of Percy right there

[@fanofeverything30465]

I consider this canon to the TTTE universe

[@abloogywoogywoo]

It would be heartwarming, to see Percy reunited with his visiting twin brother, No. 5, someday.

[@Gohan_002]

Ain’t reading all that

[@dylanlyles9453]

I like to think that Percy was built in 1926, before arriving to Sodor. Just to make him more younger.

[@TheBrickGuy7939]

His cab and bunker looks a lot like an Austerity's which could very well explain him having component's from Hunslet. He isn't very low slung in the show. Honestly, his TV series model reminds me of a toy. Even watching the show as a kid, I thought he didn't really resemble any particular real life engine with those cylindrical tanks that go to his footplate instead of a saddle shape. He always looked the most abstract of all the characters.

[@dannyboyeastwood]

6:50 it legitimately looks like the illustrations! it looks so good omg !

[@stoveapple]

I still love that duck is still baked out of his mind

[@flarescarab777]

My answer for Percy is that he was created as part of an engineering university project by a group of ambitious but somewhat inexperienced students who managed to gather or create various parts in order to show up their snobbish lecturer. While the project was a success, none of the students had anywhere to actually store their new engine, much less the funds to service him, so rather than disassemble their passion project, they talked a work shop owner into storing their engine alongside other stored locomotives in exchange for working with him once they graduated from the university and a few days later the engine was selected for work on the island of Sodor.

[@matthewchen3678]

sorry to reply to you like 11 months later, but dam that's a pretty nice idea. Reminds me of the 1225(Real life polar express loco)'s restoration

[@flarescarab777]

@@matthewchen3678 thanks, i feel him being a recent university project also explains why some of his basis is so old as the students are basically using spare parts or frankensteining together scraped engines but still alows his character as a "youngster engine" to make sense as he is still technically a new engine because the students did still create new parts for him too.

[@matthewchen3678]

@@flarescarab777 I like the idea of all of his parts all coming from either sodor or the big 4

[@levidarling5107]

I so can’t wait for a new Tugs trains how I built locomotive show case video! I love this series!

[@Dead_Channel_Pretty_Much]

Now I Am Convinced That 1338 Is Percy

[@Dead_Channel_Pretty_Much]

It's Makes Too Much Sense

[@Steamtheamaricanengine]

This the same blue hood who made those characters mixes

[@bhumigaming8914]

Ello​@@Dead_Channel_Pretty_Much

[@Frankeepants]

I remember absolutely loving Percy being so innocent and non-troublesome

[@ItsCarlos563]

Green caterpillar with red stripes is back again with his amazing models.

[@cloudracer07]

This is probably my favorite Tug's Trains, I love how you managed to assemble Percy and he is my favorite looking box your fleet.

[@the25thdoctor]

Glad to see this one back,

[@Ryder-a-Blaze]

0:00 Duck stole Henry’s special coal

[@mindysun9285]

henry: duck, did you just steal my coal?duck:nooooo?

[@N3ER_27]

I agree with the Percy head cannon thing, I think Percy is a 264 Caledonian saddle tank with a rebuild of the cab and coal bunker while still keeping the overall shape, but I love the Percy model.

[@yummyboy713]

I personally love the little wobble he does when running before pushing the trucks

[@Freddimatronic]

I'm glad this legend is back

[@mrgeebers]

We need to bring back Tug’s Trains

[@jaredhebert942]

I remember he showed his progress for the Donald & Douglas at the end of the Duck & Oliver video (which was before his last move & the main channel getting nuked), plus he had ideas for Mavis, Paxton, Barry and a few quicker ones like Stepney, Toby & Henry who could be in a Tug's Trains lightning round (plus whatever else he's kept under wraps if he has any surprises for us)

[@josetapia9582]

Last time we saw mavis, she was gonna have custom side plates but those failed. I feel like Donald and Douglas are finished but idk

[@PopCorn-pv8qq]

Sorry to correct you guys there he has shown in a short that Donald is complete but Douglas hasn't even been started on yet

[@PopCorn-pv8qq]

Mostly correct except his nameplate isn't there

[@engineboy53productions15]

Excellent Percy model

[@EV0X-byteVA]

GIVE US UNANSWERABLE THOMAS QUESTIONS PLZ

[@LoaftheProtogen]

It depends if he or anyone else has those archived

[@dogemaster-hm2ce]

Tug knows someone who has some of the older videos archived, but this channel was confirmed to only be posting videos from 2020 to now on their upload order. We can only really hope that he releases the older videos in a google drive folder, or someone else to do it for him.

[@Thomasfanno123]

They are on his daily motion

[@Farmer5567]

I'm getting that GWR Shunter in the mail this Saturday

[@newhavenrails1234]

0:02 ducks face tho 💀

[@Munch_Jr_fan1340]

WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO HIS FACE

[@comicfan1324]

“Percy is probably the worst runner in my fleet” Oliver: “You challenging me?”

[@mitchellwhittington2507]

Fun fact: there is actually a body shell of 1338 for a Peckett chassis in Shapeways

[@EggGuy461]

2:37 LOL that prototype name!😂😅

[@barkthespark6076]

Duck is just vibing

[@warrensmall670]

Hey Tug, what paint did you use for Percy’s dome?

[@j_gamer8752]

Duck is popping off at the start 😂

[@unionman1328]

Percy has always been my favorite. He is just so cute and odd.

[@Imjustasimpleman5310]

If you do remake Percy again, would you think about adding his white lamp on the front?

[@toyotaprius79]

DON'T CALL ME DIRTY PERCY!

[@qbrinton]

Head cannon: Percy is like Henry, an engine built off of stolen parts from various big industries for steam engines while the big 4 was still a thing. He was constructed at a small warehouse with 1338 and 1339, but they were of modified build as Percy was the first of the 3 and proved to not be the greatest runner. After being built, the 3 were sold off to the GWR for cheap, and the vandal was never caught. Thus, nobody (not even Percy) knows where or how he was built, just that he ended up on the GWR for at least a week before coming to sodor.

[@rodimussupreme2329]

1339 was originally number 6. How coincidental.

[@abloogywoogywoo]

No. 6 in Wales. No. 6 in Sodor. It was meant to be.

[@rottenroads1982]

I like having my comment being one of the earliest comments.

[@firstnamlastnam2141]

Still sucks there isn't a kit that looks closer to the Kenney version of Percy. It's like a nicer, more realistic version of Dalby's and the TV series' versions.

[@SodorTrain1225]

Shapeways user "Pix" has a body very similar to Kenney's Percy.

[@firstnamlastnam2141]

@@SodorTrain1225 Thank you, it's probably the closest I've seen.

[@zacharyspinks6207]

One word, Amazing.👍🏽

[@Flameskull13]

0.00 can we just look at how mad Edward Thomas and diesel are and then look at duck and how funny he looks

[@ek9509]

1:10: Did you just take that “gobbledygook” word from The Frustrated Gamer?

[@davidtrumble5386]

I saw Great Western 1338 at steam on another platform at the Didcot stop on my way home to Oxford about a month ago!

[@Sealimperialpictures]

My headcanon is that Percy is a prototype designed by the works in Crovan’s Gate.

[@theholygamer969]

4:28 So if this is a rough print, what's more preferable? Processed versatile plastic?

[@megumibae8552]

The red traction rods is what sells me on this

[@shaynstubbs2203]

Percy is awsome.

[@TH3_INFID3L]

1:12 he is a Trojan locomotive, which is modified with a coal bunker

[@wilbertawdrypictures5647]

When will you reupload "why the Thomas 2021 reboot is doomed to fail", "The 11 Thomas episodes that you should watch", and every thoughts on video you made before making the BWBA rant?

[@krazeemunkee80]

for painting, definitely use really thin coats, or use an airbrush and sand away some of the orange peel, the outcome will be much better, even if the sanding is a pain in the ass.

[@Jayden-ox4ei]

Percy is a Avonside 0-4-0ST

[@ShukakuTheCrazy1]

Revisting this for reference. Got some beat up die-cast and brass locomotive arriving today and the shape reminded me an awful lot of Percy. Just needs some paint. Blue-green medium... ill rememebr that. Or was it green-blue. Uh oh. Well i can always rewatch.

[@LydiaMartinez-oc4ne]

Good take on percy

[@SudrianShunter]

Coming back to this video because I have another Tomy Percy coming, and I want to make him into a John. T. Kenney Percy. I plan on shortening him, his chassis, and his siderods. I may try to give him a hybrid of Henry/Gordon siderods and his own, and try to give him accurate valve gear. I don't know though. I might just go with regular siderods to make it more simplistic and give it the real tomy look.

[@YourAverageRailwayFan]

Percy!

[@Farmer5567]

Percy doesn't like shunting troublesome trucks they never do what he wants them to and they always laugh at him

[@ludicrosity-has-peaked]

Wouldn't the Peckett's big rear overhang make more sense if your headcanon has Percy's bunker being added after he was built?

[@Sandalphon36]

So the hodge podge tank engine is also a hodge podge in model form.

[@Trip473]

Im well aware its a reupload, but when are we getting the tv model episode?

[@Trainmaster16]

I like your Percy model

[@gwrtromsoe]

If you get that commissioned then I would love one too 👍🏻

[@biobingofam]

The unanswerable thomas question is how did the engines get their faces???

[@sajeshgiri]

"Hes hot a smooth runner " MY BACHMANN JAMES STOPS EVERYTIME AND I HAVE TO NUDGE IT. He's just like awdrys henry

[@loona4133]

U are very talented my friend. I love ur trains bro. Keep being 😎😎😎😎😎😎

[@Wassergott1975]

What the hell happend to the prop duck i think he drank Something he souldn't have😬

[@Thomas-lr3pp]

Percy the only engine to have cannonicly sworn and have a kill count (put upon percy)

[@runemchi]

duncun i think has swore

[@chumylikestrains]

Hello Tug!

[@lowfurts]

Percy is just *Percy with very fluffy paint*

[@ben_p6615]

What do you call these kinds of train sets like not the battery operated ones but this with the electricity through the rails?

[@tameemalganis3632]

Percy: don't call me a caterpillar!????!?!?!?!?!!?!

[@Tommy_Collada]

Did you quarter the wheels properly? If not, thats the reason for the poor running.

[@matese1912]

Can you do models of Arry and Bert? And I am begging you to do a video on the prop accurate models

[@Akshathtesekar]

fans: what type of engine is percy awdrey: i don't know DEAL WITH IT

[@bigbigarchive]

So If Percy worked in Wales before he came to Sodor, does this mean he has a Welsh accent in your headcannon?

[@abloogywoogywoo]

Built for Wales in Leeds, so he'd have a Yorkshire accent. Taff Vale 28 was built in Wales, so not only has a Welsh accent, but speaks Welsh, a language none of the other Sodor engines understand since he's a survivor.

[@Bucket_Noob12]

When are you gonna make more videos on your model engines/railway?

[@sidneyadnopoz3427]

Locomotive version of a partscaster

[@thesudricmerman3318]

What size hand rail Knobs did you for your hand rails ?

[@Carboi0528]

At this point he is just wilbert awdry with these models 😂

[@Green_caterpiller]

Can we get captain Baxter review?

[@Green_caterpiller]

Can we get a video of showing captain Baxter

[@Green_caterpiller]

And when do we get the prop ones

[@alicehodges9964]

Percy Is Cute 😍 And I love him As A Character

[@heathertiplady]

Who cares if Percy's an oddball? He's our oddball and I love him as much as the others since, in a way many of them are also oddballs due to the modifications they received.

[@Bootleg_Metalhog]

At 0:01 it looks like that duck finally lost it

[@gametheroyfan101]

0:01 ducks eyes are a bit wonky

[@metal_wheels]

I can make a 1338 shell for you. Just need some measurements.

[@SirEzaq60163]

what's y'all opinion on 1338 percy

[@Gohan_002]

I really don’t like it sure it looks like Percy but I think him being as old as Edward is wrong in so many ways

[@JonahgamerTV]

Request: You should do Duncan next.

[@TrainboyProduction112]

If possible, could you maybe Focus On a video you haven't made on your channel And just make A video on how you made the The TV prop Models

[@FLINTLOCKWOODMACHINE]

Duck at the beginning lol.

[@Anonymous456-f6h]

When will you make Donald and Douglas?

[@Shadowy3]

tbh percy is my favorite engine Mainly bcuz hes very small and like uk sweet mainly he is tho

[@harrisonallen651]

Green caterpillar 🐛

[@tafjoey3539]

in my series,Percy is a GWR Trojan Knockoff. yes that's right Percy is a Knockoff of the GWR Trojan in my series.

[@therathergoodengineer9285]

donald and douglas would be nice :)

[@H2cool.]

GIVE US THE MODEL REPLICA VIDEO WHEN YOU’RE DONE REPOSTING

[@Ayembee1103]

What’s Duck looking at right now?