User:CombineHarvester01

Hello all, this is CombineHarvester01. My real first name is Christopher, and although I cannot say precisely where, I'm based in a lovely corner of the south of the United Kingdom.

Thomas The Model Series


I'm the creator of the highly-successful online series, Thomas The Model Series, based upon Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends and The Railway Series. Known as TTMS for short, it is filmed using live action animation technologies, with the models being 00/H0 Gauge, created by Hornby Railways and Bachmann Industries model railways. The narrow gauge trains are wooden. The human characters are added in by 2D animation. The series centers the adventures of Thomas, Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, Toby and all of their other really useful friends on the Sodor layout. They are accompanied by other characters that appear only in this series, including Gary, Steve, Matthew Mack the Quarry Master, Captain Travis the Pirate Engine, Algar the Combine Harvester, Frankie the Narrow Gauge crane and Ernie, the Japanese railway lorry. There's also Tiger Moth, the troublesome Bi-Plane, who does his best to spoil their adventures!

All the character voices are done by me. However, friend of the series TheJanitor1993 appeared in a brief role as the Japanese Instructor in episode 11, and co-director RayTheTrainEngine is due to appear as Hans Parkinson the Dockyard Manager and Mr. Theodore Gillus the Film Director in future episodes.



TTMS currently has 13 episodes:


 * Thomas and the Big Tidy Up
 * Oh, Where Could Gary Be?
 * Duck and the Plane Problem
 * Buried Treasures
 * James Takes Charge
 * Snowed Under
 * Two Un-Birds of a Feather
 * Gary's Big Mistake
 * Thomas Leads The Way
 * Multi-Task Henry
 * Thomas and Percy's Foreign Adventure
 * James In Peril
 * Focus the Island



The following episodes are currently in production, with many more to come:


 * Gyles Goes For Miles
 * Goldie Oldie
 * Track of Doom
 * Percy's Spooky Night
 * Edward and the Diesel Disaster
 * Peter Sam and the Film Director
 * Thomas Caves In
 * The Big Party

The series also has a special, Thomas' Model Christmas.

A feature film, Thomas The Model Movie, is also currently being made, due for release on 7th December 2007 (UK and Ireland), and 21st December 2007 (all other English-speaking countries).

My Animations
One of my greatest crazes is for animation. I have produced several short animated films on my PC, inspired by the works of Terry Gilliam's animated sequences for Monty Python and Aardman Animations. They can be viewed over on YouTube.

They include:


 * Catch of the Day
 * Open Sesame
 * Coconuts
 * Jacques

Interests and Hobbies

 * Train
 * Animation
 * Monty Python
 * Thomas and Friends
 * The Railway Series
 * Aardman Animations
 * The Simpsons
 * Cars (film)
 * Pingu
 * Family Guy

Friends
I have quite a few mates online. List coming soon. :P

Links

 * The Complete Thomas The Model Series