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Plastic or Brass?

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Plastic or Brass? For our first post, we'd like to start off by answering in detail the question we receive the most: When did the original engine models stop being used, and how can one tell the difference between the brass and plastic versions of a character?  The answer to this question starts back in the year 1991 when the third series was entering production. The first brass engines models ever built for the show were Oliver and Mavis, although Mavis was a mix of both Perspex and brass while Oliver was all brass. Peter Eves (father of model maker David Eves) and Jeremy King were responsible for their construction. Before this point, all locomotive characters for the series had been constructed in Perspex, a type of plastic/plexiglass. All engine characters with a few exceptions (such as Class 40) would be built brass from this point on. "See Duck? You're made of an inferior material!" The next development came in 1999. The feature film Thomas & the