1:31. "...and causes *miner* disruptions." Get it? 'Cause he works in a mine? Okay, I'll start packing my bags.

@randomscb-40charger78

2 жыл бұрын

Goodbye onion.

@samster4044

2 жыл бұрын

be sure to close the door on ur way out

@brenlc1412

2 жыл бұрын

m.kzread.info/dash/bejne/m5qV0a2TlrTWlKQ.html

One word to describe Thumper: Merchandising.

@privateerbouncher9622

2 жыл бұрын

Still he was used better than HiT era Merchandising.

@osakatales9228

2 жыл бұрын

@@privateerbouncher9622 What's so bad about the HiT era's merchandise?

@stopmotionartist4987

2 жыл бұрын

@@privateerbouncher9622 how so?

@postironiac

2 жыл бұрын

I have Thumper toy

Rusty & The Boulder & Bugs are two of the best model episodes. To me Thumper reminded me of something that may roll out of Thunderbird 2 pod for a International Rescue Thunderbirds style mission.

@TonsOfTrackmasters

2 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see that happen

@dominikhouj6548

2 жыл бұрын

@@TonsOfTrackmasters thumper is my favourite character

@greycatturtle7132

2 жыл бұрын

Ye

@ZeldaTheSwordsman

2 жыл бұрын

R&TB sucks

@mrpotato5281

2 жыл бұрын

Wait… I USED TO LOVE LEOKIM

I really hate that Edward refers to Thumper as "it". What the Hell, man, he has a face!

@exertkarma

2 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't say I hate it but it's definitely odd. Considering how supernatural the entire episode is, referring to thumper as 'it' just kinda adds to that strange atmosphere

@SmartassX1

2 жыл бұрын

Just ahead of their time. Not using a gender-specific word for a previously unintroduced character.

@ayle1312

2 жыл бұрын

Thumper uses it/its pronouns

I guess Thumper is a different kind of "tank" engine... ...I'll see myself out.

@TheGimpy117

2 жыл бұрын

Comrade thumper on KV-1 tracks....

@prussianbluecrayon

5 ай бұрын

Kliment voroshilov tanks@@TheGimpy117

Thumper should have had more appearances he would make a good side character

@jamessmithandgarrettsmith3623

2 жыл бұрын

Especially for all of the Mountainous scenery in the HIT Era.

@TheKingOfPoop123

2 жыл бұрын

He could have fitted in very nicely at Blue Mountain Quarry.

@roberttreacy8271

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah.

@rokamayono2312

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheKingOfPoop123 yess

What I understand the least about Thumper is that so many Awdry stories were rejected for adaptation for budget reasons, thus the total abandonment of Awdry content from Season 5 onward, the same season that introduced MULTIPLE characters that only appeared once in the season, if not even in only a single episode for mere moments of screen time.

@SmartassX1

2 жыл бұрын

That was wasteful then. Unique characters could easily have been used in many later episodes as just scenery that the other trains would have driven past.

@Notmortarandivyson

Жыл бұрын

I.E Thumper, Derek, Bertram, and the Lorries.

Literally the video of james and the keyboard was cute and funny af

@dogemaster-hm2ce

2 жыл бұрын

I remember watching it back when i was younger

@chriscabrera2332

2 жыл бұрын

Cant agree more

@mistermadmachine6311

2 жыл бұрын

😊👍

@jazzykingjack2846

2 жыл бұрын

James even in toy form has good rythum.

@masterfarr8265

2 жыл бұрын

imagine it with the tender

He was basically a mechanized Jack hammer, presumably built with the intention of being armoured to protect the operator from inevitable rubble from above, although that doesn't explain the drill looking ends on the hammers unless there's some kind of ratcheting going on to allow them to turn with the push stroke

@SnowingNapalm

2 жыл бұрын

i couldn't have explained it better myself sounds like ya got the function down like a hammering screw driver with a drillbit on it i imagine it'd be for drilling dynamite holes but i suppose with alot of extra maneuvering could carve in a halfcircle pattern

@Shadow_Hawk_Streaming

2 жыл бұрын

@@SnowingNapalm yeah, more likley than not would have been for drilling holes to put charges in

Thumper be like: Launch the *_B O U L D E R._*

@jockdouglass3824

2 жыл бұрын

GET DOWN HERE YOU STUPID ROCK: starts to punch the mountain boulder's on

@thatphonebastard

2 жыл бұрын

Hey guys! I have a quick question for you! what does it mean when it says launch the boulder?

@jockdouglass3824

2 жыл бұрын

@@thatphonebastard rumbling and the undeniable screeching of Percy

I wonder if Thumper was ever considered for The Pack as a cliffside/tunneling specialist

@danielthestonejohnson4733

2 жыл бұрын

YES!

Thumpers Chassis is from a Russian ww2 Heavy tank. The JS/IS series heavy tanks.

@privateerbouncher9622

2 жыл бұрын

Well yes, but no, its from a KV-1 / 2 or SU-152 Self propelled artillery tank. The IS series had minor differences such as the driving gears. But IS series was a development from the KV series.

@NikoDiohulkmaker

2 жыл бұрын

Ah your a tankman i see

@HeavyTanker-vx4oq

2 жыл бұрын

Privateer Bouncher no, it's a IS/JS chassis, you can tell because in the shots of the rear of him, you can see the angled rear plate that the IS is known for.

@NikoDiohulkmaker

2 жыл бұрын

@@HeavyTanker-vx4oq but is/js is basicly kv chassis with minor upgrade with a big/sloped armour(except is3(ithink))

@kwlkid85

2 жыл бұрын

@@HeavyTanker-vx4oq Also from just a practical sense it's much more likely an IS because basically all the KVs were destroyed by wars end (after they finished trolling Germany through most of the early war) although I guess it could be a recovered battlefield wreck.

I've always had a soft spot for that little diesel shunter. She's an underappreciated machine as far the GWR goes.

People want to build a working E2 replica? *Build a working Thumper first.* Edit: I literally forgot to put this in, this is a few seconds later. *Full-size.*

@BagelsGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@TonsOfTrackmasters

2 жыл бұрын

Tomy thumper is better

He almost looks like the cab of a steam shovel welded onto the back of a tractor like Terrence, with the extra mining equipment possibly being modular/detachable.

The tank that thumper borrows his treds from is just called the "KV-1" nobody calls it a Kliment Voroshilov

@aimbasse2275

2 жыл бұрын

Thats true

@SmartassX1

2 жыл бұрын

Oh? Maybe they're from a KV-2?

@doucettealexander98

2 жыл бұрын

@@SmartassX1 all the KV-2 is is a KV-1 with a Enormous gun and turret. They share a Hull and therefor tracks so it would be impossible to tell if its a KV-1 or KV-2

@SmartassX1

2 жыл бұрын

@@doucettealexander98 I know. ;)

I love how Sir topham hat literally almost killed like everyone there for making them dig a hole in the mountain

I still have the take-n-play version of him and I honestly never knew what to do with him when I was playing with my trains so I just put him with Jack and the rest of the Pack 😭😭😭 I'm garbage I know

I've always had a soft spot and genuine fascination for Thumper -even now I think he's still on of my favourites :D Loved the video too!

Great video! I've always been interestied by thumper, and wondered why he never spoke in the series. One thing I would add is that the GWR wasn't the only company to have that Folwer shunter. Like peckett and Andrew Barclay, fowler sold large amounts of industrial shunters, the one you showed being one of their more famous designs.

Thumper's origins always had me view him as a mysterious sort of character. Think about it: who's to say that Thumper was in league with some villains who knew a custom, flawed, hodge podge quarry machine would be just the ticket to cause an accident at a new quarry site? After the accident, they would've tried to collect the insurance money or file a lawsuit or something. Real mafia possibilities here.

Love these discussion video format good job man

Ah, the rare crossover of tanks and trains. The KV-1 as a basis is fairly interesting, considering it's a Soviet design using a transmission adapted from a tractor, but frankly, something like modifying a surplus Lee or Sherman would have made a more plausible basis, as such was done to make Lees into agricultural equipment, for example.

The tank is generally referred to as a KV(each letter being pronounced separately) Headcannon for me is he is a converted KV-2, a tank which mounts a monstrous 152mm anti Bunker cannon which is comparable to it's equally monstrous peacetime role.

The intro was hillarious. XD Also I would of loved to see more of thumper. :)

That intro with James on the piano…. *MOZART BEEN REAL QUIET SINCE THIS DROPPED*

Thumper could have been a generic faceless drilling machine and there'd be no difference whatsoever. Also, a hot take: say what you like about Billy, Charlie and Logging Locos, but at least they said stuff and had personalities.

@osakatales9228

2 жыл бұрын

Eh, still one of the worst things from Misty Island.*

@TheKingOfPoop123

2 жыл бұрын

@@osakatales9228 Oh definitely.

@quillmaurer6563

2 жыл бұрын

That's true of a lot of the background characters that are still shown as having faces - have no speaking roles and personality not depicted. But I guess goes in with the lore of most machinery on Sodor having a face. Though I guess it's a bit ambiguous as to which do and don't, some freight wagons and passenger coaches do while others don't. Or it's just to make him more appealing to children.

You earned my like with the intro.

Interesting origins. Also Please tell me there’s a stand-alone clip of the intro, it’s just too good

Okay, that intro was awesome; you need to use it more often!

lol love the intro with James on the piano

Omg that video at the start takes me back

I have a great feeling this was recommended to me because it mentioned the KV-1 I've never watched TTTE or anything TTTE related within the past 5 years, especially not on KZread

The intro is just perfect

Thumper looks like a type of vehicle that would have been used in Thunderbirds

Drive sprockets can be front or back, as shown by the KV picture he showed. The real question is what tanks its based on, the KV, IS-2, or IS-3. The minimal amount of sloping at the rear of the model suggests an IS, but whether a 2 or 3 is difficult due to the lack of visible rear plate details. Even were these details visible, ID would be difficult due to the similarity of the plates on these tanks. Best guess is an IS-2 simply from the proportions of the track width to the hull width.

@koenigsegg888

2 жыл бұрын

It is true that the drive can be at the back but it would be a very odd choice to do that on a front engined vehical. Drive at the front performs better but because tanks are rear engined it is simpler to drive them from the back.

I await "Pumpkin Carving with Thumper" as your Halloween special

I have no clue why I'm asking this but can you do the history of Molly's model

2:25 you said the treads are backwards because the drive sprocket is in the back, but that’s not necessarily true. For various reasons, some tanks have their drive sprocket in the rear instead of the front, including the Abrams. Also, video was dope. Brought back some latent memories I didn’t know I had lol

@spencergorman366

2 жыл бұрын

Oh you definitely might have been implying that his treads are from that tank specifically, but put on backwards

Being a sentient vehicle, I think it's safe to say Thumper operates on his own, and the humans are just there to supervise him. Unless his eyes act as the windows. Like, eyes outside, windows inside. Like a two-way mirror.

YES TRAINBOY LETS GO

@davifariatertuliano

2 жыл бұрын

Hello Tons

Honestly I kinda want to rewatch the old TTTE episodes just so I can appreciate the models and scenery

You can call the Tank a “KV.” It’s a Soviet Heavy Tank chassis used for the KV-1, KV-1S, KV-2, and SU-152 series of SPGs during the Second World War. The full name pronunciation is “Kl-e-ment Vo-ro-sh-ee-l-ov.” The Tank is named after Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov who was, at the time of it’s design, the People’s Commissar of Defense for the Soviet Union (Minister of Defense).

@theunknownwarrior632

2 жыл бұрын

If you play war thunder these things are a menace if there's more than one of them on the enemy team

@dyodee-o4582

2 жыл бұрын

@@theunknownwarrior632 true they are pain

@theunknownwarrior632

2 жыл бұрын

@@dyodee-o4582 especially the Finnish kv1B or the German Kv1 C 756r

@dyodee-o4582

2 жыл бұрын

@@theunknownwarrior632 IS/JS are a pain in WT i always get shot always ,dont have time too aim on the turret cheecks/hull

@theunknownwarrior632

2 жыл бұрын

@@dyodee-o4582 I feel for you mate as I'm the same

Heeey... This isn't a video about the bunny from The Disney classic "Bambi" I'm disappointed. XD Seriously, great video!

As a Kid I've always wondered about Thumper and what he was it is a pity he never appeared in other episodes. I often thought of a Bob the Builder Character with his Basis :P

@ItsDaJax

2 жыл бұрын

The show predates Bob The Builder.

@savagegardenfan9680

2 жыл бұрын

@@ItsDaJax I know but When Bob the Builder first came out I thought of Thumper from Thomas and made up a BTB Character based on Thumper.

You can see that season 5 is the transition between seasons 4 through 6 and that is because you see the Season 6 Rusty in “Rusty and the Boulder”

just love how the tracc was taken from a Kliment Voroshilov-1C aka KV-1C

Wow holy sh*t Duncan yeesss

These videos are so interesting.

I actually looked up what his basis was before I even saw the video and was surprised he was a diesel locomotive with tank tracks. It's a shame he didn't appear again and join Jack and The Pack.

thumper was gonna appear in series 6 but was cut, he was gonna appear in series 8 but was cut again (he had a series 8 model), and he was gonna appear in series 12 but was cut again the 3rd time

@rorymoore8982

4 ай бұрын

How do you know?

@harrishyatt6283

4 ай бұрын

@@rorymoore8982 the ttte wikia

I think Thumper is better suited for clearing fallen rocks that are too heavy or slippery to move, either pummeling them out of the way or breaking them to more manageable sizes

i always thought he was a grinding kind of tunneler but now that you mentioned the chimera he is i cant unsee him like that, is there a machine he could've been idk many drills or tunnelers that worked to make tunnels unless its that one character from season 21 i think

I´ve got/had (until eBay made things complicated) an idea and plan to make a series adapting elements from the TV series into the railway series cannon. In my series Thumper is a human with an obsession with blowing things up. (Basically he´s Billy Shoepack)

@lyokianhitchhiker

2 жыл бұрын

Like what Victor Tanzig did?

@ewanfawkes2708

2 жыл бұрын

@@lyokianhitchhiker Similar.

i love that intro

There is a historic virticle version for breaking up runaways. It is on wheels and has several drop rammer hammers.

Why am I watching these vids!!??🤔 Coz he makes them so enthralling !! ??

"Ah'm gonna get a steam drill t'do yo-er share of drivin', an then what's all that muscle gonna do, huh, John Henry?" What an inventive machine - quite a few tanks did (probably still do) have their drive sprockets at the back, but the tracks still face to the front. And to think they went to all that trouble for just one programme? Perfection!

There is some basis for "stuff mounted on tank chasis as an experiment" for instance 2 mig jet engines mounted on a t34 chasis called "big wind" is used to put out oil well fires in Hungary, i like the idea somone on sodor bought a tank hull and mounted powered hammers on it making a unique machine.

@johndavies9270

2 жыл бұрын

Apparently in early post war France at least one abandoned Panther tank was converted into a mobile crane, with the jib and luffing gears replacing the turret. The Slovakian railways mounted a spare Mig 15 fighter fuselage and engine on a flat car, to use as a snow blower, an experiment which was also tried on the LNER in the late 1940's. One problem - it cleared the snow very effectively, but it also cleared the ballast from between the sleepers as well.

Winnie-the-Pooh: but what is a thumper? Tigger: well, he asked for it.

You really paved the grave Mitton and Allcroft

@greenthomasproductions

2 жыл бұрын

Britt is Still alive and well.

That’s pretty interesting that they used a tank model for thumper. I wonder why they never used him again. Did they just not come up with a situation for him after Allcroft left, or they just didn’t care?

@WatchVidsMakeLists

2 жыл бұрын

Think about it, after Series 5, TATMR flopped and a new writing team took over for Series 6. If you were a new writer on a show about talking trains that you only had passing familiarity with, who would you right stories about? Thomas, Gordon, Percy, main characters with memorable (and easy to understand) personalities? Or some obscure one-off from the series just prior who had no speaking lines and didn't even run on rails? I'm not saying it's fair to Thumper, but I totally get why he never came back.

@TuShan18

2 жыл бұрын

@@WatchVidsMakeLists I can see that, but I would at least like them to consider other characters after they got their bearings.

I love these video's

I suppose we got 2 History Model vids this week w Thumper being the very 1st Road Vehicle!

This is basically like a “history of Thumper” video.

Thumper confused me a bit as well once I learned that he had no real basis. I was wondering if anyone was to do a series of pictures of the engines in real life, how could Thumper be done? I think the best solution was to just use Thumper's image and that's the best you got.

Thumper seems to be on the treads of a KV Series Heavy Tank. Way to make him reliable.

2:24 Claims that the tracks are on backwards. Shows KV-1 which also features a rear mounted drive sprocket.

Very good

Ngl I think Thumper's arms work better as double jackhammers, just to sorta jab at rock for loosening, not actually tunneling.

finaly a vid on the T H U M P E R

Drayton Manor Thomas exhibition is in good hands now and all the models have been fixed including Thomas, Rosie etc but Edward is missing and I don’t know where he has gone.

Thumper is a free lance design

THE INTRO WAS MY CHILDHOOD LMFAO

Technically this is like a history of Thumper and his models

I would suggest for your next history of model video to do Caroline.

Thumper might have the huge Jack hammer arms to jack hammering the rocks out similar to demolition hammers or heavy duty jack hammering chisels, both hand tolls and ones used by excavators.

Where did you get the music at 4:40 from?

YAY KV 1 MODEL FEATURED IN THOMAS

I guess you would call it something like horizontal steam powered pavement breaker, but it kinda looks like a double boom face drill. Maybe it works like a hammer drill.

Given his fully custom model and alternate faceplates, I wouldn't be surprised if initially Thumper was going to play a larger role in the episode, perhaps beyond that. But eventually it was cut down to what we see in the final version.

I think it was a brawler type of driller, which if just like two air-driller attach and powered form the main engine. There are actually real driller of this type developed in the 1920s but quickly fell out of style.

I had wooden railway thumper, he was my favorite

just call it the KV tank, with a rear sprocket wheel configuration. its actually pretty spot on

I feel like another issue would be that the recoil would just push the machine back.

Perhaps he was punished like Smudger but given somehow a more stressful fate than Smudger himself

Ooo that Duncan model

my favorite already is james playing the piano

I think the denotation of the KV chassis, although similar, is not quite right. I believe that the chassis basis is actually the IS2, the successor the the KV tank. The frame at 2:04 shows Thumper to have an angular hull that meets at the sprocket in the rear, Just like the IS2. My 2 cents I guess.

So Thumper was a kit-bash? awesome!

He launches missiles

Bro you need to make a playlist of the music you use in your vids

Boys watch Adult Swim Alpha Males watch Trainboy Seriously, I love this channel. Keep it up.

How can a operator see if thumper is lacking a window?

Oi lad. Basically I'm not sure if it ain't just a really old modeled Bulldozer, as the front piston clearly derived from a dozer setup. It would also explain the sprocket in the back and its general shape, as such cabins were very well known to the time period of 2 cycle Diesel engines. The front drill being a diamond milling tip, on that said dozer piston, with the crankshaft sides of modeled engines to give it a rotational force. It would also explain the window setup, as dozers don't necessarily share the window setup with shunter engines, but look quite similar

When I was young, I always thought Thumper was some weird alteration of Rocky.

Alright. How did I end up here, watching basically TTTE lore and character explanations. Time to watch some more of this stuff! ...Pls send help.

Thumpers design always interested me

I think tons will be here in the next two seconds

I really like thumper I wish we could have seen him one more time