u/Jakeliy1229

So some elaboration on my choices.

I wanted to still keep them in the same regions they would be in (or in at least the companies they would've been in during grouping)

So we'll start one by one.

Thomas is a E1X, a rebuild of the LBSCR E1's, they are older than the E2's and still older than Gordon. But I had my eye on them being a Thomas replacement.

Edward is an LNWR Precursor because it still would've been absorbed into the LMS like the Furness and is still an ancient 4-4-0.

Old shape Henry can still be some sort of flawed pacific (maybe instead of for the GNR he could be a failed GCR design) As New Shape Henry I decided to make him into a G&SWR 128 Class because it kinda reminds me of him.

Gordon is a Raven A2 to keep him as an LNER Pacific. He's also specifically City of Ripon so that he would receive an A1 boiler which would still relate him to Flying Scott. (yes I got the idea from BadManoredProductions)

James is a n LSWR 700 Mogul so he's still an experimental build by a company that would later be absorbed in the LMS.

Percy... Ok so I like to think that he'd still be a kit-bash, but instead of being more Avonside inspired, he's inspired by some other designer. I decided on a W4 Peckett as a placeholder, but ideally he's an 0-4-0 saddle tank based on designs from Peckett & Son's.

Toby is a Y6 because there's not many steam trams in the UK.

Now I wanted to keep Duck & Oliver as Great Western tank engines, and I still wanted Duck's nick name to have double meaning (he both waddles and his pannier tanks look like wings) so I made Duck a 1366 and Oliver a 455.

I wanted to keep the Scottish Twins... Well Scottish, so instead of the CR 812's, they're G&SWR Class 279's. Still based around Scotland but different enough.

I'd want the entirety of the Extended Railway Series.

It doesn't have to be like tf2's.

I'm picturing it being majority maps and maybe a couple weapon mods + client side mods that can give other classes hats.

All of these are on the workshop.

SMR Stands for "Scrap Mechanic Railway".

And as for the classification;
Class A's are made for Express Passenger Work.
Class B's are made for Heavy Goods and Freight duties.
Class C's are made for Mixed Traffic & General Purpose duties.
And Class D's are made for Shunting and Industrial jobs.

Anyways, a bit more about the engines themselves:
The A2's toke inspiration from the LNER B12's... Listen, I know there's a particular infamous fictional green member of their, and I will say that he was on my mind when I was making it. I'm just gonna say that the creator of that character is disgraceful.

The B2's took inspiration from the LB&SCR K classes.

The C2's took inspiration from a variety of British 4-4-0's, mostly the Claude Hamilton's and, I'll just say it, the Furness Railway K2's.

And the D2's. They're pretty obviously LNER J70/Y6 inspired. It was also inspired by an ideal version of Toby I saw where he was a coffee pot engine from the TK&ELR, so the D2's are also coffee pots.

So I recently decided to listen to some fan made themes for the Loaned engines which enviably lead to me some of Alfred's themes, which lead me to remember his creator.

Personally, I still like Alfred. Don't get me wrong Skarloey123 is a wasn't a good man, far from that, but I've learned to separate creator from creation. Hence why my ideal 98462 is still a B12.

Alright, here's my explanations for for my ideal update.

Fishing: So I know bodies of water already have plenty of resources but I feel like leisure activities in games like Scrap Mechanic would be fun. Plus It'd give you more recipes.

Early Game Cooking: Since bots just agroo towards Woc's and leave Woc Steaks everywhere, why not find a way to actually cook themwithout cook bot. Since the ship had a microwave in it, why not have the ability to hook it up to any power source (preferably batteries) and actually make it function.

Water Purification: I mean it's kinda self explanatory, we need other ways of replenishing thirst other than foods and it feels like it should've been in game already.

More tools/weapons: So right now all we have is the hammer & the spud gun variants. But I feel like more melee items for other purposes would be useful. Like what if you could make an Axe that cuts trees faster, or a Machete/Sword that does more damage, or a Knife that attacks quicker but doesn't do as much damage compared to other tools, or how about a pickaxe that can mine stone (yes I know this is starting to sound like Minecraft but hey those are my ideas). As for ranged weapons, what if you could make sling shots that fire potato's, or how about a water gun? Think about it, what's a robot's number one weakness? Getting wet and short circuiting!