Model Plane is the twenty-second episode of the seventh season. It was written by Dave Ingham.
Plot[]
James has a new model airplane that Norman has a go at but flies it into Station Officer Steele who demands James not to fly it in Pontypandy. Norman persuades James to take it to the mountain rescue centre and fly it but it lands in a tree and leads to them getting stuck.
Characters[]
- Fireman Sam
- Elvis Cridlington
- Station Officer Steele
- Penny Morris
- Norman Price
- James Jones
- Tom Thomas (does not speak)
Vehicles[]
Trivia[]
- This is the first time James appears without Sarah.
- This is also the first episode in which one of the twins appears without the other one.
- Norman Price's middle name is revealed to be Stanley.
- This episode revisits the theme of Norman crashing James’ model plane; the same thing happened in Lost Ring.
Goofs[]
- James' airplane remote control is missing from his hands when Station Officer Steele falls onto his lunch.
- In the opening title, Paul Larson is mistakenly credited as the writer of the episode.