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Pardon me if I brag, but my 12 year old son, Ross, has recently completed work on his latest MOC, a Pacific 4-6-2 steam engine, and it is a beauty if I do say so myself! (URL) he doesn't read or post on LUGNET, I'll provide some details. First, I'd (...) (22 years ago, 29-Apr-02, to lugnet.announce.moc) !!
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(...) Wow. Spotlighted. He's better than you are. ( :-) because that's high praise INDEED...) (22 years ago, 30-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Go ahead and brag, thats one nice looking steam engine. Its alittle hard to see all the details cause of the black bricks, but it realy captures the look. How well does it handle turns, and can it make it through a switch? Tell him to keep up (...) (22 years ago, 30-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) reaction to seeing the pics of that engine. All I can say is that I am absolutely and unquestionably, undeniably and unarguably, completely amazed. And that's without processing the tender years of your son. This is an unbelievably gorgeous (...) (22 years ago, 30-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks and thanks again-- it's good to be back in .trains, where I should stay, if you get my drift;-) -John (22 years ago, 30-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hey Dave, thanks for the kind words. Since the yet-to-be-revealed TCLTC layout utilizes only curve-straight-curve-straight turns (with the hopes that TLC is even now working on a gentler curve piece), Ross built only to that compatibility, (...) (22 years ago, 30-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) lol Thanks, Shaun, you made Ross' night! He hadn't ever seen *your* steam locos, and I purposely didn't want to show him before he had completed his. After having poured over your pics on Brickshelf just now, he was *very* impressed himself (...) (22 years ago, 30-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ya, it's funny, you seem to get more steamed up elsewhere than here. (takin' a ride on the GD&R railway...) (22 years ago, 30-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) In other forums we often question his loco motives. Dave! FUT ot.boundless-wit (22 years ago, 30-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) You could even say he's un-train-able. (He usually lets jibes like that pass on by but I suspect diesel get to him.) (...) c /boundless/half/ and I think you're about right... (22 years ago, 30-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) I dare shay, if you are going to piston moan about it, I'll sever all ties. -John (...) (22 years ago, 30-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) to your son. Fine work. (...) Looking forward to seeing them. later, James Mathis (22 years ago, 30-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well a good run on a layout test the limits of any train. I too have built a steam engine and have found that running the engine on a layout can find many unseen problems.One problem I ran into was that I didnt have enough play for the Up and (...) (22 years ago, 30-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Wow! That's how a steam engine has to look like! Ross has used some very clever building techniques and as aresult his engine catches the appearence of the real one very well. If you see this Pacific steam engine, you can easily forget about (...) (22 years ago, 30-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Wow indeed. I have a new criterion for a good train MOC: If you can't tell for sure from the thumbnail if it's the real thing or a MOC, it's a really good MOC! I also love the 3-wide! Peter (...) (22 years ago, 30-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) and if you mail me a link to an image no wider than the train poster up there now. LMK. (I sent that in mail but got bounced) (22 years ago, 30-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I had an interesting issue with my connection this morning....:-p I'm sure Ross would be honored to have his MOC there. -John (22 years ago, 30-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Better start letting him read LUGNET(tm)... :-) it's there. Thanks!!! (22 years ago, 30-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Cool! I'll have to pry him away from "the pile";-) -John (22 years ago, 30-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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This is exactly what happened to me!! Last night I followed the link, saw a bunch of reference photos and a yellow model, Clicked on yellow model, liked it but was confused because excitement was supposed to be over a steam engine (and Shaun was (...) (22 years ago, 30-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) these were photos of an actual train that someone took so they could later build a model! Beautiful model, beautiful photos. I also like the cute little mini-train and the giant bricks and minifig. Were all of these the work of a 12-year-old? (...) (22 years ago, 30-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) No. Some were done when he was 10, or 11... The kid's got a lot of talent. No idea where he gets it from, though. :-) (22 years ago, 30-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks! I can at least take credit for the photos;-) (...) Yes. Actually, aside from the 0-6-0 and the current 4-6-2 MOC, they were done by an 11 year old;-) -John (...) (22 years ago, 30-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi Ross and John! Great steam engine! Probably the steam Moc of the year 2002! While seeing the thumbnails at brickshelf I thought these are real pictures. Well done! It's ABS. I am fascinated and impressed. 1000grüße HoMa (22 years ago, 30-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) first thumbnails for reference photos. I'm not normally one to comment on trains, as its not really my area of LEGO interest, but the sweetness of these MOCs transcends genres. Quite an accomplishment for young Ross. We will watch his career (...) (22 years ago, 1-May-02, to lugnet.trains)
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John & Ross- Wow! Wow! Wow! When I looked at the Brickself page with the capsule images, I first thought the engine pictures were reference images of real thing. It wasn't until I clicked to look at them full size that I realized they were LEGO. Vey (...) (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Outstanding! Love the Loco. Congats to Ross. Now my Ross wants to build one too! 'Got any photos of the top? Is there an 8-wide version coming? {:^D Nice use of SNOT for the cab, and particularly the black macaroni for the boiler with handrail (...) (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Um, I think it IS 8 wide. Parental bad influence and all that. :-) (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Good for him! (start'em early:-) BTW-- it was good to meet your Ross at BricksWest! (...) The ones I took from that angle didn't turn out so hot. I'll have to take some more. (...) Ahem. As Lar pointed out, it *is* 8 wide. But as for his (...) (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks for the kind words, Ben! I suppose you'll forgive him for building 8 wide, because of his extensive use of SNOT? ;-) I told Ross that you are the "April Fool's guy from Germany" and he laughed-- he is an admirer of your MOCs as well! (...) (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks, James. It's really great (for me) to see you "pillars" say so:-) -John (...) (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) High praise indeed, HoMa-- and it's 8 wide to boot, na ja? :-) It's good to hear from you and see that you are still lurking about-- I fear that you Deutschers are having too much fun in 1000Steine and have no time for the rest of us in (...) (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Nice of you to say. And you reminded me, Brendan (since you were at BricksWest), that while Ross is in the proverbial spotlight here, I should post pics of the name badge he made for me for the name badge competition at BricksWest which I (...) (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) John, Wow! I cannot say enough about those engines! The rest of Ross's brickself gallery--the cubed bricks, the name tags, the 3 wide trains--are also extremely impressive. Thanks for sharing them with us, and thanks for encouraging[1] Ross. (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks for saying so, Chris. I'll pass along the compliments to Ross. He has been extremely gratified by everyone's kind praise! As far as encouragement goes, that's an interesting topic. I have a daughter who is 2 years older than Ross whom I (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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