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Re: 10020 in S@H catalogue?
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Fri, 15 Feb 2002 22:57:33 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Huw Millington writes:
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> "Bryan Kinkel" <helpdesk@loseyourmind.com> wrote in message
> news:GrLB49.IMF@lugnet.com...
> > Here is the direct link to the Brickshelf scan -
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> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=119747
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> I didn't think to look on brickshelf. I assumed no-one else had seen it
> given it hadn't been mentioned here!
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> It's a neat set, for sure. Personally I'd rather have seen a blue train,
> making it more suitable for UK prototypes, but even so this has to be the
> best and most realistic train LEGO have ever produced. It comes close to
> some of James Mathis' designs!
My eyes are wildly bugged-out! This Super Chief is beautiful.
Huw: thanks for the compliment, but I am not this good. I think this Super
Chief model far surpasses my study on the f7. I just took a look back at my
(feeble) attempt at the f7 some years ago in the 70's era Amtrak "headless
arrow" livery:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=11952
Ick!
The Super Chief locomotive is *so* much better!
I'm very impressed.
Gray wheels: Looks like Ben Beneke got some attention...or at least some of
what he's wanted for some time, now. Very cool!
Love that red front windscreen.
later,
James Mathis
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: 10020 in S@H catalogue?
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| (...) Yes! Definitely among the top 10 of best designs within the last 10 years! Only compareable with the Sopwith Camel and the 5571 Black Cat Truck. (...) Haha! We all know you are. I have not been the only one who said: James must have joined the (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
| | | James is God, was: Re: 10020 in S@H catalogue?
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| "James Mathis" <thakius@nmt.edu> wrote in message news:GrLJrx.L52@lugnet.com... (...) Sorry James, but you are. I have just got to grips with your APT (and have incorporated it's nose into a more conventional multiple unit) and now you have blown (...) (23 years ago, 16-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| "Bryan Kinkel" <helpdesk@loseyourmind.com> wrote in message news:GrLB49.IMF@lugnet.com... (...) given it hadn't been mentioned here! It's a neat set, for sure. Personally I'd rather have seen a blue train, making it more suitable for UK prototypes, (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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