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Re: Pics: Pennsylvania 0-4-0T tank engine
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Wed, 13 Mar 2002 16:39:48 GMT
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Admittedly, I've never noticed a locomotive like this before.
The image that shows the profiles of both your LEGO model and that of the
schematic is striking!  The scale and call-out of all the distinctive
element features is excellent.

later,
James Mathis

In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
Here is a little tanker I built about a year ago and never posted.  The
exercise for me was to create the most realistic looking MOC that could
also be produced as a set by TLC.  I also wanted to include in the set a
bunch of "train goodies", so that it would be a great source for highly
desirable parts (imagine the 1x2x2 classic windows in the MOC *black*,
and the smoke stack black as well).  I built it with a motor, but it
could come without and if they sold it for $25 (it has a little over 200
pieces), I think it would be a great deal.

I call it Number 11 (on a scale of 1 to 10 for realism....wink, wink Tap
fans:-)  You can't see it very well, but I even built it with a working
furnace door:-)

Anyway, check out all of the cool parts that *could* be produced!

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=185

-John



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  Re: Pics: Pennsylvania 0-4-0T tank engine
 
(...) Thanks, James. Yeah, it's a small loco (they don't get much smaller!) It doesn't even have a tender-- hence the "T" in the name designation for "Tank", but that made it easier to model (I thought that that would make producing it cheaper (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)

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  Pics: Pennsylvania 0-4-0T tank engine
 
Here is a little tanker I built about a year ago and never posted. The exercise for me was to create the most realistic looking MOC that could also be produced as a set by TLC. I also wanted to include in the set a bunch of "train goodies", so that (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)

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