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Re: Nice Work, Jake!
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Date: 
Tue, 9 Apr 2002 17:29:53 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
Jake, you have achieved the status in my mind of "master minifig scale
train builder"!  I really like the way you put a train together:-)
This loco:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=151729   is certainly in
league with the Super Chief or even *beyond* it!

Hey Brad!  You've got your next set designer right under your nose!

Aw shucks... thanks John. And thanks to the LEGO Train community for the
inspiration, support and encouragement for this design. It has been underway
for many versions and many months, with at least one or more versions to
come. (I still have ideas for improvements...) Those of you who saw the
first "public" version of this design at BrickFest last summer will
recognize the updated design.

But John, you realize that is this a mere 6-wide model, right?

Jake

---
Jake McKee
AFOL
LUGNET Member #211



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Nice Work, Jake!
 
(...) Doubtful :-)... he probably saw all the detail and automatically figured it HAD to be 8 wide. (23 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
  Re: Nice Work, Jake!
 
(...) "Mere"?-- lol Well, of course; that is what I meant by "minifig scale". You, as does James Mathis (good company, I know:), have the ability to pull off a 6 wide version of a loco and still make it look good. It has to do with creative (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)

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  Nice Work, Jake!
 
Jake, you have achieved the status in my mind of "master minifig scale train builder"! I really like the way you put a train together:-) This loco: (URL) is certainly in league with the Super Chief or even *beyond* it! Hey Brad! You've got your next (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)

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