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Re: Wow! New Train Engine Pics
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 30 Apr 2002 00:56:42 GMT
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In lugnet.announce.moc, John Neal writes:
> 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!
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=7051
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> Since he doesn't read or post on LUGNET, I'll provide some details.
> First, I'd love to take some credit for having helped him build it, but
> alas for me it is all his own work;-) He built it from photos and a
> schematic, and then test ran it to work out the bugs (of which there
> were many, entailing many rebuilds; some from the ground up)-- he's
> learning great lessons about design and functionality:-)
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> He's already designing some turn of the century box cars for it to
> pull; more on those as they begin to appear:-)
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> Enjoy!
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> -John
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 the good work.
Dave
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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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| 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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