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Re: Wow! New Train Engine Pics
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Tue, 30 Apr 2002 12:27:49 GMT
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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

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!

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=7051

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:-)

He's already designing some turn of the century box cars for it to
pull;  more on those as they begin to appear:-)

Enjoy!

-John



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  Re: Wow! New Train Engine Pics
 
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 (...) (23 years ago, 30-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)

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  Wow! New Train Engine Pics
 
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 (...) (23 years ago, 29-Apr-02, to lugnet.announce.moc) !! 

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