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Re: Has anyone tried building a Thomas?
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 20 Jun 2000 21:38:32 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
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> That is priceless:-) Both of my kids were nuts about Thomas, albeit from the
> videos. We look forward to the movie:-) Actually, my son (10) and I just
> finished up our LEGO version of James and are just about finished with Percy,
> Bill and Ben. I also have built a Toby as well. In addition, Dan Siskind has
> built a nice Rheneas. Pics will have to wait for the Kidvention I'm
> afraid...:-(
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> -John
I've built a Thomas and a Toby, both on 4.5v motors. The obvious candidates
are the blue, red and black ones though because even if you have enough green
bricks, they will not be 'Percy' or 'Henry' Green which is totally
unacceptable in the elite world of finescale Lego replicas of prototype
locomotives.
In my case I cheated a bit - Thomas had only four wheels and Toby was
black,red and grey (I'm a bit colourblind so I can get away with it). I used
grey plates (2x12) for the side skirts which completely cover the wheels so it
really does not matter which type of motor chassis is applied.
Anyone with the 12v range and the 6 wheel steam chassis will be able to
construct a really nice Thomas' Not only will the chassis be correct but the
huge blue battery box, so cleverly disguised as Thomas's water tank on my
model, will of course be redundant leaving you free to create a better
proportioned model.
Remember to leave room inside for the mouthy geyser with the beer gut & top
hat.
Jon
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| (...) lol-- "totally unacceptable"?? It is a pity that the new light green which comes in some plates doesn't come in the bricks one needs to properly create a Percy or a Henry, but regular green works ok IMO, especially since the 7124 Flashspeeder (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Has anyone tried building a Thomas?
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| (...) That is priceless:-) Both of my kids were nuts about Thomas, albeit from the videos. We look forward to the movie:-) Actually, my son (10) and I just finished up our LEGO version of James and are just about finished with Percy, Bill and Ben. (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains)
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