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Re: Has anyone tried building a Thomas?
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 21 Jun 2000 21:39:22 GMT
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johnneal@STOPSPAMuswest.net
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Jonathan Reynolds wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> >
> > Of course, with Percy and Bill/Ben, one can get away with using a 9 volt motor
> > and simulate piston rods, etc. because they are 0-4-0 configs. BTW, just as a
> > teaser-- our Bill/Ben is *7* wide;-D
> >
> > -John
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> I'm glad to hear this - I pioneered the 7 wide Lego train back in the 1970s,
> but nobody was looking. Necessity was the Mother of invention, I'd run out of
> 6 wide plates/trainy elements and had to use the leftover oddments to build
> some electric multiple units.
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> How did you manage the saddle tank profile? In green?
Well, first off, Bill/Ben are yellow-- You must mean Percy. The saddle tank
effect for them came using this element in yellow:
http://home.att.net/~partsref/images/6183.gif BTW train fans, I need a few more
of those buggers, so if anyone has a few to trade/sell, LMK:-)
The saddle for Percy uses the 1x4 half round brick spaced 3 apart (total 5 wide)
on the top, and the same element turned sideways for the undercurve.
Unfortunately, a picture is worth a thousand bytes, so full disclosure will have
to wait until I have time to photograph them.
-John
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> Jon
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| (...) motor (...) as a (...) of (...) No, I mean Bill and Ben - told you I was colourblind! Anyway, I've had it checked out by experts and the printing in MY book shows these guys in green. I can't wait for your picture anyway. Jon The saddle tank (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I'm glad to hear this - I pioneered the 7 wide Lego train back in the 1970s, but nobody was looking. Necessity was the Mother of invention, I'd run out of 6 wide plates/trainy elements and had to use the leftover oddments to build some (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains)
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