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Re: YATTTE - Yet Another Thomas the Tank Engine
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Mon, 20 Nov 2000 03:22:35 GMT
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James Powell wrote:
> > Another problem I see with modeling Thomas in general is that there are *so*
> > many versions of him in various toys with varying degrees of accuracy (if you
> > assume that the video version of him is the "correct" prototype).
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> It's not. The most "accurate" would be from the first book. Thomas is based
> on a LBSC E2 tank
Hey James, would you happen to know of a good link to a pic of one so that we
could see how he *ought* to look?
-John
> , but the artist who orginally did the paintings was NOT a
> railway artist. Therefore, as long as it has 6 wheels, and is blue, it is
> reasonable.
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> As regards Mikes Thomas, I think it is too tall in the cab. It looks more like
> a Emmett engine than Thomas-that or perhaps a W. Heath Robinson engine. (I was
> looking at "Railway Ribaldry" a few days ago...)
>
> James
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| (...) No, not online. _I_ have the books :). (Some of which were my mom's, and date to the 50's) I have a mobile that has a picture of Thomas from the TV show (which is fairly close, but actually a Marklin Ga 1 engine, cut and hacked...). Really, (...) (26 years ago, 20-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: YATTTE - Yet Another Thomas the Tank Engine
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| (...) No, not online. _I_ have the books :). (Some of which were my mom's, and date to the 50's) I have a mobile that has a picture of Thomas from the TV show (which is fairly close, but actually a Marklin Ga 1 engine, cut and hacked...). Really, (...) (26 years ago, 20-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: YATTTE - Yet Another Thomas the Tank Engine
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| (...) It's not. The most "accurate" would be from the first book. Thomas is based on a LBSC E2 tank, but the artist who orginally did the paintings was NOT a railway artist. Therefore, as long as it has 6 wheels, and is blue, it is reasonable. As (...) (26 years ago, 19-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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