 | | Re: YATTTE - Yet Another Thomas the Tank Engine —James Powell
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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, (...) (24 years ago, 20-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: YATTTE - Yet Another Thomas the Tank Engine —John Neal
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| | | | (...) Well, that's why God created scanners;-) (...) Even if it has 4 wheels, it is Thomas. I just thought it would be nice to see exactly what we are modeling (the prototype modeler in me asserting himself:) -John (...) (24 years ago, 20-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: YATTTE - Yet Another Thomas the Tank Engine —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) No, that was Bill Gates. :-) (FUT off-topic.debate if you insist) (...) I'm with J2 on this, although I usually am the rt. hon. Mr. Stickler from the Accuracy Riding (that's a UK reference). For adult modelers, getting it just so is a good (...) (24 years ago, 20-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: YATTTE - Yet Another Thomas the Tank Engine —John Neal
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| | | | | (...) Are you saying that: God created Bill Gates? (agree-- He *does* move in mysterious ways, you know) Actually, I had heard that Al Gore invented scanners.... -John (...) (24 years ago, 20-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: YATTTE - Yet Another Thomas the Tank Engine —Mike Walsh
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| | | | "Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:G4Bz3D.10p@lugnet.com... (...) to see (...) himself:) (...) it (...) Last night (when I should have been working on a presentation) I was fiddling around with my TTTE model. Several (...) (24 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: YATTTE - Yet Another Thomas the Tank Engine —Kevin Wilson
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| | | | Mike Walsh wrote in message ... (...) Sticker face is a good idea - it's the hardest part! Is the big red external cylinder casing at the front, part of the red baseplate? A good reason not to use that baseplate, I think (it can be done without) (...) (24 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: YATTTE - Yet Another Thomas the Tank Engine —John Neal
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| | | | | (...) Interesting point, Kevin. I know that those are separate pieces, and I know that external cylinders are not shown on models of Thomas, but I had just assumed that this was due to lack of detail. Are you saying that it is prototypical for (...) (24 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: YATTTE - Yet Another Thomas the Tank Engine —John Neal
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| | | | | | | (...) Came up short on time, but did find something pretty interesting about Thomas and autism: (URL) (...) (24 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: YATTTE - Yet Another Thomas the Tank Engine —James Powell
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| | | | | | (...) The cylinders are _inside_ the frames, not outside. A lot of UK engines were like that (hmm...a photo of a certan blue engine...this is the one that was outside the london theater: (URL) problem is that with UK high level platforms, only (...) (24 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: YATTTE - Yet Another Thomas the Tank Engine —Kevin Wilson
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| | | | | | James Powell wrote in message ... (...) were (...) (URL) this engine isn't the same class as the one Thomas is based on, it's very similar. There's a picture of a model of the LBSC E2 tank engine which James mentioned in a previous message that (...) (24 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: YATTTE - Yet Another Thomas the Tank Engine —Mike Walsh
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| | | | "Kevin Wilson" <kwilson_tccs@compuserve.com> wrote in message news:G4DvJ9.M4F@lugnet.com... (...) details (...) done (...) a (...) I assume the piece you are referring to is the one that hangs down from the front left end of the red buffer plate. (...) (24 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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