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Re: My Latest Iteration of Thomas the Tank Engine (with BBB wheels:-)
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Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:57:31 GMT
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In lugnet.announce.moc, John Neal wrote:
   In my never ending pursuit of the perfect Thomas MOC, there has been a HUGE development:

Years ago I begged Ben Fleskes to make some BBB wheels in blue. Though I’m not sure it was because of my begging, he has FINALLY produced BBB wheels in blue (among other colors!), and not only that, he created a new medium size that actually works out even better for me! wOOt!

So here is my version of Thomas with his smart new wheels, a new blue superheater dome, and a fleshie engineer:



All I need now is for the binoculars to come in gold, and the 1x2x2 thin walls with the portholes to come in blue, and it will be impossible to improve upon;-)

Oh, and I need some good decals.... paging Mike Fetsko, paging Eric Olson....email me!


Peep peep!


JOHN

You are like those kids who think every loco is Thomas... whoops, wrong thread ;-)

Thats a really nice interpretation. Interesting that you’ve not gone down the SNOT lining route, I’m still in two minds as to whether its a good thing on a model this size. My impression is that the proportions are more those of Thomas from the film than Thomas from the Rev Awdrey book, which isn’t a critism, more an observation that you have looked carefully enough to capture them. No coupling rods?

Tim



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  Re: My Latest Iteration of Thomas the Tank Engine (with BBB wheels:-)
 
(...) But that's humorously apropos! :-) (...) Thanks, IMO it is too small to snot lining. Even the 10 wide version I'm working on is too small. That, or I'm too lazy...;-) (...) Yeah, I'm working exclusively from the videos-- never actually seen an (...) (17 years ago, 30-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, FTX)

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In my never ending pursuit of the perfect Thomas MOC, there has been a HUGE development: Years ago I begged Ben Fleskes to make some BBB wheels in blue. Though I'm not sure it was because of my begging, he has FINALLY produced BBB wheels in blue (...) (17 years ago, 29-Nov-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, FTX) !! 

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