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In lugnet.trains, Mathew Clayson wrote:
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Now that the Thomas Weekend event at LEGOLAND CA is over, thought I’d start
posting images of my engines and cars.
First up is Trevor the steam traction engine from the Thomas and Friends
railway series. It uses old style wheels. With almost the whole thing using
side ways SNOTed bricks. The face is from a small wind up Thomas toy. Photos
by the Michon family.
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That’s cool, Mathew! I used a similar technique for my steam tractor, but I
think yours looks better. Only the boiler on mine is SNOT, although the front
axle is studs-down, to allow it to steer. And I used slices of bike inner tube
for the rear tyres.
ROSCO
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In lugnet.trains, Ross Crawford wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Mathew Clayson wrote:
First up is Trevor the steam traction engine from the Thomas and Friends
railway series.
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That’s cool, Mathew! I used a similar technique for my steam tractor,
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I think that both of these look very good...but more like 6” models or so than
full sized...
is my 4” model.
James P
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In lugnet.trains, James Powell wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Ross Crawford wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Mathew Clayson wrote:
First up is Trevor the steam traction engine from the Thomas and Friends
railway series.
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That’s cool, Mathew! I used a similar technique for my steam tractor,
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Thanks Ross, I actually did a quick brickshelf search just before building mine,
and used yours as a starting point. In fact I’d picked up the larger wheels from
Bricklink over a year ago, inspired by an your’s or another steam tractor I’d
seen on lugnet. So mine is an extention of your work.
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I think that both of these look very good...but more like 6” models or so
than full sized...
is my 4” model.
James P
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James, that’s a nice toy you have there.
Yes, I agree, my MOC is too small. Ideally I’d like to use a 3 stud diameter
boiler, but that’s not going to happen soon. And I’ll have to use larger wheels
as well. The model is ~12 studs long, so in 6 wide scale it’s a bit more like
15’ long. How large is a real Foster & Rastrick Traction engine?
Mat
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James, that’s a nice toy you have there.
Yes, I agree, my MOC is too small. Ideally I’d like to use a 3 stud diameter
boiler, but that’s not going to happen soon. And I’ll have to use larger
wheels as well. The model is ~12 studs long, so in 6 wide scale it’s a bit
more like 15’ long. How large is a real Foster & Rastrick Traction engine?
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http://www.steamscenes.org.uk/picture.asp?engineID=2155
Is photos of the “real” Trevor. I think she is either a 6 or 7 NHP engine,
which makes her moderate in size...not too big or too small. (I think also that
it is just Foster, not & Rastrick...). I know all about the problems of Lego
scale :)...you might have problems fitting a 56” waisted person on a real TE as
well!
James P
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