Subject:
|
Re: Has anyone tried building a Thomas?
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.trains
|
Date:
|
Thu, 22 Jun 2000 22:11:39 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
2885 times
|
| |
|
|
In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
>
>
> 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
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > How did you manage the saddle tank profile? In green?
>
> Well, first off, Bill/Ben are yellow-- You must mean Percy.
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
> 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
>
>
> >
> >
> > Jon
|
|
Message is in Reply To:
 | | Re: Has anyone tried building a Thomas?
|
| (...) Well, first off, Bill/Ben are yellow-- You must mean Percy. The saddle tank effect for them came using this element in yellow: (URL) BTW train fans, I need a few more of those buggers, so if anyone has a few to trade/sell, LMK:-) The saddle (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains)
|
22 Messages in This Thread:
  
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
