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First Thomas? (wasRe: Has anyone tried building...
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Wed, 20 Sep 2000 08:22:25 GMT
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In early 1997, I designed a LEGO Thomas tTE and compliment of freightcars at
the request of my daughter. It was the first TtTE of which I am aware. I
later sent original sketches regarding construction to Matt Bates, who
modified these slightly to produce the version featured on his website.
I should give credit to member Will Chapman who inspired me with his steamer
designs. Additionally, member Ken MacIntosh dabbled with a faced Interurban-
sort of consist and achieved great results.
dan parker/PNLTC
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| (...) I think GMLTC may predate you a bit but it's going to be hard to dispute, those guys were terrible at taking any pics of anything back then. However I do recall them saying that theirs had been around for several years when I first saw it in (...) (24 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I think I have seen two Thomas engines built by Lego bricks so far. The older one is designed by Matt Bates. (URL) I forgot who is owner of the newer one: I think it was someone from one of the LTCs, but I'm not too sure.... Regards, Ben (...) (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains)
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