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Re: More Thomas Engines: James
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Tue, 17 Oct 2000 16:03:22 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> Here are some pics of an attempt to model James from the Thomas the Tank
> Engine stories. It was a joint effort between me and my 11 year old
> son. We tried to be as faithful to the original model of James from the
> videos (spent lots of time searching and freezing for different shots of
> James:)
Your version of "James" looks great. I like that you can put "piping" along
the side of the engine. The 12 volt motor with rod really makes a difference.
> Although the wheels on the 12 volt motor are obviously too small, and
> the superheater should be yellow (doesn't come in that color yet), we
> are happy with the outcome. The 12 volt motor runs off of a 9 volt
> motor which is used as the lead truck in whatever we have James pulling
> at the time.
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> We haven't done so yet, but we are planning on producing decals which
> mimic the real James for the finishing touches. I realize that I might
> take some heat for participating in a 6 wide venture, but I think it's
> perfectly logical because we are actually modeling *toys* here.
> Enjoy:-)
I'm going to try the decals, as well. I could really use some advice with how
best to resize, print, paper choice, print-method, etc. I have scanned in six
varieties of "James" facial expressions from a book titled "James In A Mess and
Other Thomas the Tank Engine Stories". I'll be placing the scans (JPEGs) on
BrickShelf presently at:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=1649
later,
James Mathis
> -John
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=1644
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| (...) Thanks. It was really fun to see yours and see how you went about the different design problems in modeling James. Many of our solutions were the same! I especially enjoyed seeing you use the 1x4 red arch for the curve of the window, because (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| Here are some pics of an attempt to model James from the Thomas the Tank Engine stories. It was a joint effort between me and my 11 year old son. We tried to be as faithful to the original model of James from the videos (spent lots of time searching (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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