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Re: YATTTE - Yet Another Thomas the Tank Engine
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Tue, 21 Nov 2000 17:26:49 GMT
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Kevin Wilson wrote:
> Mike Walsh wrote in message ...
> > Last night (when I should have been working on a presentation) I was
> > fiddling around with my TTTE model. Several people felt that it was too
> > tall and I agree. So, it is now one brick shorter and has some new details
> > including a face I cut out from a package of TTTE stickers.
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> Sticker face is a good idea - it's the hardest part!
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> Is the big red external cylinder casing at the front, part of the red
> baseplate? A good reason not to use that baseplate, I think (it can be done
> without) since Thomas has inside (i.e. inside the frames) cylinders and
> valve gear so you can't see them.
Interesting point, Kevin. I know that those are separate pieces, and I know
that external cylinders are not shown on models of Thomas, but I had just
assumed that this was due to lack of detail. Are you saying that it is
prototypical for engines of this class to have hidden/shrouded cylinder
casings? I'd really like to see a proto of this type <off to search now>
-John
> At the train show last weekend there was a
> HO Thomas which had complete external cylinders and working valve gear -
> looked very odd!
>
> Kevin
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| (...) The cylinders are _inside_ the frames, not outside. A lot of UK engines were like that (hmm...a photo of a certan blue engine...this is the one that was outside the london theater: (URL) problem is that with UK high level platforms, only (...) (23 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| Mike Walsh wrote in message ... (...) Sticker face is a good idea - it's the hardest part! Is the big red external cylinder casing at the front, part of the red baseplate? A good reason not to use that baseplate, I think (it can be done without) (...) (23 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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