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  Re: Non-gray castles or "What I did with all the bulk bricks"
 
(...) Excellent effort Pawel, Who said all castles had to be grey(gray). This is the world of Lego after all where primary colour towns are standard. The key is to always use combinations of colours and in appropriate proportions to highlight (...) (26 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)  
 
  Removing glue
 
I've recently acquired a couple of sets that are completely glued together. Can anyone suggest anything to remove the glue so that I can take the sets apart? I realize that the pieces are already slightly deformed because of the glue melting them (...) (26 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Non-gray castles or "What I did with all the bulk bricks"
 
Peter White wrote in message ... (...) all (...) combinations (...) About (...) Was that rule out? Hmm... Too bad there isn't enough trans-orange which would work in a castle (though the towers could have trans-orange octagonal dome roofs). Of (...) (26 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
 
  Re: Gonna build a mountain in my living room.
 
Hey, thanks for the file, but it isn't quite what I was looking for. It does impress me though. How did you build it, did you just use a program? If yes, what one? What I'm seeing is just a bunch of BURPS with the spaces filled in, basically. But (...) (26 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
 
  Re: Removing glue
 
Tony Kilaras wrote in message ... (...) the (...) apart. I forget if any of the folks who've worked in the model shops have mentioned details of what glue they use. If the glue used is a solvent type, you're SOL. Styrene solvent glue joints can (...) (26 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Non-gray castles or "What I did with all the bulk bricks"
 
(...) What could be made out of orange elements though? Nothing on a large scale, so thinking small scale ... What stucture would look good done in orange? Nothing comes to mind right away, and seeing as I'm a Vol I should be biased. (we were robbed (...) (26 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
 
  Re: Gonna build a mountain in my living room.
 
(...) Hey, it's the thought that counts. Actually, I was planning on using the BURPS, but I can't seem to put them together in any good organization. When trying to make something that big, I get a little flustered. Besides, I have been very busy (...) (26 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
 
  Re: Non-gray castles or "What I did with all the bulk bricks"
 
Pawel Nazarewicz <verneer@utk.edu> wrote in message news:Fs0EHy.IKz@lugnet.com... (...) to (...) black (...) try (...) be (...) gray (...) castles. (...) Your Red Castle is Grand! I particularly like the thin accent band of black at the top which (...) (26 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
 
  Re: Palm tree leaves
 
Xcalabur wrote in message ... (...) palm (...) that (...) The smaller palm lead dates back at least as far as the Islanders (6278 has both sizes of leaves). Frank (26 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.pirates)
 
  Re: Removing glue
 
(...) That doesn't sound like much fun !!! Any indication what the glue might be? Rubber cement, if on the outer surface only, =might= come off by rubbing it with a dry towel, ink eraser, rubbing compound, or some other mild abrasive. Elmers glue (...) (26 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)  
 
  Re: Georgia LEGO Outlet is Cool!
 
(...) Before anyone gets too excited, the 78***'s are *not* trains, they are some kind of promotional assortments < $10 sets. KL (26 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)  
 
  Re: Removing glue
 
(...) Better stay away from Legoland, and avert your eyes in most any store which has a TLC supplied LEGO model... Frank (26 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Non-gray castles or "What I did with all the bulk bricks"
 
(...) What about an insectoid sub-sub-theme called the fruit-flyoids who inhabit orchards in their small orange castles ... or Arctic castles ? those polar bears can get a bit frisky and you don't want to get too physical with them,though my 2 year (...) (26 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)  
 
  Re: Removing glue
 
(...) It's MEK, which stands for some long chemical name I don't know. Alan (26 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)  
 
  One of my favorite movies.  [DAT]
 
Here is a robot that I recently created. To see him with his laser out, just change the text to say johnny2.dat, instead of johnny.dat. It is heavily based on the movie "Short Curcuit." This file is an MPD, so you will need a viewer that can read (...) (26 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)  
 
  Re: One of my favorite movies.
 
(...) it's just so cute! I like it :) Dan (26 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
 
  Re: Time cruisers or Time losers? (was:Re: Pirate/castle helmet...)
 
---...--- (...) Doh! Darned typos! That's "witch," not "with." (...) (26 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  sonar mapping with evidence grid
 
Hi, I have connected sonar to my HB and it is time to analyse the data. Is it true that the sonar range reading is in a cone shape at 30 deg. and not at point form ? I just can't find any information from the Polaroid home page. Is anyone there (...) (26 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  My Lego "Mech"  [DAT]
 
This model attached here was inspired by "The Lego-bots Headquarters" webpage, located at (URL) is a model that I built awhile ago. Unfourtunatly, the legs do not actualy connect to the main frame of the rest of the model. That is why I have been (...) (26 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
 
  Re: Online eProxy services?
 
(...) Getting to the stage? We got there about a decade and a half ago. I'm not sure if anyone provides a designated "credit proxy" service; after all, that's what a credit card or charge account *is*. You may have to arrange with a retailer on an (...) (26 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)  
 
  Re: NQC 2.1 r2 released
 
(...) (26 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
 
  Re: Removing glue
 
Alan Gerber wrote in message ... (...) mentioned (...) MEK - Methyl Ethyl Ketone (26 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Removing glue
 
(...) Hey, don't get so technical on me. Those are definite exceptions. I would be perfectly happy knowing that those models are glued together--and the internal metal supports are okay with me, too. There is another reason I don't care to visit a (...) (26 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)  
 
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  6497 Twisted Time Train Inventory
 
Number: 6497 Name: Twisted Time Train Theme: Lego > System > Town > Time Twisters Year: 1997 Pieces: 296 ( from Lugnet, havnen’t added them up myself ) Figures: 4 Part numbers and descriptions taken from (URL) Parts were inventoried by Bag. Bag (...) (26 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.db.inv)  
 
  Re: Small addition...
 
Hooray for another YBBG! (Dang, now I have to make something even bigger for my Enforcer) ~Mark (...) (26 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
 
  Re: Georgia LEGO Outlet is Cool!
 
AHEM! If you would look back at my post, I said I bought NOTHING at all this time. So blame Larry and Frank ;-) (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (26 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)  
 
  Re: How do a build a mountain?
 
You can build your own mountain, that way you can have it flat at the top and have caves and other things. If you build it with newspapers and then cover them with a thivk layer of plaster, you can then file the plaster flat and paint it. Perhaps (...) (26 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)  
 
  Recall of 8445 Indy Storm
 
I was told by a Lego person that 8445 Indy Storm has been recalled by Lego due to a trademark violation of Indy. This affects the US or Americas distribution only as Europe has a different product name. The product does not appear in the Lego.com (...) (26 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)  
 
  Re: memcpy patch for gcc 2.95.2 wanted
 
(...) I think the compiler was generating incorrect code. I'm no gcc expert, but the asm macros looked OK to me, and besides, why should the macro work in one compiler version & not the other? FYI, I fixed it by compiling the source to an assembler (...) (26 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
 
  Re: Online eProxy services?
 
(...) I dont have one because I think that they are evil and cost a fortune. When will someone come up with a card that can be used like a credit card but is directly linked to your bank account? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (26 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  Ebay acution - Potential Fraud?
 
I came across the following in rec.toys.lego James Morrison <morrcjt@NOSPAMmelbpc.org.au> wrote in message news:8bjvl2$8c8 $1@possum.melbpc.org.au... (...) So how come the photo is the same one as mine in (URL) PINCHED IT OFF MY WEB SITE! He (...) (26 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.auction)  
 
  FA(ebay) Cargostation 165 Last hours
 
Her is the address (URL) (26 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
 
  Re: Ebay acution - Potential Fraud?
 
lawrence wilkes wrote in message ... (...) Probably.. (...) I guess that will be reveiled to the highest bidder come the end of the auction. (...) My guess is that he has the item, is selling it, doesn't have a scanner, saw your pi already cut out, (...) (26 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
 
  Re: Online eProxy services?
 
(...) 1) Credit cards are amoral...credit card companies are the evil ones :-) 2) It's been done here in the US. I can't think of a single bank that doesn't have this feature on their ATM cards anymore. Ask your bank about this. If they don't have (...) (26 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)  
 
  FS/T 4 Copies of Divers 6599 Shark Attack
 
Hey guys... I've got 4 copies MISB of 6599 Shark Attack, all in their original sealed tall box with one sloped corner. Each has 2 minifigs, a great white shark, a sawfish, a mini-sub, and harpoon. I'd be willing to sell whole sets or part out. First (...) (26 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
 
  Re: Gonna build a mountain in my living room.
 
[ XFUT lugnet.build and lugnet.cad ] Fred: (...) You're welcome. - It wasn't much work. (...) If you have more constraints on the mountain - like at ground level at the edges or a 32*32 flat top - please tell me, and I will see what I can do about (...) (26 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.build, lugnet.cad)  
 
  Re: Pics of Eurostar Train
 
(...) You might do well to try here: www.eurostar.com eric (26 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)  

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