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(...) It's because of shows that I'm more strict with colours. I've been working on the track bed of my railway layout, using lots of packs of grey plates. It wouldn't look right with bley or dark bley ballast. Besides that, the old grey track (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TODD!!
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(...) Not that I think he looks this old (based on pics I've seen) but my guess would be..... 39? Happy Birthday Todd! Regards, Allan B. (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.people)
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| | HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TODD!!
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Today is Todd Lehman's Birthday! Now how old is he...? ;-) -Suz (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company / Call for your signs! (no discussions here please)
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Hello! (...) Probably when our enemy is defeated :-) (...) I do not love LEGO unconditionally. I loved it under the conditions from before 2004. Even if I didn't like all or even most of the sets (=models) they produced in the last ten years I still (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | RE: Johnny five IS alive - first MOC
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(...) Brushes like that can be found in automotive supplies or at some car washes. They are called "detailing brushes". They can also be found at craft stores. I buy them from the automotive departments because they tend to be cheaper. (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: LD4DModeler 1.1
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(...) Hi, I am planning to include lots of examples in version 2. There will be at least (because i need them for development :)) a minifig, some sort of robot with knee and elbow limbs, a simple car (wheels, door and hood), and maybe some sort of (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.animation)
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| | A little somethin' for everyone
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Yo! Yo! Yo! The kid is back, y'all and I got some goodies for all of my lugnet fam!!! Check out my first slew of posts to brickshelf: (URL) of the MOC's contained therein are of Belville scale structures construced out of either Harry Potter or (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.harrypotter) !!
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| | Re: Nathan Sawaya builds 10-foot-long speedboat
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Jason Spears wrote: (snip) Cool, innit? See also this (URL) post>, and its tree, and the refs within it. ++Lar (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Nathan Sawaya builds 10-foot-long speedboat
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(2 URLs) Jason Spears | (URL) BrickCentral> | (URL) MichLUG> | (URL) CLB> (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX) !
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| | Re: New Train Moc - Simple Red Caboose
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(...) That might be a while! :) I hope you don't wait. As others have said, the idea of trying to do a Turtle Creek just rocks. It would be so cool if you could bring it to Cincy! As for the caboose itself, while I think it's a bit short, I like it (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: The Queensland Tilt Train - and it tilts!
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(...) A long time ago there was an example of another kind of active tilt (this QSR one uses gravity, near as I can tell) posted by, IIRC, Eric Brok. (URL) That one used 45 degree sloped pivots to force turns as the cars went through curves. VERY (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: The Queensland Tilt Train - and it tilts!
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(...) The movie (URL) You're absolutely right, well spotted, I didn't notice that myself. The thing is, I ran out of train weights for the second car, so its not quite as heavy as the first car. It has got two implications: Firstly, the car doesn't (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Mi avanzano un paio di 4403 nuovi mai aperti. Se a qualcuno interessano li vendo a 35 euro cad. Ciao Mauro (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug.market)
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| | Re: Star Chamber?
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(...) LOL!! What I want to know is, when they head for lunch, do they march along singing "Dink-dink, dink-dink-dink-DINK DINK dink..." a la "Spaceballs"? ;) KDJ LUGNETer #203 (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| | Re: The Queensland Tilt Train - and it tilts!
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(...) In your movie #4, the train goes through much of the last turn with the wrong tilt..., like the last car got "stuck" in the previous tilt. Is something jamming? Great work! :] KDJ ___...___ LUGNETer #203 (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: No Comment
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(...) That was my thought as well---it swells up right before it barfs! ;] Great work! If there were a way to make that upper "corner" of the puke into less of a corner, that would be the only change I'd make. It looks a little blocky (pun not (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: The Queensland Tilt Train - and it tilts!
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(...) Samarth, perhaps you missed this one: (URL) A 4-car British Pendolino, using bevel gears for the tilt. This means it can cope well with double bends (the Hornby APT rises up on double bends because it relies on a tilted curved track on which (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Post something 2 Castle!
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(...) I'm a few days away from posting a MOC, although it's not Castle in the "classic" sense. Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Layout Started
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Made a decent dent in the benchwork framing yesterday. Turns out I was short a 2x4 for the narrow connector between the two loops. Since I had done the drywall finishing myself, I went ahead and bolted the framing directly to the wall studs. I went (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: The Queensland Tilt Train - and it tilts!
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Congratulations, Esben! Thats a fine looking train. I find the tilt mechanism very interesting! Only one other tilt train I know of is James Mathis' APT, which from what I know, uses a similar mechanism. It's a pity that this doesn't have interiors, (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Paul's Ferrari
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(...) Supposing that post was meant as a reply to mine rather than nathanael's, here is a render of a half-completed RX-8 chassis... (URL) Misha (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: "Aggressor", power armor dropship
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(...) Couple of Comments: Love the forward section, looks like it could detach and connect on to other vehicles. The detailing and curviture to the front gives it a smooth connection to the hanger portion. I don't think the mechs are too small. (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | The Queensland Tilt Train - and it tilts!
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Hey everyone, Just returned to my pile of Lego bricks after half a year on exchange at the University of Queensland in Brisbane... Australia is awesome, I reckon! Anyway, I came across this wonderful train with a name that says it all, the Tilt (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.au.qld.bri, lugnet.loc.au.qld.bun, lugnet.loc.au.qld.cai, lugnet.loc.au.qld.roc, lugnet.loc.au.qld.mac, FTX) !!
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| | Animation - Earwig and the Flea
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For your viewing pleasure: (URL) where near as humourous as some of the other animations but ofcourse, that's not its intention. Thanks for the comments regarding the original designs. (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.space) !!
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| | Re: No Comment
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(...) Not just coincidence, it was pretty much inspired by all arguments going on at the moment, hence the "silver lining" comment. (...) People seem obsessed with the scale. I knew when I was building it that it was a pretty huge monitor, but I (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: Incorrect Links on SW Sidebar
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I fully agree with Geoff! However, I do have a highspeed internet connection, but it still takes ages to load. And I do not have the site in the temporary cache, as I don't visit this site daily. So I rather stick with the fast loading sites. Take (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.admin.curators)
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| | Re: Parts editing made easy, anyone?
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(...) I'm sorry if I was unclear. Earlier in the thread I put forward Bens wheels as an example and continued that example here. I realise they would not be eligible for inclusion in the official Ldraw library, and would not submit them. This thread (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: new models 2005 (crane)
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Ok, so the LUGNET policy towards discussing leaked images has changed. Fine, there's one less thing to worry about. Fredrik (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Paul's Ferrari
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I notice that you only use one single shock absorber for each wheel. Is that enough to carry the weight of the car? Fredrik (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Parts editing made easy, anyone?
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(...) Maybe I'm missing the point here, but if this whole discussion is about Ben's excellent independently produced wheels, then whether or not they are modelled appropriately for inclusion in the official LDraw library is academic. The official (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: No Comment
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(...) HAHAHAHAHAHA! That's a funny MOC! It couldn't have come at a more appropriate time than this either... the chatter levels of garbage are very high this time. Also, I think its good that the vignette is larger in scale to the fig... it adds a (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Star Chamber?
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(...) Hmm, would that look something like (URL) this>? (URL) Bruce (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX) !
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| | Re: Parts editing made easy, anyone?
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(...) (I'm going to try not to sound like a jilted lover here, bear with me) If you're not already a parts author, you have to ask for permission to submit a part to the Parts Tracker. I've been told translated-from-other-CAD (i.e. messy) parts (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company / Call for your signs! (no discussions here please)
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SNIPPY (Written 2 days ago) Disagree. Samarth Moray (16) (No idea how much he spends on Lego, but the amount is decreasing as the number of cool sets reduces.) I’ve avoided stating my views on this situation for a looong time now, but this is the (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: teen FOLs: do we actually exist?
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SNIPPY (sorry bout the late reply, I missed this post when the uncivil war started, and then my net connection got lost, too) (...) Well, IMHO, whether we like it or not, thats the way it is. My logic is that a builder who's been around on planet (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.people.teens, FTX)
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| | Re: Paul's Ferrari
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I am not sure exactly how many pieces are in this model. I know that there were about 2000 before I detailed the engine. Each valve cover consists of 36 pieces. I added about 150 pieces to the engine. While it may not be exactly 2500, the count is (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: LEG007 – James Bond Models
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I absolutely love it! I am such a Bond fan. I've been thinking about doing some Bond MOCs, and am a bit jealous that you beat me to it. I bought the rerelease of the Breezeway Cafe specifically to get the waiter torso, to make Bond in a tux. And, (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Seattle Boat Show Building Contest
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(...) Here is another article: (URL) the FARK comments that go along with it: (URL) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.events)
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| | Re: Ultimate Lego Transport/Storage Box
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Too bad they aren't taller, so you could put large baseplates vertically in them. Note - if you belong to Ebates, or search online, you will find $30off150 coupons, netting you 14 boxes for $123.58 plus tax. Free shipping at that point. That knocks (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Sorting Bley and Chocolate Brown
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What little I have I place in Ziplocs and label "new lt grey, new dk grey, new brown". Of course, I'll be selling most of it off. I tend to sort by part, then by color anyways, so it only adds at most another 3 Ziplocs to a drawer or larger Ziploc. (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.storage)
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