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"Dean Earley" <dean@earlsoft.co.uk> wrote in news:IBrD8I.1s1D@lugnet.com: (...) Thanks, I use Pov-Ray, with custom radiosity settings. I started off with Jeroen De Haan's includes, and keep tweaking them as I go. Fastrad gives beautiful renders as (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.space)
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| | Monorail stuff
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Interesting stuff here... A back-yard monorail... (URL) A> (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Peak Diesel Engine (was Re: BNSF new paint)
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(...) Thanks :-) I particularly like the fact that the effect is easier to achieve with Lego in 8mm scale than in HO or OO in 3.5mm or 4mm scale. Using SNOT with grille tiles gives a finer grille than just alternating plates, and there's some relief (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim)
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| | Incontri ravvicinati col brucone :-P
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Ciao a tutti, oggi pomeriggio io, Luca Giannitti (con madre e fratellini al seguito) e Diego Rosati (con moglie e figlia) siamo andati a montare il nostro pezzo del brucone da record di cui ormai sapete vita, morte, opere e miracoli. Con nostro (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.it, FTX)
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| | rtlToronto/Ropeway1
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(...) Yeah, you're right - except rice has a couple of advantages: -Vacuum/throw away. It's cheap. -You can cook it and have a deliscious meal. (...) -Cannot cook soccer balls in rice cooker provided by friend's mother. (...) Well, we'd probably (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Yeah! Maybe two bins, at either end. And a pan in the centre... the rope would have flags/targets on it for positioning. So the thing is you can have: a) robot does one big scoop, one big dump, but is slow b) robot is tiny and fast, taking (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Next contest, was Re: 32 long (again)
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(...) I just realized I had a plastic bag of balls myself. Christina wouldn't let me take the Bag of Humanity (a creepy bag of 100 white soccer players) without taking a sack of balls and their kick-stands too. I found them the other day and (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Lego RC set 8369
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(...) If so what's the point of the set. LEGO even says that it's for building a 6 wheeler, not replacing a broken gearpack. If anything they should release a steering pack since i can see the steering giving in way sooner than the gears. (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: lego technic events in Canada
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(...) Hi Vineet! Try: (URL) can't remember which forum its in, but there are discussions about a pong-based contest. Iain (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: 32 long (again)
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(...) Rice sounds messy. Maybe you should use something easier to pick up. Like tiny soccer balls. Then, you could also roll them down the 32 long axles (tying back to the actual subject) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: 32 long (again)
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(...) I like that idea. Dropping or picking things up. Or both. (...) Now THAT I'd like to do, but I wouldn't know how to score it or how to clean it up. Maybe lay a cookie tray in the center of the room, and you count by weight how much rice got (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Lego Sets For Sale
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Hi I have eight sets for sale: 374 Fire Sattion 354 Police Station (missing one gray tile) 357 Fire Station (one hitch broken) 383 Knights Joust 368 Taxi Station 688 Shell Tanker Truck 687 Caravel Plane (legoland decale missis on jet engines) 690 (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: BrickLink
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(...) I figured you would make a bi-wheel, like this one: (URL) A> (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Gargamel: Deepspace Freighter
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(...) Thanks! And it actually wouldn't be too hard to move the existing engines toward the back and add another pair near the front. They would be in a rectangular arrangment (ie not square) and they wouldn't be pointing out radially, but it would (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: The Ryetsumaki - MC7 Ball Joint Frame
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(...) This is an interesting technology and great Mech -- thanks. I have a few questions for either Eric or MC7 -- I noticed that some of the joints have multiple ball joints. Does that stiffen the joint and at the same narrow movement to one axis? (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Classic space LDraw model repository
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(...) (URL) use it myself for my high quality renders: (URL) also used Jeroen de Haan's radiosity includes bu it looks as if his website is down for the moment. (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.space)
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| | making parts Re: Preview ALCO RS-1 A. T. & S. F.
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(...) snipped (...) James beutiful work as always. While we dream, a 4 wide version would be nice as well, not to mention a bulk pack! I've toyed with the idea of molding/casting repro parts. This may be the right part to try it with. The best resin (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: Today's offer from JJ's furniture store: Spanish Wall
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(...) I don't think so; look closely and it's not too hard to make out a spec of white. My guess is that the hip piece (the part that the seperate legs hinge onto) is white. So, she's got panties on. Not that I care...or anything. --Josh (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Swan Firmware
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Hey Guys, Any ideas on that code, regarding that error no. 5? Iain (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | A question to the .space community
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Hey you .spacers, A little 'bout me: A new AFOL who recently came out of the dark age at the badgering of a friend, and who is looking into building some space stuff. So, my question is this: Where and how do you guys get all of those neat little (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Tatsumaki Ver.2
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(...) effective. Six Titan XP's? You must have one of the largest collections of dark blay on the planet (not to mention orange...). I especially like the back view, particularly the backs of the legs. This is sometimes a weak area on mechs. Not (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: 32 Long Axles
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(...) Nooo...ooo!!!! Electrons!! voltage!! phase!! current!! It's all evil! MAKE IT STOP!!!! I'll stick with the torque/speed PHYSICAL definition thank you... at least those things you can see and touch to fully understand. The electrical stuff - (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Classic space LDraw model repository
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(...) What did you use for the rendering? Comparing some with mine, yours look much cleaner whereas mine are obviously computer generated. (URL) Dean Earley (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: lego technic events in Canada
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Thanks Steve. (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: 32 Long Axles
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(...) The other cool analogy that falls out of this is the synchronization of positioning or phase angle (for AC power systems). If you have a long shaft with a gear on each end, and you index one tooth on each gear, the rotational position reletive (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: lego technic events in Canada
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(...) Actually, unlike many of Vs posts it does seem to be posted to the correct place, and contains the correct subject. He IS asking about Technic events, and, there are Technic builders from all over, in this group. Too bad I don't have an answer (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: lego technic events in Canada
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(...) Um... EXACTLY what does this have to do with technic? x-post to .ca. Legoswami Samarth (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.org.ca)
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| | Re: New Parts Drawings - Plates, Slope, Track Pieces
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(...) In 1997 I sent TLC a sketch of some parts I wanted them to make, including 12 and 20 tooth cogs. Lo and behold the cogs appeared in the Droid Developer Kit in 1999! I had decided that 12:20 would mesh in the same holes as 16:16 and 8:24 for (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.parts.custom, FTX)
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| | Re: Some fun for Buffy and Angel fans (sorta long)
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(...) Cool! Someone else who knows McCloud (and Aragones!). D'you know, I've owned that book for years, and never made the connection to it being useful in thinking about Lego? Silly me... Anyway, well done, Erik. This is a usefully (...) (21 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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| | lego technic events in Canada
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Hello all- Is there anyone who knows if there are any Lego Technic events in Canada aside from RTL Toronto? Thanks. (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | BrickLink
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...is so cool! I've never used it before. But this is a dream! I just ordered 3 of those big "Hailfire Droid" wheels, so now I can finally have a go at building a model of this: (URL) Iain (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: 32 long (again)
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(...) I'm still forming around in my head the idea of something with rope. Not rope climbing, but something lateral. Rope transversing/pickup. Flycams. Delta-by-rope. Something where you'd have this big long span of rope with the robots moving along (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: 4883 + tyre = American truck
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(...) 2 quick off the cuff things I know of... cabover vs conventional, and total bumper to bumper length. Someone European can comment in more detail but IIRC, European loading gauges and length restrictions tend to make shorter trucks more (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: Peak Diesel Engine (was Re: BNSF new paint)
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(...) Hey just had to chime in. I like the engine, but I had to add that I like the "support beam visible through the vent effect" that you did with the SNOTted grille tiles. Chris (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Föreslagen MicroStad-standard
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(...) Det är inte så enkelt att det redan finns skannat på BS eller den där andra instruktionsdatabasen? /T (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: all new sets again
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(...) (URL) Brickset>. Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: 32 long (again)
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(...) That's the other thing, iss\ we need to think of a good contest for this summer...something to get BRUCE and ROB back in the gig. :) Not something like Steve's Balls or whatever. Calum (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: AFOL Mindstorm competition in Billund
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(...) As for the Italian team, it currently includes Giulio Ferrari, Marco Beri, Guido Truffelli, Paolo Masetti and myself. Ciao Mario (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | AFOL Mindstorms Competition - Il team ItLUG
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AFOL Mindstorms Competition, Billund, 9 e 10 Aprile. 6 squadre provenienti da US, Francia, Danimarca, Italia e Olanda. Entro il 15 febbraio dobbiamo comunicare a Jan Beyer di Lego i seguenti dati: - Nome della squadra. Sono graditi suggerimenti (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Today's offer from JJ's furniture store: Spanish Wall
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Hello! (...) That's up to your imagination... Lar, however, had a point. "Chinese screens" sounds plausible. Thanks! Bye Jojo (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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