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Prima di tutto un saluto ed un bemvenuto tra noi!! La tua storia è più o meno la mia, con 20 anni in più :-( io mi sento più artista, ma fino a che non ho avuto mooooolti mattoncini, sono sempre stato in difficoltà e le mie creazioni erano ridotte. (...) (21 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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(...) Personalmente rientro di più nella seconda categoria, dal momento che a lavorare con i CAD proprio non ci riesco. Preferisco partire magari da un pezzo particolare che mi ispira, oppure da foto dell'oggetto che tento di riprodurre. Tant'è che (...) (21 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Kent, WA Canterbury Fair Display
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This past weekend Dan Parker and I had a chance again to set up a display at the annual Kent Canterbury Fair. Some new items on the display but most of the same from previous years. I've got a few new items but I'm saving them for Northwest (...) (21 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX) !
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| | Re: Ability of newer 9V motors
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(...) (snip) (...) Hi Chris (both :-) ), Here's the English version of the article: (URL) Ambassador FreeLUG member (21 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Big Box with the Yellow Sticker of Joy
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Shipping notice came last Friday. Package came today. Hell of a lot of building to look forward to over the next week. Very happy, Derek (URL) The boat wheels are, as Jeff suggested, used to align the panels. (21 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | LEGO Nunchucks Charity Auction
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(URL) Hey everyone, long time no LUGNET. I've just listed some life-size LEGO nunchuks (nunchaku) on eBay. All of the money raised from this auction (aside from a small portion to cover eBay fees) will be donated to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. (...) (21 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction, FTX) !!
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| | Re: New Slave I & minifigs
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(...) "In addition to Slave I, fans can also look forward to the January debut of a LEGO V-wing fighter and new designs for the TIE interceptor, A-wing, and B-wing fighters. Make sure to reserve some room in your holiday collection for these (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| | Re: Ulmaris Castle
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(...) Anthony, I really liked seeing it at BF. The amount of detail was amazing. I was curious about what kind of planning went into it? Obviously, you'll have the historical aspects as far as appearance and layout, etc. Did you use LDraw or (...) (21 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | FS: 4508 Parts
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Hello everyone, For Sale. Two, 2 gallon bags packed full of new parts. Incredible selection of classic light grey. 4508 pieces included. Here is a list: (URL) $500.00us I will pay shipping anywhere in the world! Email if you have questions. Thanks (...) (21 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | WANTED: 2x Maersk Blue Plates
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Hi everyone I am search of two maersk blue plates in 4x8. Would anyone be willing to trade toward other Maersk blue parts or instructions or ANYTHING? Any help would be great. Thanks in advance! :) Brendan (21 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Announcing Bricksmith for Macintosh
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Dear Joe, I'm glad you like the program! Further comments are interspersed below: (...) Oi! So small! I just switched my computer to 1024 x 768, and I can promise you, Mac OS X was not made for that resolution! (...) My thoughts exactly. But I (...) (21 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | New Star Wars Pens (carabiner) and key chains available
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These are the LEGO Writing System latest releases (yes key chains, different than the standard mini-fig ones, since they are more like the Pens with extra beads etc) Pen MSRP seems to be 10 USD, key chains 5 USD, we are selling for 5.44 and 3.44 USD (...) (21 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Ability of newer 9V motors
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(...) Welcome to .trains (...) That makes 6 cars total? 2 engines and 4 coaches? I'd get a second motor. (...) Most people have found that the speed regulator can power two motors without a problem. In fact many people goes as high as three motors (...) (21 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Sep. meeting - Back to the Brick
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Jeramy posted a while ago about an idea he calls Back to the Brick. The idea is to enrich and bring variety to the overall LEGO experience of us IndyLUG members so that we don't become burnt out on shows and show planning. I have an idea for a Back (...) (21 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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(...) Wow, my first impressions are that it is very cool. I poked it with a stick and here are some observations that I made... *I'd love to have preset views like other LCad programs (press 1, 2, 3... etc for different views of model) (...) (21 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | De Plane Boss, De Plane! And a Joe Vig Vignette (not risque this time, but a little off color)
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Heres a vig to celebrate freak's new profession: (URL) Joe Vig has a bad reaction to a candy bar: (URL) My entire vignette gallery: (URL) Steve (21 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.town)
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Since I'm new to Lego trains (bought my first Lego train set last week #4511 + an extra #10158 car), I'm wondering exactly how powerful the little motor that comes with the set is. It seems to have no problem moving the 3 cars that I currently own (...) (21 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Just saw this 8421 with a luffing jib
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(...) extension motor (using a differential or something) so it spooled out as the boom extends ;) ROSCO (21 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Legway (Sensor Type Correction)
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A couple ppl asked about this, but I realize I have no pics yet. For now, here is a movie of the thing, you can see the flashlight pretty well: (...) ___...___ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page (URL) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Just saw this 8421 with a luffing jib
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I just saw this pic of a crane (8421) with a luffing jib. Here are the pics: (URL) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: MLCAD mirrored submodels - Help please
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(...) Hi Torben, To mirror you need to edit the rotation matrix by hand. It is easiest to do if you have only rotated in 90 degree angles in which case you just put a negative sign in front of one of the entries and that mirrors along that axis. (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Brickfest Pneumatic Master and new Pneumatic Gate Circuits
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(...) I mechanically link the two pistons together so they act as though they were one larger piston, also I mechanically link the four switches. This eliminates any issue with racing between the two pistons and their switches. Could you explain in (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: A LEGO double-throw switch?
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(...) Or, connect it to a technic turntable, so you can rotate it to any angle you want. ROSCO (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Siete ingegneri o artisti ?
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(...) Benvenuto! (...) <KRIPTIK> Personalmente, sono un artista, ma sono un ingegnere... </KRIPTIK> (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Lego Train Factory - "preliminary wagon design"
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(...) Wow, I hope they brew up a better motor unit. The current one did not have to be designed to be efficient like the technic gear motor shipped with the RIS sets. It relies on endless juice from the controller. I think if they just use the (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: A LEGO double-throw switch?
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(...) The following design will turn a polarity switch into a two-way splitter. (URL) That is, the switch controls whether the input will go to the left output or the right. Use two of these, one at each ends of the conveyor belt, to make a (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Telehandler finally completed
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(...) Thanks for the kind words Vineet! What I meant was; before the boom only elevated to about 35 degrees. The real ones go past 45 degrees. It was a good design that needed improvement. I think it is lighter now too. One good tip I got at (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Announcing Bricksmith for Macintosh
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(...) Well that just sucks. They don't want too many people using LDraw, I guess? Because many users simply won't jump through that many hoops to get started. They'll download a CAD program, double-click it, see scary messages about LDraw not being (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) Perfect. Sorry I missed that before, and thanks for pointing it out! Best, Joe (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: MLCAD mirrored submodels - Help please
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(...) Thanks Niels - you're absolutely right. Inserting the submodel higher up and moving it down sorts it. Plus new things underneath are sorted as well. However, I'd be very grateful to know how to mirror, if you could please. In this case (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: BrickSpace now available for download.
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(...) Just so that ya don't put yourself out more money than ya have to - here's a list of Amazon available new copies. Under $2 for the cheapest one. :D (URL) Comp sounds like it oughta be able to handle it, and there is a file in the mod called (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickSpace now available for download.
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(...) I'll have to try it on my home PC when I get a copy of the game (I'm bidding on a used copy on eBay right now). My PC is something like a 1.3 Ghz Athlon, with an older GeForce card (AGP 2x) and 256 MB of ram. I'll let you know how it plays on (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: BNSF Dash 9
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(...) Hi Shaggie, That is some beautiful rendering work you have in your directory. Very nice trains to boot. Please do keep up the good work. Tim (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | BNSF Dash 9
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Hello, I've made a CAD model of Dash 9 in BNSF livery. It's 48 stud long and contains approx. 550 parts. (2 URLs) Some of the parts I've used don't exist in orange yet, but let's hope Lego will introduce them soon. Please let me know, if you like (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | September IndyLUG Build Contest
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As discussed at the August meeting, a build contest will be held for September. The theme? MICRO! This is an open ended theme contest with lots of prizes! The prizes will be announced later. Anything goes for this contest as long as it is smaller (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, FTX)
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| | Re: LDD Help Needed
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(...) Yeah, at the Brickfest speech, Mark? from the LDD/Factory team mentioned that it was possible to build models using the keyboard only -- we just had to find the secrets that were already in the program. I was hoping someone had found this (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: 628 X-Large Gray Baseplate Color from S@H
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(...) I've got a couple of unopened old gray ones if you need one or two Dustin. Bert (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.color)
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| | Re: Brickfest Pneumatic Master and new Pneumatic Gate Circuits
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(...) I'm looking into alternative gate designs and I'd like to have a good library of them on my Brickshelf to then use as a resource for article pictures. This includes N-input gates of each type, as I intend to draw the module that can be (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Intelegent Train: was Re: Lego Train Factory - "preliminary wagon design"
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(...) David, Just curious, what did you think about the intelligent train? My son really enjoyed playing with that. He probably would still be playing with it if I wasn't so into 9v trains. He enjoyed making it toot with the different bricks, and he (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | "For Lego, an Online Lifeline?"
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Taken from: (URL) For Lego, an Online Lifeline? The building-block maker has had some rough times as toys go digital, but its new Lego Factory Web site may help it reconnect with kids When he was a three-year-old boy, Neal McClatchey's father (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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