 | | Re: Shop At Home feedback requested.
|
|
In lugnet.lego.direct, Thomas Stangl wrote: <snip> Hey Tom- Random question: Have you built the (URL) 5541> in yellow yet? JOHN (20 years ago, 27-Feb-06, to lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Shop At Home feedback requested.
|
|
(...) Yeah, I wouldn't mind this either, so I could build my 04 or 06. But I'm not holding my breath, still too niche of a car to garner enough sales for Lego ;-) If it had anywhere near the gizmos of the real 2G Prius, though, it would be an (...) (20 years ago, 27-Feb-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)
|
| |
| | Re: Lego Graffiti
|
|
(...) (URL) Here's a great example of graffiti>, beautiful in its simplicity (almost completely studs-to-the-left). If you don't remember having seen that image before, please check out the (URL) whole gallery>, it' s the most superb urban landscape (...) (20 years ago, 27-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
|
| |
| | Interesting old packaging variants
|
|
Hi all, I just got second copies of a few older sets in my collection, and found some interesting packaging variants. The biggest change was with (URL) Set 120> from 1966. I have two copies, both US/Samsonite versions. The packaging is pretty (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Lego Graffiti
|
|
(...) Depending how detailed you want it, plate resolution can get some reasonable results: (URL) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | Re: Lego Graffiti
|
|
(...) There have been a few good colourful ones in town scenes of various shows, but I can't find any on Brickshelf at the moment. Reducing the resolution of a real image doesn't work for anything but mosaics. Try building it up layer by layer. (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Lego Graffiti
|
|
(...) Please. It'll give me an idea on how to arrange the SOT and SNOT :) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | Re: Lego Graffiti
|
|
(...) I did some very simple graffiti for my NY Subway scene and I can send you the MPD if you like. The basic principle I worked on was using colours to 'spray' out from the letters. I also think that pastel colours (like sand green/blue, medium (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
|
| |
| | Lego Graffiti
|
|
Hi all. Seeing as a lot of you tend to do large town scenes for layouts (and I couldn't find a group any more relevant :), can anyone give any suggestions on how to do graffiti on a wall? I have a large (64 studs x 12 bricks) wall in plain grey and (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | Re: I need advice on how to transport models to a Con?
|
|
(...) If you're traveling by car, I suggest lots of styrofoam peanuts and large plastic bins. I moved (URL) castle> to Brickfest '05 using that method, which you can see here: (URL) However, if you're traveling by plane, that's a different matter. I (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.storage, lugnet.trains, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: I need advice on how to transport models to a Con?
|
|
(...) Well here's my usual plan of attack remove everything that is held on by only 1 or 2 studs. Things like tables and antennas come to mind. The next thing you'll need to do is add some basic bricks in or around the model to make it more stable. (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.storage)
|
| |
| | Re: MOC: MAN 5t military transporter
|
|
(...) Very pretty. For people like me who are 6 wide train heads, is this vehicle as is too wide to fit in at 8? Put another way... Many US military vehicles are quite wide... how wide is this one in real life? Did you post it to modelteam because (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.town, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Proposed new colour
|
|
(...) You are indeed correct. I thought they were but I realise the yellow colour came from the bag it was in rather than the metal itself. Tim (20 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: ChMe2 Russian switcher
|
|
(...) Thanks John, I'm alway pleased if I can fool someone. I have actually debuted one MOC in .trains from the brickbuild. (...) I think the proto is Ruusian broad gauge but it should probably be seven-wide to fit in with my vague six-wide scale. (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: ChMe2 Russian switcher
|
|
(...) Geez, Tim, your renders are getting so good that, from the thumbnails, I actually thought you'd built something IRL! (that's actually meant as a real compliment-- tweaking aside:-) Now I'm thinking that if you are modeling a narrow gauge, then (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
|
| |
| | I need advice on how to transport models to a Con?
|
|
I've got several Moonbases (mostly giant endcaps) and many ships and rovers that I'm taking to a sci-fi con. I need serious, and immediate advice on how to move these safely and easily. "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope." Thanks, Aaron (20 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.storage, lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | Re: Proposed new colour
|
|
(...) Note: Train wheels (on the motor) are in fact chrome, and although in my experience they're not as smooth as the rendered chrome, I think the current colour is fine for them. ROSCO (20 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
|
| |
| | Is anyone home at Brickshelf? Please remove my photos NOW!
|
|
If there's anyone reading this that has anything to do with Brickshelf, I'd appreciate if my images were removed from the following folder: (URL) purposely removed all of my photos from Brickshelf a long time ago and was shocked to find a whole (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.publish)
|
| |
| | Re: Going underground for the week...
|
|
(...) I have nothing to say. (...) No, it's double drops--hopefully remedied with software tweaks... (...) Oh mine will do that--it's just programmed not to--when it touches something, it backs up. If I took that out, it'd push the 'bot across the (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
|
| |
| | ChMe2 Russian switcher
|
|
Hi all, Just a (URL) little switcher>. I thought it was cute and relatively challenging but not too much so it was perfect for a quick build to procrastinate on my main projects. (2 URLs) BS gallery> Please comment whether good or bad. Tim (20 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.ru, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Santa Fe Super Chief wheel question
|
|
(...) A few tips to make things a little safer; I use the blade of a miniature penknife to do my gouging, not a scalpel. Always cut towards the central frame of the wheelset, then flick the debris out - do it in one go for the smoothest result. You (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.color, lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | MOC: MAN 5t military transporter
|
|
Hello, Perhaps you already know the model from BrickShelf or 1000Steine, but still I want to show it here, too: (2 URLs) It is a German 5 tons military transporter. I combined old and new gray in it (I never did this before and I never wanted to do (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.modelteam, FTX) !
|
| |
| | Re: Proposed new colour
|
|
(...) Yes, POV keyword MATERIAL I think. Thanks. <font color="green">[[User...Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/...ns/Lar|c]] 18:44, 26 February 2006 (UTC) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad)
|
| |
| | Kan man använda två tågtransformatorer på samma räls?
|
|
Som nybliven tågfanatiker har jag en udda fråga. Kan man utnyttja bägge transformatorerna på samma ihopkopplade räls? Jag vet att det finns de kallar DCC där man styr upp till nio lok med en RCX. Är någon härute ett tågproffs som har tid lite udda (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.loc.se)
|
| |
| | Re: Proposed new colour
|
|
(...) It may be me who isn't being clear. I've never dealth with the ldraw side of colours, just the povray end. Yes it would be processed specially like the CHROME and RUBBER colours. Perhaps a new definition like METAL could be used which might (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Intervista Radio2 Rai
|
|
(...) Sigh, non è ancora disponibile... (20 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
|
| |
| | Re: Proposed new colour
|
|
(...) OK, well sorry, I guess I wasn't very clear. Would this new color be one that should also be processed separately/special? By POV? By the cad programs? It sounds like you alreeady worked up the necessary SURFACE settings (I think that's the (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
|
| |
| | Pimp My Mech Entry
|
|
Here's my entry for the contest. (URL) didn't go all out pimp style with the moniters and hot tubs n'such. I guess I could have but my hands wouldn't let me. It was fun trying to put as much detail into a tiny model like this. And thanks Soren for (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
|
| |
| | Re: Intervista Radio2 Rai
|
|
(...) E' possibile ... ma la domanda fondamentale è: era buono il formaggio ??? :-) :-) :-) :-) CiaoCiaoSergio_che_h...strada_:-( (ma adesso vado a scaricarla da internet :-) ) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
|
| |
| | Re: New Destroyers: USS Gearing and USS Sumner
|
|
Hey Mattias! These are a sweet addition to the Fletcher models! Also, it's an exciting devopment, with possibility of building a fleet without having to sell the whole farm! If you don;t mind, I'd like to contribute to this project. Give me an (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.military)
|
| |
| | FOUND: Lego Mecha at Wonderfest
|
|
"Fans of Mecha (the robots that appears in Japanese manga), here are Mecha made out of Lego! Those small plastic cubes still have a purpose, and Danny of DannyChoo.com and myself visited a booth at the WonderFestival that has amazing Lego creations (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
|
| |
| | Re: Proposed new colour
|
|
(...) Hi Lar, I have already done that in POVray (see the bottom of the original post, the material is much less shiny and a different colour) but I am proposing to use a new colour as a more general solution so that the new material definition can (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Proposed new colour
|
|
(...) 446 has the yellowish shine to it that I see when I look at track. But color alone doesn't solve the reflectivity problem does it? I think you'd need to also work up some surface settings for POV, right? I suspect changing reflectivity will do (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
|
| |
| | Proposed new colour
|
|
Hi all, Not sure if this has been brought up before so sorry if it has. When looking at one of my renders today Ross Crawford commented that the tracks were to reflective. We worked out that this is because they use the chrome color (383) to define (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
|
| |
| | Dutch 1851 - by Joep Klazen
|
|
Posted on behalf of Joep Klazen (legojoepie). He would like feedback from non-Dutch trainheads on his work but does not have a Lugnet accound. This is A Dutch locomotive, build by Joep Klazen, who is just started to make all of his Dutch-Trains in (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Going underground for the week...
|
|
(...) your into sailor moon. (stifle laugh) (...) paints done. so is the video. Dave, GREAT JOB. it sounded like i was hearing some "double drops" but that could be the audio compression. i see you didnt go with the tracks. and you some how have not (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
|
| |
| | Re: Going underground for the week...
|
|
(...) I could find some sort of video editing/compressing software, but I'm too busy builidng a robot for Saturday's competition. If anyone wants to take this video and compress it, I'll put it b ack up pn my site wieth the new, smaller size. As for (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
|
| |
| | Re: Going underground for the week...
|
|
(...) 54 MEG!!!!! dave, you run your server out of your home on a 300 baud dial up acoustic coupler modem hooked up to an old crank rotary phone... 54 MEGS!!! ya, im going to start this download now, and go watch some paint dry. Chris (20 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
|
| |
| | Re: New Loco MOC
|
|
(...) Hi, I've finally finished the modification on my BB7200 loco, and took the time to make some pictures. So I updated my BS galery ((URL)) , here is an exemple of the new version : (URL) One more time, thanks James Mathis and Gianluca Morelli (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: British Trains Re: Hogwarts Express train
|
|
(...) In the illustrations from the original Awdry books, Thomas has his front lamp on top of the smokebox when pulling a passenger train such as Annie and Clarabel. This indicates a stopping passenger train, class 2. Gordon, on the other hand, has (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
|
