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(...) Just call 'em a city o' midgets and go with 1:60. ROSCO (16 years ago, 28-Jul-08, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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And there are some more here too... (URL) Hope you enjoy em! Ray Silva socalray@cox.net -----Original Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...ugnet.com] On Behalf Of Adrian Egli Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 7:53 PM To: (...) (16 years ago, 28-Jul-08, to lugnet.trains)
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I figured since Ted got the ball rolling posting event pics, might as well follow- (URL) One thing I did NOT do that I should have was a daily screening of photos taken and I wound up missing some great MOC photos in the process. Next time... What (...) (16 years ago, 28-Jul-08, to lugnet.trains)
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I was able to see these in person at this year's NMRA show and they are as described, and then some. A real sight to see. Thanks for bringing them to the show Mat. Ray Silva socalray@cox.net -----Original Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com (...) (16 years ago, 28-Jul-08, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Okay, Cale, you simply must be stopped. You are making the rest of us look like hacks. Wouldn't a little dark ages feel good right now? Say for the next eight years so that we could catch up to you? Seriously though, very nice detailing, all (...) (16 years ago, 27-Jul-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) ... (...) Very nice, it is great to see the old consists alive again in Lego and the Daylights were just crying to be done. The lettering looks great and I can't wait to see how your GS4 turns out. So how did you manage to get the (...) (16 years ago, 27-Jul-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Name of Theme: Crime solvers Short description of Theme: An extension of the "Law & Order" TV series. Crime solving through all the phases. Three possible sets for Theme with descriptions: 1) SWAT - mean guys in green armor to break into a bad dudes (...) (16 years ago, 28-Jul-08, to lugnet.town)
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(...) ... (...) With the scarcity of NMRA 08 photos I was starting to wonder if anyone in California owned a camera (grin). Very nice stuff, it would have been great to see it in person. The viaduct, roundhouse, tunnel are all great. Someone even (...) (16 years ago, 27-Jul-08, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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(...) I didn't mean to steal this idea in my own post, this is a much better description. (16 years ago, 27-Jul-08, to lugnet.town)
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Name of Theme: A green world Short description of Theme: Demonstrate good ways of living to reduce carbon foot print. Three possible sets for Theme with descriptions: 1) Recycling plant - show how items are sorted and recreated 2) Power Plant - (...) (16 years ago, 27-Jul-08, to lugnet.town)
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Name of Theme: Communication Short description of Theme: Small sets that show how we communicate with eachother. Three possible sets for Theme with descriptions: 1) TV Studio 2) Site Reporter at some interesting site -- not a disaster, maybe a (...) (16 years ago, 27-Jul-08, to lugnet.town)
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Name of Theme: Learning for Life Short description of Theme: Provide setting that demonstrate that learning continues for life. Three possible sets for Theme with descriptions: 1) Library - books, computer, files, readers 2) University / School - (...) (16 years ago, 27-Jul-08, to lugnet.town)
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Name of Theme: the other side Short description of Theme: Things that any kid should know about. Three possible sets for Theme with descriptions: 1) Homeless shelter - a dorm and kitchen for all, simple, but adequate 2) Unemployment office - lines (...) (16 years ago, 27-Jul-08, to lugnet.town)
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I have been working at making a monster truck with 8466 wheels. Everything was going well until I was sorting out the propulsion. Has anyone had any sucess in motorising a large model that would travel at a reasonable speed? I think that there is a (...) (16 years ago, 27-Jul-08, to lugnet.technic)
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I finally figured out how to list my pictures, wasn't too hard. Here are pictures of my Lego room. I had a few people email me and ask if I really had all these lego sets that I list on Lugnet, so here are the pictures of some of them. Also if (...) (16 years ago, 27-Jul-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Jason, Using MS Paint, I made and saved about 140 drawings of circles of various colors atop squares of various colors. I omitted combinations where the pieces were rare (1 x 1 orange plates, 1 x 1 round green plates, etc. ) After I saved all (...) (16 years ago, 27-Jul-08, to lugnet.build.mosaic, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for the vote of confidence. I do try to keep my inner pedant under control as much as possible ;) But in this specific case I think pedant is quite applicable. Tim (16 years ago, 27-Jul-08, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) Wow, have not really seen the word "pedant" used in a long while--maybe since studying for the SATs back in Age of Aquarius so I had to look it up again. One who pays undue attention to book learning and formal rules. One who exhibits one's (...) (16 years ago, 27-Jul-08, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) --snip-- (...) Hey Tommy, I agree for the most part and certainly don't keep to a single scale in my own dioramas (or even work completely to scale on many models). Selective compression, forced perspective and other techniques are very useful (...) (16 years ago, 27-Jul-08, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) It would be nice to scale a barbie profile to the average female height and add her to the picture. Although I get mildly irked by the abuse of 'minifig scale' the main reason I did this was 'cause I thought it would look funny. (...) Perhaps (...) (16 years ago, 27-Jul-08, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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