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(...) OK, thanks. I'll keep that in mind. I think the plastic wheels are little too big for my Segway, but if I ever get a hold of some, I can use them and call it an off-road version; just the thing for the commuter who wants to pretend he's (...) (15 years ago, 15-Aug-09, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Thanks, Cale! That's very kind of you to say after showing your Western Maryland, your skills blow me away! Mark (15 years ago, 15-Aug-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Very nice. I always liked the yellow and blue Warbonnets. Cale (15 years ago, 15-Aug-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Hi Tim, you are correct. S-scale would have been the best fit, unfortunately, this particular scheme was not available in S, so I was stuck with HO. Regarding the construction, it certainly is more complicated than it looks. The picture isn't (...) (15 years ago, 15-Aug-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Might S scale decals be nearer the right size? There's a lot more complex construction in the loco than appears at first glance. Tim (15 years ago, 15-Aug-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Western Maryland "Russian Decapod"
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Western Maryland I-1 class "Russian Decapod" During World War I the Western Maryland Railway received 10 surplus 2-10-0 steam locomotives all built by Baldwin Locomotive Works. These "Russian Decapods" were originaly part of a larger order placed by (...) (15 years ago, 15-Aug-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Re: Looking for replacement CD-Rom for Droid Developer Kit (9748)
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Hi Mark If you can't get your hands on the original dev kit CD-ROM, you should be able to program it with NQC. If the hardware is the same as the Dark Side Development Kit (pretty sure it is) NQC works brilliantly. Cheers Tom (...) (15 years ago, 15-Aug-09, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Looking for replacement CD-Rom for Droid Developer Kit (9748)
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Picked up a used Droid Developer Kit (set #9748) via garage sale. Had the instruction manuel, the micro-scout and missing less than a handful of parts (easily replaced). However, it was also missing the CD_Rom. Anyone know where I can get a (...) (15 years ago, 15-Aug-09, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Custom Santa Fe GP-38 Loco w/Yellow & Blue Warbonnet scheme.
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Well, I built this MOC in about 5 days, (not counting the time waiting for parts) but waited 30 days to finally get decals on it. Unfortunately, O-scale was too big, and HO-scale is too small, but I had to go with HO, cause it at least fit. (URL) (...) (15 years ago, 15-Aug-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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| | WHaCKaLuG - Sunday the 16th.
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Hope to see many of you out to this months WHaCKaLuG dinner meeting. Date: Sunday, August 16, 2009 Time: 6:00pm - 10:00pm Location: Whale and Ale Pub City/Town: Kitchener, ON Thanks to a suggestion from a member Jef, we are going to go forward with (...) (15 years ago, 14-Aug-09, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: New LDConfig.ldr color file
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(...) The 2006-2007 LSC agreed with this also, which is why we added the part about "(needs work)" to the (URL) LDraw.org Official Library Header Specification>. --Travis (15 years ago, 14-Aug-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: 2009 version Urban Landscape
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Great to see you back in action Jonathan! Even die hard castle fan that I am, I always look forward to being inspired by your layouts... Loving the increased focus on landscaping as well! Great work and thanks for sharing! God Bless, Nathan (URL) (15 years ago, 14-Aug-09, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | [FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group] Les nouveautés jeudi 13 août 2009
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Bonjour Voici la lettre d'information du site "FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group" ((URL) lettre recense les articles et les brèves publiés depuis 1 jours. Nouveaux articles ---...--- ** Exposition de trains à Angerville (91) (4 et 5 (...) (15 years ago, 14-Aug-09, to lugnet.org.fr.freelug)
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| | Re: New LDConfig.ldr color file
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--snip-- (...) The majority of LDraw users I know of outside LUGNET (flickr, facebook and TBB) use MLCAD and LDview for their LDraw experience. It's not a full poll and it's not a big sample but it's probably a better example of 'new users' than (...) (15 years ago, 14-Aug-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Quality is important, but the first priority of Ldraw should always be to make it easy to create and share the models. Photo-realism is nice, to be sure, but certainly a somewhat lower priority. I'm not aware of any photo-realistic realtime (...) (15 years ago, 13-Aug-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Eiffel Tower available again at US S@H
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(...) (15 years ago, 13-Aug-09, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Kickin' in open doors, are you? I have absolutely no reason to disagree. (...) You are right about one thing: newer LEGO colours isn't one of my obsessions, but I may download other peoples' LDraw MOCs... (...) I'd love to, but I don't think (...) (15 years ago, 13-Aug-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Couldn't find the word "vitriol" in my dictionary, just "vitrify". But from the context I conclude it's something like aggressive, rude, grumpy, impolite, or emotional. And yes, I admit I've been unnesessarily grumpy and I am truly sorry for (...) (15 years ago, 13-Aug-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Moonbase
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(...) So long as there are even a handful of us building Moonbase, it's not dead. Not by a longshot. I always admired your site, Jon. One day I tried to access it and it was not there. I hadn't realized it had been hacked, of course. But oh, was it (...) (15 years ago, 13-Aug-09, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Mirror matrix question
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(...) Hi Kevin, I just realised that there might be a way to do this by exploiting the way LDRAW defines parts. All mirrored parts should be written as a bunch of studs and a subpart which is either mirrored or non-mirrored. By determining which (...) (15 years ago, 13-Aug-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: New LDConfig.ldr color file
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(...) No need for the vitriol Tore. (...) Yes but, as with all things, people come and people go. I, for example, am much more withdrawn than I was in 2004 since I'm on an operational submarine now and only have a limited amount of time in port. (...) (15 years ago, 13-Aug-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: calling all MOCs for BrickCon October 1-4, 2009
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(...) Will do Jeff! Can't wait to make it up there in October! I'll email you the MOCs I intend to bring. -jeremy (15 years ago, 13-Aug-09, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: New LDConfig.ldr color file
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(...) It may be able to display a billion polygons, but it certainly can't keep a billion unique polygons in video memory. Each unique point requires a bare minimum of 12 bytes, and usually requires more than that (for color/texture info). The (...) (15 years ago, 13-Aug-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: 2009 version Urban Landscape
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Neat story. That's quite a coincidence! Maybe it's some kind of omen. If you keep making real life buildings in LEGO, eventually you'll own them. ;-) David (15 years ago, 13-Aug-09, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Thanks for the explanation. Since my computer at work (which I am using) is a high end CAD workstation with enough VRAM to display a billion polygons, I guess I should just leave it on HIGH! On my home machine, I will probably slow it down. (...) (15 years ago, 13-Aug-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: New LDConfig.ldr color file
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(...) The main effect that this setting has is its control over the amount of display list compilation used. Display lists are a feature in OpenGL (the graphics library used by LDView) for drawing static objects. They convert (compile) the data into (...) (15 years ago, 12-Aug-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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(...) This makes me curious as to how this Memory Usage feature works. Why would I set the memory usage to "Low" if I have plenty of RAM? What does this do for me? Eric (15 years ago, 12-Aug-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Eiffel Tower available again at US S@H
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I don't know how much longer the Eiffel Tower will be available but the status was changed from sold out to available today, still on sale at $149. (URL) (15 years ago, 12-Aug-09, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Moonbase
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If we could just get (URL) BrickWiki> up and running again there is a category for Moonbase with some articles already. Off-topic: would it be possible to move BW over to Wetpaint? (15 years ago, 12-Aug-09, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Motel MOC
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Really well done and thanks for all the great detail photos. The office interior is very detailed, far more so than one might expect. In fact the plain exterior really makes the interiors a wonderful surprise. Well done. I was wondering about the (...) (15 years ago, 12-Aug-09, to lugnet.town)
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| | Shop @ Home Phone Specials for Wednesday, August 12, 2009, to Tuesday, August 18, 2009
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Item #5597 Duplo Dino Trap Retail Price $24.99 Sale Price $9.98 Item #7241 Fire Car Retail Price $3.99 Sale Price $1.98 Item #7623 Indiana Jones Temple Escape Retail Price $59.99 Sale Price $39.98 Item #7996 Train Rail Crossing R/C Retail Price: (...) (15 years ago, 12-Aug-09, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Original Mindstorms software on Win XP
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Forgot one of the most useful parts... (...) (15 years ago, 12-Aug-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 2009 version Urban Landscape
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(...) Thanks, Dave. And, thanks everyone else who posted and looked at the photos. I still build and enjoy doing it - so, much more to come. The pace might be slower, but I am still around. Good to see familiar names myself. Thanks once again. Best, (...) (15 years ago, 12-Aug-09, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Moonbase
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(...) Jon: We had a small contingent of moonbase modules at Brickworld 2009. You can see the pictures (URL) on Bill Ward's Flickr Photostream. I think we only had about 5-6 modules, but it was nice to see some people still carrying on with moonbase. (...) (15 years ago, 12-Aug-09, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: 2009 version Urban Landscape
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(...) Thanks. Yes, Al's is a Diner. Do you mean a real life diner? Assuming you do, there is actually a pretty cool story about that. There is a diner in Fall River, Mass. called AlMac's. I havee a book on Photorealistic painters - a number of whom (...) (15 years ago, 12-Aug-09, to lugnet.town)
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| | It's here, RAILBRICKS 6
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(URL) The latest issue of RAILBRICKS is out! RAILBRICKS 6 The Double Issue We silently released issue 6 on Friday August 7th. This 100 page issue was a long time coming, but features an interview with UK builder Carl Greatrix, more Steam tips & (...) (15 years ago, 12-Aug-09, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.publish.railbricks, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | Re: New LDConfig.ldr color file
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(...) Well, what we are actually trying with the new LDConfig.ldr file is getting more colors into LDraw, colors people find in today’s set but not LDraw and IMHO it lowers the bar for users if the colors are consistent throughout the system. Since (...) (15 years ago, 12-Aug-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | LEGO® Movie in Development for the big-screen
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LEGO ready for its big-screen close-up By Steven Zeitchik and Borys Kit LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Warner Bros. is building a LEGO movie. The studio and producer Dan Lin (Sherlock Holmes movie) have acquired theatrical rights for a motion (...) (15 years ago, 12-Aug-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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| | Re: Moonbase
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I'm sorry to hear this, Jon. I've always been a huge fan of Moonbase and think it should live on. I'm an editor at Wetpaint, a platform that hosts free wiki sites, and I'd be happy to help you set up a collaborative Moonbase site if you like. It (...) (15 years ago, 12-Aug-09, to lugnet.space)
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That's quite a town you have there. Is Al's a diner? David (15 years ago, 12-Aug-09, to lugnet.town)
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