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(...) Me neither. Nothing on Facebook is "out in the open", since it is a (URL) walled garden>. Jim (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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(...) I've been thinking about that as well. But I'm for now a bit of against such due to the amount of work it'd take and the smallness of the pros in compared to such. But I may be convinced otherwise fairly easily. -Santeri (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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(...) Considering the general pace we've alway had with LDraw.org, "sooner than expected" would be impressive. ;) (...) Actually, I'm not sure I've ever seen example source LDR/image files, or even a definition of the syntax. (...) True. But now (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | [FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group] Les nouveautés mardi 9 février 2010
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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 jour. Nouveaux articles ---...--- ** La gare de Fay-aux-Loges, partie 2 ** par Jac le 9 (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.org.fr.freelug)
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| | Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
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(...) Michael (and anyone else), if you've got a Facebook account, you can see quite a few examples of the texture mapping work that I created while working out the syntax and getting working viewers going. Just send me a facebook invite ("Joshua (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | 2010/2011 LDraw.org Steering Committee: Call for Nominations
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Per the LDraw.org Bylaws at (URL) Subsection 6.03(a), the 2009/2010 Steering Committee hereby calls for the community to nominate individuals as candidates for the 2010/2011 Steering Committee[1]. Please post nominations in response to this message. (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | 2010 Brickworld Theme
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(URL) Share - Learn - Explore - Discover After much deliberation, the Brickworld Team is excited to announce that the theme for this year's event is: 2010: Bricks In Space So, let's all try to work something "spacey" into our displays somewhere in (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.people, FTX)
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| | Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
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(...) I stand corrected. However, forcing the user to choose between LDConfig.ldr support and dither color support pretty much makes dither colors useless in MLCad 3.3 for a vast majority of users. (...) That was my original opinion. However, all (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
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(...) In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Travis Cobbs wrote: (...) Since the proof-of-concept work for texture mapping took place "out in the open" on Facebook, Steve is aware of what's been done so far. I think the real "dream" here is having it widely (...) (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
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(...) That is not complete correct. If MLCad does not find a LDConfig.ldr then you have your old colours back, including the dithered range! I feel with the majority of the votes in this thread. Allow "Dithered" colours and looking forward for (...) (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.30 ***
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(...) I noticed that when I remove LDConfig.ldr the old dithered colors are available, but no longer dithered. They're now solid colors. That's a big improvement! It makes the 256-511 rance of colors much nicer for printed patterns. (Dithered colors (...) (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: German and Italian language add-on for MLCad 3.30 available
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(...) I rebuild a new version and also added the missing "Find...", "Find Again" to the "Edit2 menu. Please check. w. (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.30 *** [DAT]
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(...) Philo beat me to it but here's mine anyway: 1 4 0 0 -5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 4-4disc.dat 1 2 0 0 -10 4 0 0 0 0 -4 0 1 0 4-4disc.dat 1 14 0 0 -15 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 -1 0 4-4disc.dat -Santeri (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
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(...) Unfortunately, MLCad 3.3's complete removal of support for dither colors (which incidentally breaks it for a number of existing official parts) makes this option less tenable. It's a bit ironic that most of the people speaking up in favor of (...) (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.30 *** [DAT]
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Hi Michael, (...) I just stumbled on the same problem. This single line is enough to show the problem (Impossible to change the transformation matrix): 1 1 0 0 -25 38 0 0 0 0 -38 0 1 0 48\4-4edge.dat Philo (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.30 ***
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Hello Santeri, (...) Could you please save your file in such a case and send it to me for reproduction and testing? That would be of great help! Thanks for reporting! Best regards, Michael (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: German and Italian language add-on for MLCad 3.30 available
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"Bernd Broich" <bernd.broich@online.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:KxL26J.Bsw@lugnet.com... (...) Hi, this is realy strange. I've got the version from Willy in advance and it worked. Now I've also downloaded the version from Willys web and that (...) (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.30 ***
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Hello Michael (...) I'm currently looking into that. (...) ? I cannot understand. There is no such range, MLCad takes that what comes from LDConfig nothing more, nothing less. Dithered colors originally have been according to the original definition (...) (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.30 ***
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Hello Michael, I just want to thank you for the constant work you're doing to develop and upgrade this tremendous tool! Regards (URL) Marco> (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, FTX)
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| | Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
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(...) So, to expand a little on my earlier comments -- I think it would be reasonable, for now, to allow dithered colors1 in pattern/sticker parts and disallow RGB codes, with the thought that work would go forward on defining a texture mapping (...) (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | A Brick Too Far USA reopens on BrickLink
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Well, it's time to reopen my store after a 5 year hiatus. I hope that you'll stop by and take a look: (URL) A Brick Too Far USA> I'll be adding more parts and sets over the next couple of months as I verify this, that and the other thing. I am only (...) (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.market.brickshops, FTX)
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| | Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
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(...) I heartfully agree !!! Philo (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: Multiple Rare NIB Sets on eBay (Technic Shuttle, Maersk Truck, etc.)
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(...) Sorry, meant to say that most of them have reserves to keep the Buy-it-Now option available for longer, but bidding does start at $0.01. (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX)
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| | Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
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(...) I would go for this option. I'm not a fan of allowing RGB values in official part files, I'd rather keep it to color codes. However, if there could be a standard for texture mapping patterns & stickers (and parts made by mixing multiple colors (...) (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
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(...) I hadn't thought about this, but I kinda like the idea. The original LDRAW defined values for all color codes, and some of the newer codes were assigned because they are a variation/change from existing colors. The downside of this idea is (...) (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: German and Italian language add-on for MLCad 3.30 available
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"Marco Tagliaferri" <mtagl@web.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:KxKBDq.o9F@lugnet.com... (...) Hallo Willy, Marco, ich habe das gleiche Problem mit der deutschen DLL. Gruß Bernd (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: BBC Tech Know: The dreams that bricks are made of
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(...) Very nice! I especially like the LDraw bits, good stuff from Chris Dee. (...) Be sure to watch the video -- there's a neat bit at the end about how they used LEGO for a conceptual model of the Falkirk Wheel, not included in the text. Steve (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
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Hello, "Travis Cobbs" <tcobbs@REMOVEgmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:KxEAq2.86J@lugnet.com... (...) I used dithered colors in the "Flag 2x2 with Goblets and Grapes" (2335p40). So in this case no other color would match the silver or gold color (...) (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Multiple Rare NIB Sets on eBay (Technic Shuttle, Maersk Truck, etc.)
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I have just listed eleven unopened, new in box sets on eBay. Bidding starts at only $0.01 and all but one has a reserve. Please take a look, feel free to contact me if you have any questions, and bid generously. :-) I will combine shipping charges (...) (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX)
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| | Re: LPub 4.0.0.4 CLEAR / BUFEXCHG issue
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(...) Not yet, although I've seen you can do it. Trying to get the basic instructions and BOM made, then I'll look at all the wizzy extras (like cover pages) LPub 4 is very productive - (URL) - not bad seeing as I only started the layouts last Wed (...) (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | French language add-on for MLCad 3.30 available
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Hi folks, I upgraded the French language add-on for MLCad version 3.30. You'll find the .zip-files along with a tutorial for how to change the language interface here: (URL) Regards. Marc Klein (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | BBC Tech Know: The dreams that bricks are made of
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Posted on BBC website on Thursday, 4 February 2010. Tech Know: The dreams that bricks are made of Look at a LEGO brick and what do you see? A studded, brightly coloured block. Perhaps you remember them from your childhood. Perhaps that brick was (...) (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | LEGO® Signs 3-Year Deal With Unity Technologies
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LEGO® Signs 3-Year Deal With Unity Technologies Unity Technologies announced today that it had signed a three-year deal with the LEGO Group, according to which the plastic brick company will standardize on Unity-authored materials for 3D content on (...) (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.games, FTX)
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| | Re: Will LEGO® launch a Battle Over name dispute (NXT) ?
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(...) Actually it depends on what classes of trademark LEGO registered NXT in (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: LPub 4.0.0.4: Submodels in parts list?
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(...) Great! Thanks, Kevin! Longing for the next release... Philo (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: German and Italian language add-on for MLCad 3.30 available
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(...) Hello Willy, (...) thanks for that fast update! (...) The german dll seems also quite short (380kB) wheras the italkian one has more than 700kB. Could you please check... Regards Marco (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Will LEGO® launch a Battle Over name dispute (NXT) ?
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(...) Given LEGO probably has competent lawyers it should be a pretty quick case: Judge: Please proceed. LEGO Lawyer: Thank you your honour. Here is our trademark registration and our documented use of the trademark. WWE Lawyer: Ummmmmmm, your (...) (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Will LEGO® launch a Battle Over name dispute (NXT) ?
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The World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE) (NYSE: WWE), a publicly-traded, privately-controlled professional wrestling company will soon launch a new Brand Extension, called... NXT: (URL) It is interesting to note that prior to 2000, the WWE was (...) (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: LPub 4.0.0.0.4 BOM issue with BUFEXCHG
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(...) 0 !LPUB PLI BEGIN SUB 3021.DAT 1 This one was broken too. Kevin (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Endor Bunker
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(...) Not only is this one of your better dioramas, I'm glad to see that the quality of your photos has improved, too! (15 years ago, 8-Feb-10, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: LPub 4.0.0.4 CLEAR / BUFEXCHG issue
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(...) Amen to that! (...) Yeah, LPub 4 is a bit different that LPub 2. It can be a lot more fun. Did you try resizing PLIs or BOMs? You can do it with the mouse. Kevin (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub 4.0.0.4: Submodels in parts list?
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(...) <snip> (...) I have found and fixed this one too. (...) Kevin (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.30 ***
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(...) That's something that has been around in the last version too. (...) I have another bug... in some cases I cannot manipulate the rotation matrix because the angle value in the vector field (which I never saw much use of anyhow) is something (...) (15 years ago, 8-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.30 ***
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(...) This is excellent news Michael! Thank you so much for all of your hard work. We couldn't ask for anything more, especially since you do this for free! I hope that you know how much the entire community appreciates your effort! Many thanks, (...) (15 years ago, 8-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.30 ***
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(...) Now that I have installed MLCad and read all informations I hope we can get an update soon. I have two reason: 1) Implementation of language support is different to what we have implemented. 2) I miss the "dithered" colours. Not the dithered (...) (15 years ago, 8-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.30 ***
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(...) Thank you very much for updating MLCad to support LDConfig.ldr. I hope that this will not be the last update to this wonderful application. Now I have to see how it works. cu mikeheide (15 years ago, 8-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: LPub 4.0.0.4 CLEAR / BUFEXCHG issue
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(...) Pleasure. (I write software for a living and keep threatening to change the "on-hold music" to "If *you* can't replicate it, *I* can't fix it!") LPub 4 with LDView 4.1 has made making instructions fun again - from MLCad design/build suitable (...) (15 years ago, 8-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.30 ***
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(...) You just ground my yawn to a halt. LDConfig support is something I've been wanting for a *very* long time. Now I can define my own background colour by using the unused colour 31. :P Love it. -Santeri (15 years ago, 8-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: LPub 4.0.0.4 CLEAR / BUFEXCHG issue
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(...) <snip> Hi William, Once again, thanks for the simple example in the form of LDraw file. I have this one fixed. Kevin (15 years ago, 8-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.30 ***
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(...) BTW, this really deserves being posted on lugnet.announce as well!! (15 years ago, 8-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: German and Italian language add-on for MLCad 3.30 available
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(...) I would like to contribute to getting the Spanish language pack ready for MLCad 3.30. Please let me know how I can do this. Also, the search function doesn't work in any of the 3.20 language packs. Has that problem been fixed in 3.3? Regards, (...) (15 years ago, 8-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.30 ***
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(...) Thank you for this long awaited release! Now let's spread the word! Jetro (15 years ago, 8-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | German and Italian language add-on for MLCad 3.30 available
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Hi folks, I upgraded the German and Italian language add-on for MLCad. Both add-ons are now fit for version 3.30. You'll find the .zip-files along with a tutorial for how to change the language interface at: German - (URL) - (URL) w. (15 years ago, 8-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.mlcad) !
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.30 ***
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You made my day! Thanks, Michael!!! Philo (15 years ago, 8-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | *** MLCad V3.30 ***
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Hi, I would like to announce that I've just released a new version of MLCad! MLCad V3.30 What's new: - Development environment was changed to Visual Studio 2005 - Support for color definitions in LdConfig.ldr - Empty lines are no longer removed (for (...) (15 years ago, 8-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad) !!
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| | Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
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(...) I have authored patterned parts, and for me this is the only viable option. This has worked just fine for the past decade, and I don't see any good reason why it should be broken. The second option (using 0x2RRGGBB) would just be very (...) (15 years ago, 8-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: Collectible Brick Show!!!
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(...) (15 years ago, 8-Feb-10, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | Collectible Brick Show!!!
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Just released, A huge Collectible Brick Show will be held Sunday July 18th at the Ramada Inn 1083 Route 206 north Bordentown New Jersey 9am-4pm where Lego Collectors & Fans Meet. DOOR PRIZES!! 50 TABLES!!! Featuring, New Set, Retired Sets, Old Sets, (...) (15 years ago, 8-Feb-10, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | [FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group] Les nouveautés dimanche 7 février 2010
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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 ---...--- ** 8056 - Le crabe des profondeurs ** par Manu (...) (15 years ago, 8-Feb-10, to lugnet.org.fr.freelug)
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| | Announcements of one type or another...it's been a while!
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Hi all, it's been some time since I posted here about BrickJournal, and for those wondering, no I haven't fallen off the face of the earth. Far from it. And I'll be telling you what's been going on... BrickJournal BrickJournal has grown from an (...) (15 years ago, 8-Feb-10, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.publish.brickjournal, lugnet.events, FTX) !
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| | Minifig collections
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Dear Lego, I love the new collectible minifig series that are coming out this year. Here are some minifigs I'd like to see in future releases. 1) Welder 2) Construction worker with lime green vest and lime green helmet 3) (URL) hazmat unit> 4) (URL) (...) (15 years ago, 8-Feb-10, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| | $10 gift card @ this months rtlToronto meeting
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Come one, here ye, come all! cough, As per this deal at out local hang out, (URL) if we order a kids meal, we can get a $10 gift card to TRU. I'm sure there is fine print, but hey we are rtl, we dont roll that way. So, lets see what happens this (...) (15 years ago, 8-Feb-10, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
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(...) I didn't get it right at all, but now I think I do. It isn't an issue here and, believe it or not, I'm cool with it. :) (...) Good! :) (...) I'm glad that at least I'm not alone with this opinion. :) /T (15 years ago, 7-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Technic Gear 42 Tooth (744.dat) issue?
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(...) Works fine for me. But the 42z gear is part 644 and 744 is a "moved to" file on my system William (15 years ago, 7-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Technic Gear 42 Tooth (744.dat) issue?
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Anyone else have trouble displaying Technic Gear 42 Tooth (744.dat) in MLCad? Be careful, on my system, it causes an immediate hard crash of MLCad, losing any changes in your dat file! I'm pretty sure that it's the first time that I've ever seen (...) (15 years ago, 7-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Linked cranks mechanical puzzle
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(...) So do I... Now I just have to find how to align again the fingers without dismantling everything ;o) Philo (15 years ago, 7-Feb-10, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Strong smoke smell on parts
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(...) That was my feeling too. I started off trying the vinegar-in-a-container thing, but the smoky bricks now smell like smoke and vinegar; at best the smoke smell has diminished only a little bit. When I get to washing them I'll make sure to do a (...) (15 years ago, 7-Feb-10, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
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(...) Two things. First of all, is Maersk Blue hard-coded into any part files? I would expect parts that show up in Maersk Blue to have color 16 encoded in the file, and the user to select Maersk Blue as the parts' color when building a model. Since (...) (15 years ago, 7-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | LPub 4.0.0.0.4 BOM issue with BUFEXCHG [DAT]
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See below I would expect the BOM to contain 6 different coloured 2x3 plates, but the last two (added after the BOM END) are ignored - in fact with a very big file everything after the BOM END is ignored (almost as if the BOM END isn't seen) Also, I (...) (15 years ago, 7-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
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(...) I don't know if I got that right. Isn't Maersk Blue one of those part colors most wrongfully and misleadingly labeled as a "dithered" color? (...) I suggest the 0x2RRGGBB form is recommended for less "basic"/established pattern and sticker (...) (15 years ago, 7-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | LPub 4.0.0.4 CLEAR / BUFEXCHG issue [DAT]
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LPub 4.0.0.4 crashes if there is a CLEAR and a BUFEXCHG in the same MULTI-STEP group Two files below, first one is OK, second one crashes on page 2 0 FILE NoCrash.ldr 0 NoCrash 0 NAME: NoCrash.LDR 0 AUTHOR: MLCAD 0 UNOFFICIAL MODEL 0 !LPUB (...) (15 years ago, 6-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Linked cranks mechanical puzzle
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(...) Really nice. And thanks for the LDraw instructions. I really like building this kind of contraptions and mechanisms. Jetro (15 years ago, 6-Feb-10, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Where no Minifig has gone before
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(...) Yes- these are great. I'm not familiar with the ones in the first picture (never watched Enterprise...) but the others all look familiar and are well done. -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com (15 years ago, 6-Feb-10, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Dungeon Delver: That Frog...
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(...) Wow. I'm glad I posted my little picture, if for no other reason than to bring your amazing work to light again. I only get the chance to pop into Lugnet once in a while now, and had never seen this scnner of yours. It would be pretty amazing (...) (15 years ago, 6-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Endor Bunker
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(...) I'm not a fan of the Star Wars lineup anymore (since it seemed to be the only stuff that Lego could produce for a while, seriously), but I've got to commend you on your work here. You didn't buy the bunker set, so you went and made one that (...) (15 years ago, 6-Feb-10, to lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| | Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
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(...) I'm not much of a part author, so my opinion probably counts for even less than usual here, but I actually find myself agreeing with Willy on a issue involving colors. That never happens! ;) But heck, who can argue against freedom and (...) (15 years ago, 6-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) It would be very interesting which applications can not work with the (RGB colors (of the form 0x2RRGGBB)). Are they useful/necessary/developed? If someone has those application to test and make a summary of that would be great. cu mikeheide (15 years ago, 6-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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(...) For what it counts, I'd go for: * Explicitly disallow "dither" colors in all official parts, but allow RGB colors (of the form 0x2RRGGBB) in their place in patterned/sticker parts. This solution would give me the most freedom. I could just (...) (15 years ago, 6-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | [FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group] Les nouveautés vendredi 5 février 2010
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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 ---...--- ** Un camion de course en Technic (Ref 8041) ** par (...) (15 years ago, 6-Feb-10, to lugnet.org.fr.freelug)
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| | Linked cranks mechanical puzzle
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Here is my current favourite MOC: (2 URLs) It's a Lego implementation of an amazing mechanical puzzle invented by Oskar van Deventer and Bram Cohen, as seen here: (URL) I can't improve on the explanation given in this second video - just watch it! (...) (15 years ago, 6-Feb-10, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: LPub 4.0.0.4 CLEAR issue
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(...) Hi William, Welcome to LPub 4.0! Its a bit different, eh? Your expectations for CLEAR are very reasonable. <snip> Thanks for the wonderfully simple example. I made a one line fix for this. After I get the "submodel in PLI" problem fixed, you (...) (15 years ago, 6-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub 4.0.0.4: Submodels in parts list?
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(...) I have found and fixed this one. (...) With it fixed, this should be fixed too. (...) I'll work on this next. (...) Kevin (15 years ago, 6-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad)
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Please read and respond to this message if you are a parts author, particularly if you have authored any patterned or sticker parts. The LSC is trying to come up with rules for colors for both LDConfig.ldr and official parts. We are having an (...) (15 years ago, 6-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | LDraw.org Parts numbering scheme for parts with unknown numbers.
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The LSC has just ratified the LDraw.org Parts numbering scheme for parts with unknown numbers. It should allow to add parts to the library where the part number is not known. As the systematic that is used up to now has reached its limits this (...) (15 years ago, 5-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | LPub 4.0.0.4 CLEAR issue [DAT]
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LPub 4.0.0.4 doesn't seem to honour the CLEAR command across multi-steps after the page after the clear (see sample below) 7 bricks in a row with steps between - A B C D E F G in three multi-step groups with a CLEAR after group 1 - (A B C) CLEAR (D (...) (15 years ago, 5-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub 4.0.0.4: Callout placement
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(...) Just started using LPub 4 (last used LPub 2!) and came across this. What seems to happen is that the callout placement meta-command *is* created, just after the callout end meta-command. So after moving the callout with the mouse you need to (...) (15 years ago, 5-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Brick Dice
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(...) Yeah, I have blank black dice, but they are harder to ink with white ink for technical reasons, so I just stuck with the other five colors.. (...) (15 years ago, 5-Feb-10, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego City Policeman and LdrDat2Dxf utility
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(...) The tool is downloadable from (URL) (15 years ago, 4-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Strong smoke smell on parts
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(...) I have successfully used anti-bacterial liquid soap for cleaning smoke smelling parts. I soak the parts for a couple days in a soapy solution. One thing I noticed is that the smokey smell comes from an oily deposit, so my feeling is a soap (...) (15 years ago, 4-Feb-10, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Registration open for Bricks by the Bay Convention April 9-11 2010, Fremont California
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(...) Oops, I linked to the Brothers Brick article by mistake.... You can get there indirectly but the direct link is: (URL) (15 years ago, 4-Feb-10, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | Registration open for Bricks by the Bay Convention April 9-11 2010, Fremont California
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The San Francisco Bay area in California is hosting a new LEGO convention later this spring called Bricks by the Bay. The event will be held in Fremont on April 9-11, 2010. You can now (URL) for Bricks by the Bay> on our website. Hurry - early (...) (15 years ago, 4-Feb-10, to lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | Overreaction in the schools??
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And it wasn't even a LEGO-manufactured item! (URL) Sinasohn LUGNET #115 BAYLUG / BAYLTC (15 years ago, 4-Feb-10, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Updated Unofficial parts pack for LeoCAD
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Following LeoCAD official parts update ((URL) here is an new version of my unofficial parts pack. It contains all LDraw unofficial parts available as of February 4, 2010. (URL) (15 years ago, 4-Feb-10, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.leocad)
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| | Endor Bunker
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Did not buy one, so I decided to build my own. (URL) AC (15 years ago, 4-Feb-10, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Welcome to the grand opening of the Grand Emporium! Set #10211
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A new modular set is to be released this month. I must be out of the loop as I found this by accident just now. Here's the link on S@H. (URL) (15 years ago, 3-Feb-10, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Strong smoke smell on parts
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He claims no damage to prints that he has seen. I don't recall what he said about stickers. If it is a big concern you might test with a few items first to see what happens. (15 years ago, 3-Feb-10, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO's Internal colour palette
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For those capable of updating LDConfig, please add/change these LEGO colors to these existing colors: (...) No match. The correct color to match to already has an entry, that may also be correct in some capacity. Someone will need to go through all (...) (15 years ago, 3-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Strong smoke smell on parts
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(...) Will that cause any bleaching though, and is it safe for patterned parts like minifig heads? These parts are almost all new and their color is excellent (except possibly some of the small white slopes), so I'm concerned about keeping them that (...) (15 years ago, 3-Feb-10, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Eastwood Ravine
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(...) If you're interested in seeing the bridge in action... well, as much as a bridge can be, I've uploaded a video to YouTube. (URL) --Tony (15 years ago, 3-Feb-10, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Strong smoke smell on parts
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One of my LUGmates swears by a product called Oxy-clean. He soaks really stinky elements overnight in a solution of one litre water to one tablespoon Oxy-clean. (15 years ago, 3-Feb-10, to lugnet.general)
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