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| Whoa...SWEET! The rust/gray combo is nice, and the engine design is awesome! It looks like it could turn on a dime with that engine design. Where did you get the silverized wedges? Did you brasso the ones from Goblin's flyer? They're a spiffy (...) (21 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Followup to Proposal of building theme "sequels"
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| This is fun idea. I've wondered what lies beyond the SW contract for Lego Space. The LoM stuff has sorta grown on me over the last couple years and I've come to miss some the original themes. With the evolution that has come from SW parts, I'm (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.space)
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brasso
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| | Re: Big W specials
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| (...) I have two with castle print that I'll swap you for two without.... it'll save me getting the Brasso out. Cheers Richie Dulin (2 URLs) Port Brique Somewhere in the South Pacifique (2 URLs) Misérable Building a safer South Pacifique (21 years ago, 2-Jun-03, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| (...) Yep... Well known already (1): (URL) of people swear by it. One thing I would ask anyone considering use: Before you remove the printing, do a quick check to see if you'd be farther ahead selling off the printed part on BL and buying an (...) (21 years ago, 16-Aug-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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| hey guys, At BF this year I stumbled into a conversation about removing the useless painted on graphics that plague parts that are other wise wicked awesome.Which If you're like me, you've been looking at some of these new wedge slopes and saying to (...) (21 years ago, 16-Aug-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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| (...) will also (...) solution to (...) I actually love the printing on the rough slopes. I'm more agrivated by the printing on the polished surfaces of the wedge slopes. I was wondering how that would work on the rough ones though. thanks for the (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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| (...) Hey! Just to say I have tried this before on many kind of parts. My first try was with an old fadded torso. It worked great! And yes it's working perfect with trans part too. I did not find it to hard on the elbows! :) You did not tell about (...) (21 years ago, 16-Aug-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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| (...) Yes it works well, but be aware that removing the printing from slopes will also remove the rough finish, I don't think anyone's come up with an easy solution to that one.... ROSCO (21 years ago, 17-Aug-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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| | 7031 Helicopter question
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| Hi all, I was looking at 7031, Helicopter, in the store: (URL) and had a question for anyone who owns this set. On the windshield piece, is the white square a sticker or painted on? This set looks like a great way to get upper and lower pieces like (...) (21 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.town)
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| It comes in a big dark blue can and looks a big beige cotton ball. You tear off a piece and go to work with that. It takes about as much elbow grease but it doesn't have the very fine grit that is in Brasso. I find it leaves the pieces even shinier (...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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| (...) Steel wool? Wow! I would think that would be a bit harsh on LEGO track and I can imagine lots of fibers getting caught on the studs of the ties as well. I found that using a small dab of Brasso on a cloth rag and running it down the rails (...) (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Olympus MOC
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| (...) you are soooo much more of a hippie than me.. I'm the anti hippie. (...) DARE YOU (...) must (...) both those slopes and the engine part come from the air blazer kit. So obviously there was no brasso on thse wedges, but now i'm curious as to (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Spray Paint Gone Awry - Need Help
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| (...) I've found that Formula 409 does a good job at taking off paint as well, and it's not as destructive as Brasso (honestly, I've never used Brasso on Lego parts, so I don't know how destructive it really is--just going by other posts here). It (...) (21 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Spray Paint Gone Awry - Need Help
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| (...) I seriously don't think cleaning 1000 parts with Brasso is at all realistic. My understanding is that you're looking at at least a minute or two per part if you are really lucky. I would identify the rare parts, brasso those, and replace the (...) (21 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Spray Paint Gone Awry - Need Help
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| I'd recommend Nevr-Dull because Brasso is too abrasive. Nevr-Dull will leave the glossy finish of new bricks and remove paint quite quickly. It's great for removing paint from prepainted pieces, so fresh paint like yours should be even easier. Dave (...) (21 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Spray Paint Gone Awry - Need Help
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| As Larry said, cleaning this many parts with Brasso would be an enormous job and it wouldn't work on anything textured, like roof bricks, and would take the printing off any printed parts. My suggestion would be to take some of the more disposable (...) (21 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Spray Paint Gone Awry - Need Help
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| "James" <thug@nc.rr.com> wrote in message news:How2FG.1yCq@lugnet.com... (...) mutilation of (...) The (...) ... (...) display on (...) settling on (...) base (...) transparent, (...) parts (...) that can be offered. How much elbow-grease is (...) (21 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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