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(...) Thanks. My main goal for this, other than having a working crane, was to have it fit in nicely with the rest of the train. It's a bit taller than I would have liked, but as my wife pointed out, "It's an old machine. It's supposed to be big." (...) (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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(...) The boom hinge is held in place by gravity. The boom itself is on friction pins, so in reality it's held in place by the Hand of God (i.e., if I keep my finger under the boom, it doesn't generally drop anything). I had wanted to put in a worm (...) (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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(...) I really like this. i feel that for freelance models of engineering items you really have to think about how it would work, get i this mechanicals right and it will look right. The way it moves along the car is nifty,it reminds me of something (...) (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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(...) I really like this. i feel that for freelance models of engineering items you really have to think about how it would work, get i this mechanicals right and it will look right. The way it moves along the car is nifty,it reminds me of something (...) (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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(...) [snip] (...) Hi Elroy, always great to see different LEGO cranes, and I like this one! Has got that adventurers "feel" to it - I especially like the steam greebling. All the important elements of a useful crane are there, in a slightly (...) (19 years ago, 26-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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While getting ready for (URL) NELUG's> upcoming train show, I was rebuilding my (URL) Adventurer's Train>. The question always comes up about how Johnny Thunder and crew unload their vehicles track-side if they are traveling through the tundra. The (...) (19 years ago, 26-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.adventurers, FTX) !!
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Introducing the new MK5 R.A.C.E.R., A Ryu and Co exclusive. The R.A.C.E.R. has all the bells and whistles that you have come to expect. The six speed manual transmission will get you up to speed. The heads up map display is perfect for those long (...) (19 years ago, 6-Mar-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.adventurers, FTX) !
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Well since its my Birthday today, I thought I'd publish the next installment as my gift to you... I hope you like my solution for the clouds (trying to decide how to do the flying scene is really what's been holding up this story). So here you go: (...) (19 years ago, 3-Mar-06, to lugnet.adventurers)
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Yes, at [very] long last, I present to you the newest Adventure of Johnny Thunder: Johnny Thunder and the Poachers of Prehistory. So without further ado, I present the latest of my adventure stories: (URL) whole dino-riffic gallery: (URL) Steve (19 years ago, 28-Feb-06, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) Thanks for your comments JP and Soren. I was really going for a traditional steampunk style in this rather than a manga style so I'm glad you got that feel from it. Tim (19 years ago, 27-Feb-06, to lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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It's a cool looking MOC Tim. It has something of these old racing cars, in shape of cigars, rockets, etc... The fish design has something of the water drop perfect shape for aerdynamics - great feel of speeeeeeeed! Thanks for sharing, JP. (19 years ago, 25-Feb-06, to lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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That's a cute little sucker. Unlike a lot of steampunk stuff I think it captures the retro-tech vibe perfectly, especially the engine. Soren (19 years ago, 24-Feb-06, to lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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I hereby unveil the world's first Linestreamed racing zephyr, designed by the Guild of Gears. (URL) This model is based on a vehicle described in The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Stirling (considered to be one of the first books in (...) (19 years ago, 24-Feb-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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Some steampunk MOC's I've built. The Steam Wheel: (URL) Professor Fosler's Incredible Forward Accelerating Motorized Buoyancy Carriage: (URL) The Steam Man: (URL) LMKWYT Jamie (URL) Pope's 7> (19 years ago, 21-Feb-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.adventurers, FTX) !!
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(...) Very cool stuff : ) Thanks for the link (19 years ago, 13-Feb-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.adventurers)
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Hello everyone, I ran across a site with (URL) remote-controlled steam-powered robots> while reading (URL) memepool> the other day, and thought that it might inspire some (URL) steampunk> fans out there. Michael Peek (19 years ago, 13-Feb-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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Mark, you made Sci-Fi wire: (URL) Congrats! (19 years ago, 7-Feb-06, to lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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Wonderful! So many details. Excellent. (19 years ago, 1-Feb-06, to lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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EXCELLENT! Very well done! And the Doctor Who + Dalek really completes it! (19 years ago, 1-Feb-06, to lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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(...) That is the TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimensions In Space) from the TV program 'Doctor Who'. Recently revived by the BBC it's an excellent time travel TV series – the TARDIS is the time machine - it is disguised as a police telephone box from (...) (19 years ago, 1-Feb-06, to lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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