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| I've just posted a drawing explaining how to extend a railway layout when the track slopes at the point of extension, without intrducing an excessive change of slope. (URL) is used in my new large layout, which will be 16ftx12ft (37x28 of 16x16 (...) (19 years ago, 1-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.technic)
| | | | | XXII Italian Legofest in Ballabio, northern Italy (near Milan)
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| XXII Legofest is coming for the first time in Ballabio (near Lecco, Northern Italy, not far from Milan). The show will take place on 1st and 2nd July 2006. Saturday 1 will be reserved to the AFoL/luggers. Sunday 2 will be an open exhibition. See all (...) (19 years ago, 1-Mar-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.at, lugnet.loc.de, lugnet.loc.fr, lugnet.loc.ch, lugnet.loc.nl)
| | | | | Announcing Brickvention 2006!
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| Well folks, it's finally here! The first all-Australian public LEGO fan expo, Brickvention 2006! To be held in Melbourne, Australia, on June 10-11 2006, Brickvention is still in the planning stages, but we are currently working on: Presentations (...) (19 years ago, 1-Mar-06, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX) !
| | | | | Condor Re: MINI LEGO Event in San Diego, CA March 3rd to 5th
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| A reminder about Condor this coming weekend. (...) One of the prizes will be the snack sized version of Serenity: (URL). (...) We're still on track for this. We'll have gaming most of the day Saturday and Sunday, and possibly some Friday night. (...) (19 years ago, 28-Feb-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.org.us.sandlug, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, FTX)
| | | | | Underground Level - Imperial Garrison
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| The (URL) underground levels> of an Imperial garrison conceal the various facilities that make the base fully functional. Accessible on either side by lifts connecting the different levels, rotating shifts of Imperial units go about their duties to (...) (19 years ago, 28-Feb-06, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | New theme and new creation: Forest Sentinel
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| Thanks to Stephen King's Dark Tower series, I got it in my mind to build a post-apocalyptic theme that was basically dioramas of wrecked, destroyed, or nonfunctioning equipment, as is found frequently in the book series. I dubbed the theme Dust to (...) (19 years ago, 28-Feb-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !!
| | | | | New Power Armor PA006A
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| When I saw the Minifig Mechanical Arm with Clip and Rod Hole used in the new Exo-force sets I immediately thought of using them on a power armor It solved a couple of problems that I had all this time working with such small scales. The result is (...) (19 years ago, 27-Feb-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
| | | | | Panel Puzzles / Building Technique
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| I was fiddling around with some panels a while ago and discovered an interesting way of meshing them together. In addition to looking kind of neat I found the technique also lent itself to making puzzles... (URL) You can find more details (URL) (...) (19 years ago, 27-Feb-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.fun, FTX) !!
| | | | | ChMe2 Russian switcher
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| Hi all, Just a (URL) little switcher>. I thought it was cute and relatively challenging but not too much so it was perfect for a quick build to procrastinate on my main projects. (2 URLs) BS gallery> Please comment whether good or bad. Tim (19 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.ru, FTX)
| | | | | MOC: MAN 5t military transporter
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| Hello, Perhaps you already know the model from BrickShelf or 1000Steine, but still I want to show it here, too: (2 URLs) It is a German 5 tons military transporter. I combined old and new gray in it (I never did this before and I never wanted to do (...) (19 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.modelteam, FTX) !
| | | | | The Japan Premiere of Joe Vig
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| Announcing the premiere of Joe Vig... to Japan! (URL) In the image, the Japanese characters in black read "Bonyari Bouzu", which means "Oblivious guy". The red characters read "Joo Viggu" (where "Joo" - with a long 'o' - sounds much like his English (...) (19 years ago, 25-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.jp, FTX) !!
| | | | | Brickshelf Down?!
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| Hi all: Is brickshelf down? I'm getting Internet Explorer's lovely error message for when a page is down. All links off of mocpages (even deep links), and now even the homepage fails. What's up? -Josh Underhay. When you go to www.brickshelf.com, as (...) (19 years ago, 25-Feb-06, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Matt's Mushroom Bins for Parts Storage
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| Annoucing Matt's Mushroom Bins (3 URLs) Have you ever wanted a better way to sort or store your Lego? I have found a way, and if you were lucky enough to be at NWBrickCon the last couple of years you have probably seen it. Now the rest of you can! I (...) (19 years ago, 25-Feb-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.storage, FTX) !
| | | | | Snowboarders are uncool
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| Hi folks, I always wondered why our beloved toy manufacturer made a 3538 - Snowboard Boarder Cross Race but no alpine ski set? My answers is: No one explained them that borders are uncool No designer was capable creating a pair of carving ski + ski (...) (19 years ago, 24-Feb-06, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
| | | | | NEW LOGO!
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| To better tie us to the LEGOFan site/community, we have a new logo on our website and will soon have a new iTunes/Podcast logo as well. You can view the new logo by visiting: (URL) simply captured a front view of an LDRAW minifig head model and then (...) (19 years ago, 24-Feb-06, to lugnet.announce.bimp)
| | | | | Linestreamed racing zephyr
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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)
| | | | | LUGFinder (aka LUGMap redux)
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| Some of you may remember me as being the author of the origional (URL) LUGMAP>. You may also know that the maintenance burdon of this map just became to much for me to handle. I have always loved the idea and have been looking for a way to revise it (...) (19 years ago, 24-Feb-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | Big Boys Toys
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| Hi, this is an old MOC with a few updated pieces and finally photographed! First it looks like this: (URL) Then you do a few things and it looks like this: (URL) The gallery after moderation is (URL) The name refers to both War Machines and the fact (...) (19 years ago, 24-Feb-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
| | | | | Automated Backhoe
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| Greetings, I have posted pictures of my most recent automated creation on brickshelf: (URL) sure to check out the "backhoe.wmv" video (2 mb). The Automated Backhoe took 60 hours to build. Contruction/acquistion started in August 2005. It was first (...) (19 years ago, 24-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Civilian Space Contest entry--Falcon Hoverbike
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| Here's my first entry, the Falcon Hoverbike. It's in the small vehicle category. (URL) Click the picture to see a few different color schemes. Please let me know what you think. Derek (19 years ago, 23-Feb-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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