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| I just finished a new rail truck that I am rather proud of: (URL) It is a color modified version of the Rio Grande Southern Motor #1 which currently resides in Colorado's Ridgeway Railroad Museum. My model is based on the model of this by Bachmann, (...) (18 years ago, 27-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
| | | | | Rolling Walking Rabbit Wrecker
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| I have been thinking about a quad design that has wheels at its toes. This is a proto type proof of concept design excersize. Future designs will explore this set up with the final version being motorized. (URL) Rolling Walking Rabbit Wrecker> (3 (...) (18 years ago, 26-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX) !
| | | | | Mayday! 4 new MOCs - Retro space - Thunderbirds
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| Mayday! Mayday! Calling.... "International Rescue" 5..... 4..... 3..... 2......1...... (URL) Hello all... This build is a part of my retro look at .space! (I have never been a sci-fi fan, and my look at space will not cover things such as the (...) (18 years ago, 26-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
| | | | | Burtonmobile
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| Well, here it is; the Burtonmobile. (3 URLs). Check out the complete gallery (URL) here>. Looking around Brickshelf, I couldn't find many great interpretations of the awsome Batmobile from the 1989 film (there are a few good ones though). The (...) (18 years ago, 25-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | IMI Desert Eagle .50cal AE
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| The long-awaited follow up to my Beretta 9mm Series 92 (which became the thing I will probably be most known for after I die)... The IMI Desert Eagle .50cal. For years I've had people emailing me asking that I create one, so finally I did. It (...) (18 years ago, 25-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | Cthulego sneak peak: Offspring of Shudde M'ell
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| Well it's roughly halfway between Legoworlds, and my Cthulego Rising diorama has attracted a fair amount of interest, (see the last page of this months 'Sci-Fi' magazine for example) so here's a sneak peak at part of this year’s diorama. (2 URLs) (...) (18 years ago, 24-Apr-06, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
| | | | | Alternate History Tech: Cardinal
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| (URL) It's not steampunk, it's not Crimson Skies, it's something new I call Alternate History Tech. It's a steam powered fighter, the (URL). Adrian (18 years ago, 24-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, lugnet.adventurers, FTX) !
| | | | | wooden synagogue
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| Hello all, I recently completed a building inspired by photographs and plans of the wooden synagogues of pre-war Eastern and Central Europe. It's somewhere between minifig and micro scales, and features many 1x1 round plates and complicated roofs. (...) (18 years ago, 23-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce.moc) !
| | | | | Turkish E52000 engine with TVS2000 cars
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| Hi all, Turkish style railroads - I just love the livery of the engine. Some pictures of the real (URL) engine> and (URL) car>. (2 URLs) BS gallery> (URL) MPD> Special thanks goes to Selçuk Göre for reminding me of Turkish trains and helping me with (...) (18 years ago, 23-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.tr, FTX) !
| | | | | Lots of LEGO-words built for celebrity press event
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| Hi, everybody! I finsihed up another project a few weeks ago, and I'm finally around to posting about it now... The models I made weren't very intricate or complex, but they were fun to build nonetheless. On April 6, TLG held a press conference in (...) (18 years ago, 22-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny, FTX)
| | | | | Classic 2-Wide Trains
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| Here are some 2-wide trains I've been pottering about with over the last few weekends. Ah, sweet memories... (URL) The rest of the retro gallery is here: (URL) Enjoy! (posted on behalf of) Pete Reid (not just a robot builder) (18 years ago, 22-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX) !!
| | | | | Chessie GP35
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| Keeping with my purist nature, and not willing to use stickers of any kind, a fellow NGLTC member, Lewis Valentine, challenged me to build the Chessie cat logo small enough to fit on an engine. I gladly accepted the challenge and here is the result: (...) (18 years ago, 20-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX) !!
| | | | | My first vignette--The Apology
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| This MOC was built to compliment a haiku I recently wrote. The haiku is titled "The Apology." I like you, but not Enough to take you to the Hospital. Sorry. (URL) Please let me know what you think. Derek (18 years ago, 21-Apr-06, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
| | | | | New Moc: Kestrel
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| Hello all, I have been very busy as of late. What with buying a house, moving in, and preparing for the arrival of our first child (she is due May 6, btw), I haven’t had much time for building. The pimp my Mech contest got me all up in arms to use (...) (18 years ago, 21-Apr-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space)
| | | | | Viking Knarr (or Knorr)
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| Ahoy etc Although the longship is the iconic viking vessel, the knarr (or knorr) was generally the vessel of choice for trading. (URL) My knarr (or knorr) is shorter than my longship (only two hull centre sections). The rail is a perhaps fanciful, (...) (18 years ago, 20-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.boats, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | Little Norwegian Shunter NSB 2 842
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| Hi all, It's been a while since I've made a new train here (and even longer since I posted one based on a prototype) and I was feeling a bit of withdrawal so I went hunting for something fun to design. My search stopped at (URL) this> cute little (...) (18 years ago, 20-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.no, FTX)
| | | | | FINAL Spamcake Diner™ Iteration (Dark Red:-d)
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| (URL) Yup. I finally did it. This is the second modification of the TCLTC's version of (URL) Tom McDonald's Spamcake Diner™>. Thanks again to Tom for sharing his inspirational vision with all of us:-) The first change was going to pink for the (...) (18 years ago, 19-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.general, FTX) !
| | | | | Bricksouth is just a week away!
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| Just a reminder! April 27th - 29th is BrickSouth, a AFOL Display and get together in Atlanta, Georgia. This is in conjunction with First Lego League's International World Festival held at the World Congress Center during those dates. AFOLs have been (...) (18 years ago, 19-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, FTX)
| | | | | BAAL - Artillery Mech
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| (URL) This is my first mech build. Even though this is a small mech, it was a good learning experience and was definitely different than building spaceships. Any comments, criticism and suggestions on how to improve future builds are very (...) (18 years ago, 18-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX) !
| | | | | Brick Bash 2006 A Success!
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| Brick Bash 2006 was held on Saturday, March 11, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. This was the second year for this event, and it was a great success, experiencing a growth of more than 200% from the previous year. Thirteen exhibitors from around the Great (...) (18 years ago, 18-Apr-06, to lugnet.events.brickbash, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, FTX)
| | | | | SCLTC Coming to Fullerton Railroad Days
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| SCLTC will return to Fullerton Railroad Days (FRRD) for the fifth consecutive year in May 2006 with one of its largest operating LEGO train displays ever. The layout features a mix of new creations and old favorites including an extended version of (...) (18 years ago, 18-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.build, FTX) !
| | | | | LEGO models on the cover of New York Family Magazine
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| Hi, everybody! Last month I built 2 two-foot apartment buildings that were photograhped and featured in New York Family Magazine. One of the buildings was used for the April 2006 (current) issue cover, and the other was printed alongside the table (...) (18 years ago, 18-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny, FTX) !
| | | | | MOC: Microscale Formula PWN
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| (2 URLs) Gallery (once moderated)> (URL) Comes in many flavors> (URL) it yourself> (This is just a tiny bit bigger than regular microscale, but still smaller than minifig size. I hope it's appropriate here.) I really like Lego's Tiny Turbos line. (...) (18 years ago, 18-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
| | | | | WAMALUG Display at the National Air and Space Museum, April 15 2006
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| Hi all, This was the second year that WAMALUG participated in Explore the Universe Day at the National Air and Space Museum. Museum visitors got to see a nice variety of Space and space related MOCs, and also were able to build in a free build space (...) (18 years ago, 18-Apr-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.space, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.va, lugnet.loc.us.dc, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, FTX) !!
| | | | | Mindstorms.NET Request for Comments
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| I've been working with José David Parra on the next version of his (URL) RCX.NET> project, because 1.) the NXT system is coming out, and 2.) RCX.NET is basically a .NET wrapper of Spirit.ocx, which means it's not so nice to program with. Another (...) (18 years ago, 17-Apr-06, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.scout, FTX)
| | | | | Brickvention news!
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| Only a couple of months to go! (URL) Planning is going well, and we've already got lots of people bringing interesting and fun things to display. Displays will include: M>ltc train/town layout Separate area for town buildings Large Space display, (...) (18 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.au, FTX) !!
| | | | | MOC: The Rabbit
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| (2 URLs) The Rabbit> (Post Mod) I've been out of the habit of posting MOCs, but thought this was timely. The idea was actually independent of the season. I've got some tricky SNOT going on here (notice the floating paws). I'll update the folder (...) (18 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX) !!
| | | | | Call for a Group Train/Town Layout at BrickFest™ 2006
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| (URL) Call for a Group Train/Town Layout at BrickFest™ 2006 It is time to start planning for one of the next great Train/Town display at BrickFest™. This will be a great way to show your 9v electric train pride and help save our way of model (...) (18 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
| | | | | Save 9 Volt Trains Forum E-mail Feed now Available.
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| As I now realize some folks prefer E-mail push systems to Forum pull systems we are offering an E-mail feed for all forum posts on (URL) . For those that would like to get notification of new forum posts E-mailed to you we now offer a mailing list (...) (18 years ago, 14-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains) !!
| | | | | Updated Adventurers newsgroup
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| Hey all! I've completed some updates to the Adventurers newsgroup. Please drop in and let me know if there's anything else that you think should be added. (I was thinking of making a separate page for Steampunk MOCs.) Special thanks to Marc Nelson (...) (18 years ago, 14-Apr-06, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
| | | | | patio v-pod
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| the furniture came first, the v-pod encouraged by fellow lug member, jude beaudin. i argued that vignettes should have minifigs (yuck!) and he argued not. so my first intro to the v-pod. (URL) the fender pieces are so useful, as proved by jonathan (...) (18 years ago, 14-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX) !!
| | | | | Polis Massa Pump Station
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| In a jumbled collection of lazily floating asteroids, Polis Massa is a small Outer Rim mining settlement far removed from the more populated areas of the galaxy. The airless rocks are host to sealed outposts where various structures like (URL) pump (...) (18 years ago, 14-Apr-06, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | Excelsior Trolley
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| Since the TCLTC will only be able to bring half of their train layout to the ILTCO Philadelphia show this summer, we decided to turn our mainlines into ping-ponging trolley lines. Yeah, we already have a few trolleys we can run: (2 URLs) But that (...) (18 years ago, 13-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX) !
| | | | | LEGO Color Chart (the portable kind) available
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| I’ve been holding off on announcing this, because I know how sensitive the color issue is, but things are what they are, and I've created this nice chart for everyone, so the time has come to share. :-) At the link below, you can find a .PDF file (...) (18 years ago, 13-Apr-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
| | | | | Fabuland Housewives Episode II
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| Hello everybody, I've just uploaded the second installment of Fabuland Housewives. Much shorter this time, and I added an easy to navigate scene selections feature that let's you come and go easily and keep your place, so you can return to it later (...) (18 years ago, 13-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | Can't we all just get along? (Take 2)
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| It's been a while since I posted (URL) my last train/space crossover>, so this is definitely overdue. This one doesn't actually run on rails, but I think it still fits the bill. Here is the (URL) Low-Orbit Cargo Operator>, or L.O.C.O. for short: (7 (...) (18 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, lugnet.trains, FTX) !
| | | | | LEGO Factory fulfillment is MAY 8 (was: LF Individual Parts Fulfillment)
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| (...) As you've all noticed, April 8th has come and gone with no change in LF. I did find out that there was a miscommunication, and since I dislike assigning blame or pointing fingers (like at Steve Witt for instance) I won't go into details. (...) (18 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | Viking Longship
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| Ahoy pirate fans and well met castle fans, The Vikings sets are vool, but after visiting the Vikings Exhibition at the Australian National Maritime Museum in January, I decided to experiment with building some more accurate (after a fashion), viking (...) (18 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.boats, FTX) !!
| | | | | Tachikoma tank mecha - Ghost in the Shell
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| Hi all, Just a little fig-scale (URL) Tachikoma> tank mecha I whipped up tonight. (2 URLs) Side > (URL) If anyone can help with head smoothing I would be most gracious. Tim (18 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | 4888 Ocean Odyssey alternate MOCs
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| Hi all, I recently went on a work trip and took the parts of set 4888 Ocean Odyssey with me. These two MOC's were the result. (4 URLs) All I added is a mini-fig. I wouldn't normally post about these MOCs, but I've seen a lot of posts from fairly new (...) (18 years ago, 11-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX) !
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