 | | Horoscopes - August 2007
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(3 URLs) Enjoy, Jean-Marc (17 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun, FTX)
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| | LDraw.org's July 2007 Model, Scene and Part of the Month Winners
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Congratulations to the winners of the July 2007 Model/Scene/Part Of The Month (MOTM/SOTM/POTM) contests: (URL) MOTM, Prinoth Leitwolf Snowgroomer by Han Crielaard> (URL) SOTM, Valley of the Dark Lords by Philip Heinrich> (URL) POTM - Best Part, (...) (17 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | Mech Bay 13
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MECH BAY 13 ==== (URL) Bay 13 © ESLC 2007>> (17 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
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| | ULUG will be attending the Train Show in Evanston, Wyoming
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To all, ULUG will be attending the 10th annual Roundhouse Festival in Evanston, Wyoming August 4th and 5th. Whereas Evanston is about 90 minutes from Salt Lake City all of the members will be staying in hotels. If you live in or around Evanston, (...) (17 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.ulug, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce)
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| | BrickJourna.com is online!
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Hi all, I'm happy to announce that the BrickJournal website has been launched: (URL) www.brickjournal.com > Issue 8 is online and available for viewing. Issue 7 is also uploaded but is only available to web subscribers. I am uploading other issues (...) (17 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | The Mercurials comic - New and Improved ;)
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Well, friends, the next episode of "The Mercurials" online sci-fi photo graphic novel was released last night, and in the last two weeks we've been pretty busy. You can check it out at (URL) Not only does Episode 1:3 bring our heroes out of the (...) (17 years ago, 30-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce)
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| | US S@H Phone Specials July 25--July 31
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1-800-835-4386 B586 Bionicle Adventures #9: Web of Shadows 4.99 2.50 3445 2x4 Ridge Roof Tiles Steep Sloped Red 4.99 2.50 3484 2x4 White Plates 8.99 4.50 4465 Police Action 49.99 25.00 (17 years ago, 30-Jul-07, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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| | MINI Combino Tram
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I built my first tram last year, but here is my first MINI tram: (2 URLs) Akos (17 years ago, 28-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | The Crystal Skull
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After taking a break from BrickFest PDX and working on completing Mecha Godzilla, I got a chance to head to LLCA. On my "parts and set run" I picked up a few lbs of 1x2 clear plate!! I was able to finish a MOC I had started years ago when they first (...) (17 years ago, 27-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.pirates) !!
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| | Ultimate SW Minifig Accessory - Tauntaun
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Think the title says it all, here are the pics: (4 URLs) Pictures are links to larger images Better pictures to follow, this is the initial go round. Kam (17 years ago, 25-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.starwars, FTX) !
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| | ILTCO @ NMRA NTS - Printable info sheet for show
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Hi All, The below link is a compact info sheet (printable) for the ILTCO @ NMRA National Train Show. If you're planning to come its a great way to have the schedule and contact info in your pocket! :) (URL) Chris & SteveB (17 years ago, 24-Jul-07, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce)
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| | New military aircraft: F-117A Stealth fighter and Su-27 Flanker
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It's been a while since I last posted any of my models on lugnet, but I have been building quite a bit in recent months. I would like to present two of my most recent MOCs. The first is my F-117A Stealth fighter: (URL) has a retractable landing gear (...) (17 years ago, 24-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce) !!
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| | Sticker Generator for LDRAW / MLCAD
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I would like to share my sticker generating tool, that I created to convert bitmap images into flat part files (stickers / decals) for use in ldraw based CAD programs and rendering programs. Here is an example of what it can do: (URL) Here is a (...) (17 years ago, 23-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce) !
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| | Stealth gunship
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Hi again, Might as well post another chopper while I'm on a roll:) The Skystalker Stealth Gunship is the first aircraft I've built in a few years. It looks a lot like the classic Cobra gunship, but was mainly inspired by the stealthier Commanche. It (...) (17 years ago, 22-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.military) !
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| | A new community of mischeif and mayhem
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You know how when you go to look at the list of rules for a community forum, and the last one is something dumb like "The most important rule is to have fun"? Man, that irks me. Nobody has to tell me to have fun, it sorta comes naturally to me. And (...) (17 years ago, 22-Jul-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.announce, lugnet.people.adults) !!
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| | Going airborne!
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Hi all, It's high time for my military arsenal to grow beyond tanks and AFVs: Check out the new Pegasus Assault Chopper. BS folder, when public: (URL) until then: (URL) Pegasus performs in the role of multipurpose assault and transport, and usually (...) (17 years ago, 22-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | US S@H Phone Specials July 18--July 24
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1-800-835-4386 B586 Bionicle Adventures #9: Web of Shadows 4.99 2.50 3460 2x4 White Bricks 6.99 3.50 3484 2x4 White Plates 8.99 4.50 3487 1x6 White Plates 4.99 2.50 10074 Cross Axles 9.99 5.00 (17 years ago, 22-Jul-07, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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| | MOCpages? Brickshelf? What should I do?
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Hi, everybody. With all that's been going on, a lot of people have been asking me things like: "what should I do?" "Should I stay on Brickshelf or move to MOCpages?" "How do I know if any of these services are safe?" Let me start by saying that (...) (17 years ago, 21-Jul-07, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.announce.mocpages, FTX) !!
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| | Submission for MOTM/SOTM/POTM closes in a week
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hi folks, we still seek some entries for the MOTM/SOTM/POTM contest: (URL) consider submitting your work. deadline is 27.07.2007. beside all this please don't forget about "RACHAL - The RAytraching CHALlange": (URL) the "Commemoration of the 10th (...) (17 years ago, 21-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: MOCpages, now a Brickshelf alternative
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(...) You can now delete reviews that were written about your LEGO creations. It's a first step. Eventually, when you add your LEGO creations to MOCpages, you'll be able to say "Let (1)Anyone, (2) Only MOCpages members, or (3) No one, review this (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.announce.mocpages, FTX)
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| | Brickshelf Status
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I have not posted until now because there was too much uncertainty about how (or if) this was going to work out. Due to financial reasons, Brickshelf was no longer in a viable position to continue operating. As our costs are billed monthly, any (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce.brickshelf) !!
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| | Update news on BrickShelf.com
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UPDATE NEWS on BrickShelf.com According to the mainpage of BRICKSHELF.com as if 9:25pm CST July 19, 2007 "Notice: Brickshelf will not be shutting down! We will be offering "featured" accounts for $5/month shortly. We have received hundreds of (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | Indiana Jones in Brick Journal Blog
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To restore a little humor, I found a photo of the new Indiana Jones figure complete with a new fedora. I found the photo on Brick Journal’s blog. I love the hat and I can’t wait to get my hands on the sets. And on another note: HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Joe (...) (17 years ago, 18-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Revitalizing or Replacing BrickShelf In Some Form
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I have noticed on LUGNET that there are a number of sites that are being offered as alternatives to BrickShelf. My concern is the issue of the number of sites now competing to fill the void and splintering the community, rather than one major site (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce)
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| | 3rd Annual Summer LEGO Camp
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To all, It is time for my annual (3rd year) Summer LEGO Camp through my local Parks and Rec program. Since the last camp (URL) I have relocated from Cedar City, Utah to Spanish Fork, Utah. After the move, I found that Spanish Fork had a more (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.ulug, FTX)
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| | MOCshow - free image and files gallery
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Dear fellow LEGO fans of all ages The recent events with Brickshelf makes me believe we need more options to show our creations, events, and share LEGO related files. Please welcome 'MOCshow' - (URL) free gallery - personal albums (for showing off (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.publish) !!
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| | MOCpages, now a Brickshelf alternative
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Hi, everyone... With the looming shut-down of Brickshelf, I would like to offer (URL) MOCpages> as a safe alternative for everyone to continue posting their LEGO creations. In light of this, MOCpages now offers free image hosting. Of course, you can (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce.mocpages, FTX) !!
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| | Brickshelf Backup Crawler for Mac
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As noted (URL) here>, there is a BSBackup utility for Windows that helps you batch download the contents of Brickshelf galleries. (This is of interest at the moment due to Brickshelf's imminent closure.) I've written a quick hack to accomplish the (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | BRICKSHELF account USERS *Spread the NEWS*
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This information is for people who have a BRICKSHELF account on BRICKSHELF.COM. DEADLINE for Brickshelf to SHUTDOWN July 31, 2007. ASAP!! If you are a MOD, ADMIN, USER or knows who runs on any of the LEGO fan websites listed below inform everybody (...) (17 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | Old lorry
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Hi, just wanted to show my latest creation, an oldfashioned lorry in modelteam size: (URL) a little bit more "silent" picture: (URL) It has 643 pieces and a (good) working steering. For the pictures, I have used flickr to see, how it works and if I (...) (17 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | US S@H Phone Specials July 11--July 17
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1-800-835-4386 B586 Bionicle Adventures #9: Web of Shadows 4.99 2.50 3484 2 x 4 White Plates 8.99 4.50 3487 1 x 6 White Plates 4.99 2.50 3296 Travis and the Mobile Caravan 19.99 10.00 (17 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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| | Thinking Outside The Box
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Several months ago I built some LEGO SOMA puzzle cubes with six smooth sides. Now it was time to build something to store the cubes in. I saw that a few years ago Eric Harshbarger built a SOMA cube and nice storage box. Not wanting to just copy (...) (17 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, FTX) !
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| | The Mercurials - Lego Comic
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Greetings all. As an AFOL, I've enjoyed lurking around Lugnet, taking a look at all the amazing creations everyone has come up with, and reading Brick Journal. My wife and I recently started a project that I thought you'd be interested in: (URL) (...) (17 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Theme for NWBrickCon 2007 and Sail-In
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Ahoy mateys! The convention theme for NWBrickCon 2007 this year is . . . Pirates! We'll be having a special emphasis on the brick's buccaneers and encourage everone to bring Pirate-related models. As part of this, and inspired by the Space Fly-In at (...) (17 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | By any other name...
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I finally built something. Not a spaceship, nor a building. Not micro, or minifig scale. (URL) Been wanting to build a rose (that sounds SO odd) for at least two years because the design challenge is really interesting: how go you get a medium that (...) (17 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX) !
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| | Building Robopussy
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Inspired by the recent robo-quad opus, and particularly (URL) this comment> on it, I am building a feline mecha of my own. Also inspired by the robo-quad, I will post the progress of the model in stages Stage 1 - Head - COMPLETED! I generally build (...) (17 years ago, 12-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | WWE Superstars in LEGO
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I'm not too proud to admit that over the course of the past year my girlfriend and I have gotten pretty into watching WWE wrestling. Last weekend we spent a day creating minifig versions of a bunch of our favorite WWE superstars and other wrestling (...) (17 years ago, 11-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.sports, lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX) !
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| | CATEGORY and KEYWORD extension ratified by the LSC
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The LDraw Standards Committee (LSC) has ratified the CATEGORY and KEYWORD language extension. The most major change between the ratified specification and the de-facto standard is to officially move the creation of new part categories away from the (...) (17 years ago, 10-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | My revised skyscraper WIP pics
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I rebuilt my skyscraper under construction: (URL) Here's a list of the light bley pieces that I had to buy from several sellers here on Bricklink in order to build it (but not all of them are in what you see): Bricks: 1x10 - 80x; 1x12 - 92x; 1x2x5 - (...) (17 years ago, 10-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | 10176 (Royal King's Castle) - 13 Alternate MOCs at Once
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I picked up a copy of 10176 on sale at SAH. It's a nice set, but I really bought it for the parts. Anyway, I wasn't all that interested to build the castle, so I set out to use the parts therein to make my own MOC, I came up with this: The Smithbot (...) (17 years ago, 9-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, FTX) !
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| | Turnpike, Train MOC
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Hey everyone, So here is the latest MOC. (URL) a second link for a more detailed photo's: (URL) set up is very common in Western to Central Canada as it is the quickest and most cost effective way to get product from the west to the central (...) (17 years ago, 8-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.technic) !
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| | No Victory
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No victorious celebrations for the weary knight... (URL) AC (17 years ago, 8-Jul-07, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Call for Presentations at NWBrickCon 2007
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NWBrickCon 2007 is looking for talks, roundtables, and special activities at the Con this year. Several of our traditional activities, such as the Dirty Brickster, are already planned but we can still find space on the schedule for lots more. In the (...) (17 years ago, 7-Jul-07, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | ILTCO @ NMRA Nat'l Train Show
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Hi All, Just wanted to remind every one about the NMRA National Train Show LEGO layout. There will be ~12 clubs jointly diplaying their best stuff in a giant ~100'x100' layout. It is at the Cobo Conference/Exhibition Center on July 27 - 29, 2007 in (...) (17 years ago, 6-Jul-07, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | TRON Building Challenge
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(2 URLs) ReasonablyClever.Com> is happy to announce a summer mini-contest...more of a building challenge, really. TRON! Click the picture, above, to see the full contest details. Right now the prize is a set of 4 X-Pods, but I'll up the ante if (...) (17 years ago, 5-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space, FTX) !
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| | As versatile as a Swiss Army knife.
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Hello! Just because. (URL) me, I'm a link!>> May the Force be with you! Jojo (17 years ago, 4-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build.vignette, FTX) !
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| | 4939/4891 Creator Alternate Models
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Here are some little vehicles I built from the the (URL) 4891 Highway Haulers> set: a nasty rat rod and a rugged prerunner (an off road truck). These can be built at the same time from a single set. (URL) rod front>> (URL) rod rear>> (URL) front>> (...) (17 years ago, 4-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.cad, FTX) !
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| | The Ark of the Covenant (was: LEGO licenses Indiana Jones)
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(...) Strangely enough, I started planning the project below not long before the announcement for the official sets came and soon got frustrated over not having the right hat :/ However, the new one seems just perfect! So, here is my small (...) (17 years ago, 3-Jul-07, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | SCLTC goes Red, White, and Boom! at LEGOLAND California
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Members of the (URL) Southern California LEGO Train Club> set up the world's largest US flag made of LEGO bricks at (URL) California> last Friday night. (URL) Originally built at the Orange County Fair in 2005 over a 3 day period and rebuilt at (...) (17 years ago, 3-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | Time lapse movie of bridge assembly
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Here is a time-lapse movie of the assembly of my cable-stayed bridge. The movie consists of seven hours of work condensed into a little more than two minutes. It was filmed at COSI Toledo, a children's hands-on science museum in Toledo, Ohio (USA), (...) (17 years ago, 3-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | LDraw.org's June 2007 Model and Scene of the Month Winners
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Congratulations to the winners of the June 2007 Model/Scene Of The Month (MOTM/SOTM) contests: (URL) MOTM, Lotus 49B by Luca Rusconi (RoscoPC)> (URL) POTM - Best Part, Technic Sprocket Wheel 40.4 by Donald Sutter (technog)> (URL) POTM – Most Desired (...) (17 years ago, 1-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | PRR T1 #6110
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I have finally completed building the PRR T1 MOC that I planned out in LDD2. Naturally, I still had to make modifications once finally building in real life. Apart from the BBB wheel set and linkages, all of the pieces used are available from the (...) (17 years ago, 1-Jul-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | The Brick Testament - David vs Saul
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(URL) The Brick Testament> has been updated today with six new illustrated stories from the book of 1 Samuel. It is the beginning of a brand new section of the website entitled (URL) David vs Saul>: (2 URLs) Tries to Kill David> (2 URLs) Mutilates (...) (17 years ago, 30-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX) !
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| | RACHAL Polar - changeover day
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Hi all, Another quarter (well, tomorrow anyway) and another RACHAL. The last entry for RACHAL Impossible is up (URL) 1> and it's time for a new challenge. This month we go back to the snow (yes it seems we have an addiction) with a guest submission (...) (17 years ago, 30-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | ATSF "Beep"
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This locomotive is based off the the one-of-a-kind EMD GP7 and BWL VO-1000 hybrid. It has a very interesting story you can read about (URL) here>. For now, I only have renders Tim Gould was kind enough to make for me. I'm slowing gathering the parts (...) (17 years ago, 30-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Deserted Temple
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A solitary knight on a journey to the eastern hemisphere stumbles upon a (URL) temple>. (URL) AC (17 years ago, 29-Jun-07, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Jabba, Han Chillin' Out, and Hyperspeed
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I was one of several AFOLs that took MOCs to LEGOLAND California for display during the recent Star Wars weekend. The Jabba the Hutt sculpture was built for, and displayed at the 2005 Star Wars weekend at LLCA. This year I built Han Solo frozen in (...) (17 years ago, 29-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.starwars, FTX) !
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| | New Contest - Name the LifeLites Lbrick
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OK, in case you haven't found out by now, Brickmodder Labs has been rather quiet as of late working on the latest and greatest line of products, one of which is a new modular lighting system made especially for you to use in your MOCs to aid in (...) (17 years ago, 29-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Orangetron micro capital spaceship
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Just a little capital ship I made with only the parts available in the (URL) 5525 Amusement Park> set (a great deal for $25): (URL) It's probably too derivative of Star Trek and Star Wars ships, but its my first micro so be gentle with me please :-) (...) (17 years ago, 28-Jun-07, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Server Outage Today
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Hi all, unfortunately we encountered a RAID failure on the LUGNET server today, and while this was expected to be a minor malfunction of a single disk, the replacement proved slightly more complicated than we anticipated. Nevertheless the only harm (...) (17 years ago, 26-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Announcing Brickvention 2008!
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Well folks, it’s finally here! The second all-Australian public LEGO fan expo, Brickvention 2008! To be held in Melbourne, Australia, on January 26-27 2008, Brickvention is still in the planning stages, but we are currently working on: Presentations (...) (17 years ago, 26-Jun-07, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX) !
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| | Vignette MOC of My Cubicle
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Hey everyone! I was bored last night and decided I needed some LEGO at my desk at work. I whipped up this 12x12 vignette of my cubicle complete with me in minifig form. You can check out the MOCPage and Brickshelf Gallery with the links below. Any (...) (17 years ago, 25-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.loc.us.wi, lugnet.org.us.tclug)
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| | The steampunk skiff 'Egregious'
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Loosely inspired by some gorgeous SW Sail Barge MOCs on Brickshelf, NELUG's latest [1] Brikwars game featured a steampunk skiff battle set above the desolate Kar'Zuba desert. Every skiff represented a Trading Guild, and upon arrival at the outskirts (...) (17 years ago, 25-Jun-07, to lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.adventurers, FTX) !!
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| | Commemoration of the 10th anniversary of James Jessiman's passing
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On the 25th July 1997, James Jessiman passed away due to complications from the flu. The LDraw Steering Committee would like to commemorate the 10th anniversary of this sad day with a tribute page to James and his great foundation. We invite you to (...) (17 years ago, 24-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | US S@H Phone Specials June 20--June 26
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1-800-835-4386 B586 Bionicle Adventures #9: Web of Shadows 4.99 2.50 EL151 Dino Attack Chalk Eggs 4.99 2.50 8721 Velika 3.99 2.00 5463 Play Train 14.99 7.50 10071 Mr. Bunny 2.49 1.25 (17 years ago, 23-Jun-07, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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| | Lego Universe trailer online
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Demo/concept trailer for the Lego Universe online game has been posted (URL) here> Roy (17 years ago, 23-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX) !
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| | Submission for MOTM/SOTM/POTM closes in a week
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hi folks, we still seek some entries for the SOTM/POTM contest: (URL) consider submitting your work. deadline is 27.06.2007. beside all this please don't forget about RACHAL - The RAytraching CHALlange: (URL) Contest Coordinator (17 years ago, 21-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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| | Retro Spaciness.
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Hi all! I posted a few MOCs here some months ago, although I forgot how to post here after that. Anyway, here's another MOC: (3 URLs) Here> are the rest of the photos on Flickr. PLMKWYT! (17 years ago, 21-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.space, FTX) !
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| | Microscale 725 Freight Train finished
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I completed the cars for my microscale 725 Freight Train and posted pictures today: (URL) question for someone who is more knowledgable than I about trains...what is the thing I call "milk truck" really called? This is just what I imagined it to be (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale) !
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| | Felucia Separatist Droid Forces
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Once a major holding of the Commerce Guild, Felucia was a world teeming with fungal life-forms and immense primitive plants. Near the end of the Clone Wars, Felucia was one of the key contested worlds during the Outer Rim Sieges. (URL) AC (17 years ago, 20-Jun-07, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Clifton D. Chambers stop ignoring me and ship the jambalaya box!
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please note that i have tried every method i know of to contact Clifton without posting this to lugnet. this is my last resort. Clifton D. Chambers, You have had well over 2 months to ship me the jambalaya box. I am getting really tired of emailing, (...) (17 years ago, 19-Jun-07, to lugnet.market.jambalaya, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
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| | Re: LEGO licenses Indiana Jones
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(...) This is confirmed. Looking forward to the new movie and the LEGO sets next year... "Big Daddy" Nelson Yrizarry LEGO Ambassador (17 years ago, 19-Jun-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.announce, lugnet.adventurers, FTX) !
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| | New mosaic style, CSF banner
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Here's a technique I've been cooking for a while. I chose the CSF banner as inspiration for my first design in order to start with something at least somewhat recognizable. I consider the technique more painterly, so I'll be doing more 'art' with it (...) (17 years ago, 18-Jun-07, to lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Hujing fighter
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(2 URLs) BS> (URL) Flickr> (URL) Wallpaper> Hi all, I don't often build in subthemes (fan or otherwise) but I have a thing for sand green so I decided to try my hand at Jade Empire (don't know who invented it). Thus I present the Hujing fighter. (...) (17 years ago, 18-Jun-07, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Two new military vehicles
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Hi all, My armies are constantly expanding, in preparation for world domination! My two latest land vehicles have been built for a while, but are being lugnetted and Brickshelfed just in time for BrickWorld! Any mecha planning to skulk around the (...) (17 years ago, 18-Jun-07, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce.moc) !
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| | New Galactic Inquistion MOCs
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It has been a long time since I've done any building, and an even longer time since I have posted to LUGNET. I thought it was time to return. (URL) The (URL) Seraphim Mk II> (URL) And the (URL) Adze of Abraham> Thanks to Ley Ward for the name of the (...) (17 years ago, 16-Jun-07, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Re: Brickworld Registration Deadline Extended
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(...) Just a heads-up to anyone who might not have noticed: I was just checking out the Brickworld site and noticed that the Brickworld folks have extended their deadline for registration and, perhaps even better, the hotel has extended the deadline (...) (17 years ago, 16-Jun-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | Five more vehicles
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Hello everyone, I recently added 5 more vehicles to my (URL) and (URL) Brickshelf folder>. They're not totally new as you might have noticed them on pictures of the latest (URL) QuéLUG> train show. (URL) Backhoe> - Inspired by the work of Martin (...) (17 years ago, 15-Jun-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | MOC V-Wing
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Hey, everyone! Just posting a small announcement for my new V-wing MOC. Only some computer pics so far, since I haven't assembled it IRL yet. But you can get the feel of it ;-) (URL) me know what you think! (17 years ago, 15-Jun-07, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | US S@H Phone Specials June 13--June 19
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1-800-835-4386 B586 Bionicle Adventures #9: Web of Shadows 4.99 2.50 EL151 Dino Attack Chalk Eggs 4.99 2.50 (17 years ago, 15-Jun-07, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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| | LEGO William Shatner at gallery exhibition
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Hi, everybody! I'm happy to announce that one of my LEGO sculptures will be premiering at a art gallery in Calgary, Canada. (URL) The Shatner Show> is a book and exhibition of artwork depicting William Shatner by over 70 artists and illustrators (...) (17 years ago, 14-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.ca.ab.cal, FTX)
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| | BrickJournal 8 is OUT!
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(URL) Issue 8 Spotlights the Market Street set with reviews and articles. Also has an interview with a Master Builder at LEGOLAND Windsor, as well as events such as BrickFest. Building articles include building a destroyer and building an (...) (17 years ago, 14-Jun-07, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | Eric Brok has passed away!!
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I just found out on the Bricklink Forum that AFOL Eric Brok of the Netherlands, the designer of the new 10190 LEGO set has passed away!! This is just awful news! Our hearts and our prayers go out to Eric's family. His website: (URL) Istok (17 years ago, 13-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce) !!
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| | Flatcars
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I've slowly been photographing my flatcars which have been built since late January (you can see some in their earlier stages in COLTC show galleries). Here is my most recent, a not quite 7 wide centerbeam flatcar. The trucks/bogies on that and the (...) (17 years ago, 13-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | F-4 Phantom MOC
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Here is a MOC inspired by the McDonnell-Douglas (now Boeing) F-4 Phantom. The MOC is mini-fig scale in that it can hold a fig. However, the actual scale is compressed to using the small wheels as engines and the technic-air scoop piece as intakes. (...) (17 years ago, 13-Jun-07, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | NonCA-parts in need of re-writing
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Hi folks, At www.ldraw.org you will find a list of files in the official library, whose original author has not affirmed the CA and therefore need to be re-written by CA-authors. (URL) Howard and Guy Vivan have already put a lot of effort in this (...) (17 years ago, 12-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | Cable-stayed Bridge Model Update
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I have posted my MOC of a cable-stayed bridge model before, but now I have the video of the assembly. The movie shows my seven hours of work compressed down into two-and-a-half minutes. The quality could have been better, but I didn't have control (...) (17 years ago, 12-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Vultur
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Greetings Earthlings, The Post Creator Space Vultur: (URL) The Vultur is designed to blend in with local avian fauna to avoid causing alarm amongst non spacefaring aliens as it cruises at altitude, analysing their life-forms and observing (...) (17 years ago, 12-Jun-07, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | US S@H Phone Specials June 6--June 12
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1-800-835-4386 B586 Bionicle Adventures #9: Web of Shadows 4.99 2.50 EL151 Dino Attack Chalk Eggs 4.99 2.50 8282 Quad Bike 19.99 10.00 (17 years ago, 10-Jun-07, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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| | Griswold Building - Detroit, Michigan
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I have completed another building to include in the MichLTC portion of the ILTCO layout planned for the NMRA 2007 National Train Show to be held in Detroit on July 28 - 30th. This MOC is a model of the Griswold Building, a midrise structure designed (...) (17 years ago, 10-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | Ethan Allen at Fort Ticonderoga
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A quick vignette of Ethan Allen capturing Fort Ticonderoga at the start of the American Revolution. (2 URLs) Brickshelf Gallery> This was based on the painting found on (URL) Encyclopaedia Britannica's> website. The painting is based on an engraving (...) (17 years ago, 10-Jun-07, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | LMS Shunting Engine with Tender
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I've just seen my latest Factory model added to (URL) Cool Train Creations>, so here it is: (URL) It's based on the 0-4-0 'OF' class (or 'Pug') saddle-tank steam shunting engine, introduced in Britain in 1895. I've used the livery of the London (...) (17 years ago, 9-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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| | New MOC: Cribbage board
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Fifteen two, fifteen four, fifteen six, it's cribbage with bricks! Here's my recently-completed cribbage board. It includes pegs made from Technic axles, a playing surface made from Technic plates (provides the holes for the pegs), and even a (...) (17 years ago, 9-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Linetrim, a LDraw line trimmer utility
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(2 URLs) Linetrim> utility, intended for LDraw parts authors, crops lines sticking out of polygons. Lines to be trimmed and triangles/quads against which they are cropped are provided to the utility as separate LDraw files. A third file containing (...) (17 years ago, 9-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | *** LDView Version 3.2 Beta 1 Released ***
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LDView 3.2 Beta 1 is now available for download from the LDView downloads page here: (URL) This is a Beta release, which means that I’m hoping to get as much feedback as possible. This also means that it is likely not as stable as a final release, (...) (17 years ago, 9-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Office Building
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Originally intended to be an Imperial training facility as I've managed to get the trans dark panels for windows from PaB. It didn't quite pan out as I wanted it and would start over. So I've just added some doors where ramps should have been to (...) (17 years ago, 8-Jun-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Robo Quad - Stage Ten - Project Completed
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Robo Quad - Stage Ten Completed Final stage, project completed. (URL) Robo Quad - Stage One notes> (URL) Robo Quad - Stage Two and Three notes> (URL) Robo Quad - Stage Four and Five notes> (URL) Robo Quad - Stage Six notes> (URL) Robo Quad - Stage (...) (17 years ago, 8-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !
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| | Brickworld Registration Deadline Extended
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<<https://registrati...Logo.png>> We are extending the registration deadline for Brickworld to June 14th. Both the event registration deadline and hotel registration deadline (to receive the special Brickworld rate) are now June 14th. Event space (...) (17 years ago, 8-Jun-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, FTX) !
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| | Michiana-LUG Meeting - Saturday, June 9, 2007
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To All, We're having another meeting soon and we'd love to see new faces around! There'll be free Lego and food for all! Ok, not really (though there might be potato chips). But we'd still love to see you there! Here are the details: When: Saturday, (...) (17 years ago, 6-Jun-07, to lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.announce)
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| | Robo Quad - Stage Nine
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Robo Quad - Stage Nine Completed (URL) Robo Quad - Stage One notes> (URL) Robo Quad - Stage Two and Three notes> (URL) Robo Quad - Stage Four and Five notes> (URL) Robo Quad - Stage Six notes> (URL) Robo Quad - Stage Seven notes> (URL) Robo Quad - (...) (17 years ago, 6-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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