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Hello all, Here are my latest projects. This is the rebuild of the crusher (URL) is the Brute, a construction mech. (URL) is the Brute modified for combat. (URL) here is the inspiration for the brute. This is from Mechwarrior Dark Age (URL) (17 years ago, 17-Dec-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Grunts - a LEGO Comic Strip
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I dunno how well this will go down, this is an experiment - if it works and if it's funny, there will be more, if not, then it's quite simple - I will destroy the planet. Grunts - Episode 1! (URL) S. (17 years ago, 17-Dec-07, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce) !
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| | Square with fountain - WIP
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This will be the "centerpiece" of my Café Corner layout. I will add more stuff, like benches, minifigs, etc. so it will not be as deserted as it is now. (2 URLs) (17 years ago, 16-Dec-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | h(Y)nge-Wing (Micro Y-Wing with only 7 pieces) and about new clicky hinges
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Hello everbody! Today I want to present you something new from the micro workshop. Although it may be niether impressive nor accurate, I hope to make you smile a little bit. Often I spend much time looking at strange pieces, like the highly (...) (17 years ago, 16-Dec-07, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.space, FTX) !
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| | Rebel Blockade Runner Boarded
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The rebel troopers rush through the corridors of the Rebel Blockade Runner and take up positions in the main passageway. They nervously aim their weapons toward the door and suddenly a tremendous blast opens up a hole through the blast door. (URL) (...) (17 years ago, 15-Dec-07, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Change in LUGNET news appearance
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Hi all, in the next couple of days, you may notice some changes in the appearance of LUGNET news web pages. These changes are basically a testing scenario and will have the following impact: As long as you are visiting LUGNET news web pages (...) (17 years ago, 13-Dec-07, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | New LDraw part author tool: Coverer
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(2 URLs) Coverer> is a new tool for LDraw part authors that creates a sheet of triangle and quads between two sets of lines. Program, source, documentation, examples are available (URL) here> May this tool help you create new parts! Philo (17 years ago, 13-Dec-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, FTX) !
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| | Server Outage today
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Dear all, the main LUGNET server encountered an outage today, caused by a power supply failure and subsequent system recovery. As I am writing this, everything is back to normal and no data have been lost in the process. I apologize for any (...) (17 years ago, 13-Dec-07, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Christmas Wrath
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I have built this for a door decorating contest. (2 URLs) Akos (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Advent calendar
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I am putting together an advent calendar based on Jostein Gaarder's book "The Christmas Mystery" (Julemysteriet). You can find it on (URL). (10 URLs) Play well, Jacob -- Rowing boat (building instructions): (URL) (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, FTX) !
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| | Central Brick Union Order of Battle
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Hi all, I may as well post my second military faction, the Central Brick Union: (URL) CBU was most recently in action at the AMCP at BrickWorld 2007: (URL) goes without saying, but the Central Brick Union is a long-standing rival of the previously (...) (17 years ago, 9-Dec-07, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | MOC: Classic Albert Redux
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So it's a rebuilding year, especially since Albert didn't survive the move from LA a few years ago: (URL) The original was built in 2003. (URL) The latest build, finished this week: (URL) Click here for more pictures and the story behind it: (URL) (...) (17 years ago, 8-Dec-07, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Snowflake!
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An experiment using white leaves... (URL) Happy Holidays! "Big Daddy" Nelson (17 years ago, 6-Dec-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX) !!
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| | Breaking News! Enemy troops found within Tabletown Borders!
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During a routine patrol on Thursday 06/12/07, Recon' Troopers from the Tabletown Army stumbled across enemy troops from BestLockLand some three miles within the densely forested area in the north west sector of the Tabletown Region. Apparently (...) (17 years ago, 6-Dec-07, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce) !
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| | The Hawaii Theatre - a big MOC!
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Hi all, This past weekend (URL) LEAHI> (The Lego Enthusiasts Association of Hawaii) put on a display at the state First Lego League competition. I built a large model of the (URL) Hawaii Theatre>, a National Historic Landmark that opened in 1922. (...) (17 years ago, 5-Dec-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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| | Northern Brick Republic Order of Battle
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Hi all, I've been building military vehicles and collecting military figs for a while now, and it is high time for me to formally introduce the first of several factions. The Northern Brick Republic Order of Battle is now on Flickr at: (URL) NBR has (...) (17 years ago, 5-Dec-07, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | First Patrol
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Members of the 44th Tabletown Infantry Division embark upon the first patrol of their assigned sector near the BestLockLand Border. (URL) S. (17 years ago, 5-Dec-07, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce)
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| | LEGO TV on Comcast on Demand
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Hoping I'm not posting old news, but LEGO TV went live yesterday on Comcast on Demand. There's an hours worth of content that will be cycling through during this Christmas season. One of the features includes a report from Brickfest PDX and (...) (17 years ago, 4-Dec-07, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | The Tabletown Army is complete!
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After two weeks of frantic building, here we are: 1) Troops: (URL) Small Arms: (URL) Vigil Class Amphibious Supply Truck: (URL) Venom Class Battlefield Superiority Helicopter: (URL) list of my MOCs here (the others have been posted already): (URL) (...) (17 years ago, 2-Dec-07, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce)
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| | Zombie Hunt
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Lure and Destroy: Desert Zombie Headshot-Fest! This MOC was inspired primarily by Max Brooks' books, The Zombie Survival Guide, and World War Z. It is essentially a scene straight out of the survival guide's "On the Hunt" chapter: drive slow in a (...) (17 years ago, 2-Dec-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | LEGO Christmas gift recommendations
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We've posted 2007's LEGO Christmas gift recommendations at GUOM. You can view our recommendations at: (URL) and let us know if we missed something. Steven and Nikki (17 years ago, 1-Dec-07, to lugnet.announce.bimp)
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| | LDraw.org's November 2007 Model, Scene and Part of the Month Winners
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Congratulations to the winners of the November 2007 Model/Scene/Part Of The Month (MOTM/SOTM/POTM) contests: (URL) POTM - Best Part, Electric Technic Power Functions XL Motor Complete Shortcut by Philippe Hurbain (Philo)> (URL) POTM – Most Desired (...) (17 years ago, 1-Dec-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | BrickBuildr Hits its 90th Member
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BrickBuildr is (URL) 90 users> strong, with (URL) 78 LEGO related groups>, consisting of (URL) 26392 photos>, tagged with (URL) 5061 tags>. Any body want to design a logo for the web-site? I can pay in LEGO. :) --Mike. (17 years ago, 30-Nov-07, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | Reasonably Clever December Challenge: Holiday Transfomers
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Hello all - We just finished up our last contest ((URL) Mars Re-Mission>) at (URL) Reasonably Clever>, but we wanted to squeeze in one more challenge for 2007. To that end, I'd like to announce the (URL) Holiday Transformation Challenge> (URL) Your (...) (17 years ago, 29-Nov-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, FTX)
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| | The Brick Testament - War and Dismemberance
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(URL) The Brick Testament> has been updated today with seven new illustrated stories from the continuing saga of (URL) King David>: (URL) Makes Promises He Won't Keep>, (URL) Vanquished>, (URL) Massacres the Moabites>, (URL) Aramaeans Killed>, (URL) (...) (17 years ago, 29-Nov-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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| | Planeta Bur
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(2 URLs) BS> From (URL) everyone's favourite 60s Soviet sci-fi>. Tim (17 years ago, 29-Nov-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.vignette, FTX) !
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| | My Latest Iteration of Thomas the Tank Engine (with BBB wheels:-)
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In my never ending pursuit of the perfect Thomas MOC, there has been a HUGE development: Years ago I begged Ben Fleskes to make some BBB wheels in blue. Though I'm not sure it was because of my begging, he has FINALLY produced BBB wheels in blue (...) (17 years ago, 29-Nov-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
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| | New MOC: Cowans Sheldon 76T Rail Crane with Power Functions - photos
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Here are the photos of my new Rail Crane with Power Functions: (URL) It's an 8mm scale model of a Cowans Sheldon 76T crane. Some details still to finish - I want to make sure it passes the scale load lifting test first. The scale load will be 6 full (...) (17 years ago, 28-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.build, FTX) !
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| | Fountain - WIP
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I have 16 Café-Corner modules and it was getting a bit repetitive, so I decided that the next thing I will add to my layout will be a square or park. I have a small church that I think I will be able to add to this new section of my layout, but I (...) (17 years ago, 27-Nov-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Winter Meeting
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(2 URLs) Full gallery> (URL) Flickr> Two lovers from rival samurai clans meet in secret on a cold winter day. My first genuine non-space and mecha creation. I was inspired to try my hand at building a snow scene after seeing the snowscaping in (...) (17 years ago, 27-Nov-07, to lugnet.castle.ninja, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | HF110C 0-6-0T+T - 6 wide, powered and not really 0-6-0
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(2 URLs) Flickr> (URL) BS> Hi all, I finally got around to building some new rolling stock. As I have no internet at home I had to build it from a model from a magazine ((URL) Modeller>) but I tried to get it as accurate to the model as I could. As (...) (17 years ago, 27-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | Sentinel Class Recon'/Utility Vehicle (RUV).
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OK, so I couldn't help myself - here is the Sentinel Class Recon'/Utility Vehicle (RUV), based loosely on a Jeep, its purpose is to scout enemy territory, act as a patrol vehicle and as a general runaround. (URL) Sentinel is lightly armoured and can (...) (17 years ago, 26-Nov-07, to lugnet.build, lugnet.announce)
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| | British Class 35 "Hymek" Loco with Power Functions
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New photos on Brickshelf of my 8mm scale Class 35 Hymek loco ("Bear" from the Thomas stories), now with added Power Functions: (URL) can see the window of the PF IR receiver towards the right end of the roof here: (URL) odd bit in the middle of the (...) (17 years ago, 26-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Infiltrator Class APC
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This is probably the last military ground vehicle I will be pressing into service for the Tabletown Army - well, for a while at least. My brief here was to complete a trio of vehicles so that the Tabletown troops actually had something to ride (...) (17 years ago, 21-Nov-07, to lugnet.build, lugnet.announce)
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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 contest: (URL) currently have 4 entries for the MOTM, 3 for the SOTM and many for the POTM. As you might know we will run these contests only if there are a minimum of five entries. Please (...) (17 years ago, 21-Nov-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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| | AZOTH - close combat mech
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(2 URLs) Full gallery> <url=(URL) Flickr> Hooray for Thanksgiving holiday builds. This uses a basic click joint frame (based on Izzo's and Nnenn's click joint frames), which was a pain due to my blocky style of building and resulting heaviness. Next (...) (17 years ago, 21-Nov-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Lego Store Bridgewater Display
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The LEGO store at Bridgewater Mall in New Jersey currently has on display an MOC that I've done this past couple of weeks and will be on through the holiday season. (URL) AC (17 years ago, 21-Nov-07, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Pittsburgh & Lake Erie RR Caboose and Hopper
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Pittsburgh & Lake Erie RR Bay Window Caboose and 100 Ton Hoppers (URL) The (URL) Pittsburgh & Lake Erie RR> established in 1875 connected the steel centers of Connellsville PA, Pittsburgh, and Youngstown Ohio hauling coal, coke, iron ore, limestone, (...) (17 years ago, 21-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Aggressor Class Main Battle Tank - more toys for the Tabletown Army!
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Following my construction of the Triumph Class LAVs, I decided Tabletown needed something heavier to engage the enemy forces of BestLockLand, and so here we are! This is the Sinister Industries Aggressor Class MBT (Main Battle Tank). Weighing in at (...) (17 years ago, 20-Nov-07, to lugnet.build, lugnet.announce)
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| | Ambulance
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I recently beefed up my ambulance and am pleased well enough with the way it came out. (URL) I think it looks a little old school like 1970's or 80's ambulances. (the front end anyway) Comments and alternative ideas are more than appreciated. The (...) (17 years ago, 20-Nov-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town)
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| | Sava Railways' #982 "Lady" (with Big Ben's Medium Drivers)
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(2 URLs) Flickr Gallery> I was fortunate enough to recently get my hands on Big Ben Bricks new Medium Drivers, so I set out to build a Ten Wheeler based off of the Grapevine Railroad's "Puffy". "Lady" is fully track ready, easily negotiating turns (...) (17 years ago, 20-Nov-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | Stargate Update!
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Hello everybody! About 3 weeks ago, I opened a new sub section on my humble homepage dealing with Stargate ((URL)). Many people didn't notice it at first and asked "Why haven't you posted it on Lugnet". I'd like to do this now, as having had some (...) (17 years ago, 18-Nov-07, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX) !!
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| | Triumph Class Light Assault Vehicle, Newly delivered to the Tabletown Armed Forces
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This is my first attempt at an AFV and also my first ever attempt at "mass-producing" a vehicle. This is the Sinister Industries Triumph Class LAV (Light Assault Vehicle), a twin-gun turretless fast-moving ground vehicle. (URL) with two 50-megajoule (...) (17 years ago, 18-Nov-07, to lugnet.build, lugnet.announce)
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| | Custom LEGO Scrabble board
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Most of my tinkering with LEGO these days involves very utilitaran projects; such as this custom board I recently made for my tournament/competitive Scrabble playing: (URL) alert: glue and non-LEGO used) Eric Harshbarger (17 years ago, 16-Nov-07, to lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Portable LEGO! Zoo-In-A-Box
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Hello all! It has been a very long time- I’m very happy to be back!! Here’s my latest- Zoo In a Box- take it with you wherever you may go! (2 URLs) Let me know what you all think! Cheers- Megan (17 years ago, 16-Nov-07, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | Hiawatha steam locomotive
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For those of you who have been to either of the last two NMRA National Train Shows, you might have seen my (URL) Hiawatha train set>, (URL) You may have also noticed that the steam locomotive was more often a static display, giving way to diseasels. (...) (17 years ago, 16-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | The Brick Testament - David, King of Israel
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(URL) The Brick Testament> has been updated today with six new illustrated stories that kick off a new section of the website called (URL) King David>, covering stories from the Bible's books of 2 Samuel and 1 Chronicles. (2 URLs) to view the new (...) (17 years ago, 15-Nov-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX) !!
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| | Killer Dozers
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(URL) ...an (almost) alternate model for 8275 bulldozer. "Almost" because in addition to the 8275 set you need one more battery box and RC handset to control the second Killer Dozer. Each player control a dozer, the purpose of the game is to tip (...) (17 years ago, 15-Nov-07, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Serious E-mail issue resolved
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@ll, I am very sorry that apparently a serious issue with LUGNET's e-mail service went unnoticed for a couple of days. This resulted in a backlog of some 16,000 messages that went unprocessed plus several thousand e-mails that were not sent out. The (...) (17 years ago, 14-Nov-07, to lugnet.announce)
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| | VX-999 - Space Pirate Lair (microscale)
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(URL) I builded! After a year of not building anything, I decided to try out castle, microscale, and floating rocks - all in one MOC. This was inspired by the recent space station (fbtb) and microscale castle (classic-castle) contests, everyone's (...) (17 years ago, 12-Nov-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.space, FTX) !
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| | Killough platform with power functions
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A Killough platform is a triangular vehicle with three "omni-directional" wheels that can move or rotate in any direction. Here is my version using Power Functions motors. The obvious arrangement is to have one motor for each wheel. Instead, for an (...) (17 years ago, 13-Nov-07, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Adventures of the S-Team contest!
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Hi all, Today marks the 400th strip of The Adventures of the S-Team ((URL) and also a reiteration of a contest I announced back in October where you can be a guest author for the S-Team. Follow this link ((URL) the details. Entry deadline is (...) (17 years ago, 9-Nov-07, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Keeping Your Priorities Straight!
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For any of you that are fortunate enough to get the 10179 UCS Millennium Falcon set, remember to keep your priorities straight. Enjoy building that awesome set, but don't neglect the other priorities and opportunities in your life! (4 URLs) This is (...) (17 years ago, 6-Nov-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.vignette, FTX) !!
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| | another style Garbage Truck
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(URL) A more traditional USA style garbage truck. This is the first time I can remember that I used two different bright colors on a vehicle in such prominence. I don't hate the colors. I think they work OK together. Full folder: (URL) There are a (...) (17 years ago, 5-Nov-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Salior's Light
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This was my entry to the "Mini Castle Contest III" on C-C: (URL) Backstory: This once-barren island was discovered by a group of sea-faring monks, who liked the remote location, and labored hard to construct a new monastery there. However, they soon (...) (17 years ago, 3-Nov-07, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | LDraw.org's October 2007 Model, Scene and Part of the Month Winners
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Congratulations to the winners of the October 2007 Model/Scene/Part Of The Month (MOTM/SOTM/POTM) contests: (URL) MOTM, The Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb by Matija Puzar> (URL) POTM - Best Part, Electric Power Functions 9V Battery Box (...) (17 years ago, 2-Nov-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | Samurai Gates
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Through the gates of a Samurai clan, a small contingent of Ninjas prepare for a journey to the West. (2 URLs) AC (17 years ago, 2-Nov-07, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | 2007/2008 LDraw Standard Committee (LSC) election result
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The winners of the 2007/2008 LDraw Standards Committee (LSC) election are (in alphabetical order by last name): Travis Cobbs Mike Heidemann William Howard Philippe Hurbain Orion Pobursky Congratulations to the new LDraw Standards Committee (LSC) (...) (17 years ago, 2-Nov-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce) !
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| | LSculpt update - Mac version available!
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Jim Devona has kindly compiled LSculpt for Macintosh. It's a universal build, so it should work on Intel and PPC computers. I've also added a little more text to the HELP file and fixed a couple bugs. LSculpt is available at (URL) Here are a couple (...) (17 years ago, 1-Nov-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Adventures of the S-Team turns 400!
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Greetings, LEGO brethren (and, uh, sisthren?)! This is my first post on LugNet. My name is Ian Thomas Healy. I am the creator of the LEGO-based webcomic (URL) The Adventures of the S-Team>. Next Friday, November 9th, marks a milestone - my 400th (...) (17 years ago, 1-Nov-07, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | ULUG will attend The Wasatch Rails Train Show in Salt Lake City
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To all, ULUG will be attending the Wasatch Rails Train Show in Salt Lake City this weekend. This show officially kicks off our train year. Ironically, this will be our first year anniversary train show. Reed, as President of GBLT&C, has been (...) (17 years ago, 31-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.ulug, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce)
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| | Scania LS141 towing truck on scale 1:13
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Hi all, Again a new model from my side. Allthough I built this model somewhere at the end of 2005 I now add it to my website. Taking pictures of models always take more time than expected and I also wanted an extra tractor to carry. Yes, it's an old (...) (17 years ago, 31-Oct-07, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Scania LS141 towing truck on scale 1:13
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Hi all, Again a new model from my side. Allthough I built this model somewhere at the end of 2005 I now add it to my website. Taking pictures of models always take more time than expected and I also wanted an extra tractor to carry. Yes, it's an old (...) (17 years ago, 31-Oct-07, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | A different Holloween treat for the kids
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Kids who come around to my door this Holloween will be getting something a little different then the usual candy... (URL) (Ok, so it's also a shameless plug for my club's upcoming show.) I'm making around 50-60 of these small 'kits'. Through (...) (17 years ago, 31-Oct-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | Happy Halloween
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Just spreading a little holiday fear! (URL) (17 years ago, 30-Oct-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.western, lugnet.fun.holiday, FTX)
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| | Reminder: 2007/2008 LDraw Standards Committee (LSC) Election closing tomorrow
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Hi folks, As outlined here: (URL) election will close tomorrow, at 23:59 EDT (GMT -0500), October 31, 2007. Willy Tschager On behalf of the LDraw.org Steering Committee (17 years ago, 30-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | The most famous German sofa.
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Hello! It's the sofa the best German comedian Loriot and his no less best assistant Evelyn Hamann sat on when presenting their TV sketches in the 1970s. ( (URL) ) (URL) me, I'm a link!>> The reason I built this is a sad one. Evelyn Hamann died the (...) (17 years ago, 30-Oct-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, FTX) !
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| | Trick or Treat
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Not a terribly original idea, but I needed some Halloween decor for my living room. (URL) Happy Halloween! -Elroy (17 years ago, 28-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | The Last Supper - Leonardo Da Vinci Style
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Here's my new take on The Last Supper, this time attempting to stay as faithful as possible to (URL) Leonardo Da Vinci's original>: (URL) Hundreds of years of deterioration and poorly executed "restorations" have left it uncertain exactly how the (...) (17 years ago, 26-Oct-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX) !
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| | Garbage container truck
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(URL) Prototype: (URL) These trucks are seen near the main garbage transfer station on the Harlem River in the Bronx. Typically, four of these containers would be placed on a rail flat car (MOC to come) and transported to a land fill out of state. I (...) (17 years ago, 25-Oct-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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| | Scott Wardlaw's GE AC4400CW in Canadian Pacific Trim
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(URL) After several versions, I think this one turned out pretty good. Please take a look at the pictures and let me know what you think. (URL) Thanks for looking, Scott (17 years ago, 25-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | LEGO Robotics Competition XI
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:: Competition XI Press Release - For Immediate Release! The School of Technology at Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana and the Evansville Chapter 73 of The Society of Manufacturing Engineers announce the student Lego robotics competition XI (...) (17 years ago, 25-Oct-07, to lugnet.loc.us.in.eva, lugnet.events, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.announce.bimp)
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| | Reminder: 2007/2008 LDraw Standards Committee (LSC) Election closing in a week
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Hi folks, As outlined here: (URL) election will close in a week, at 23:59 EDT (GMT -0500), October 31, 2007. Willy Tschager On behalf of the LDraw.org Steering Committee (17 years ago, 24-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Four-stroke pneumatic pump
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Here is my last creation, a four-stroke pneumatic compressor. (URL) only special parts are the small pumps and the crankshaft pieces. This compressor can also be build up partly. I mean you can use one or two pumps instead of four. Depending on the (...) (17 years ago, 25-Oct-07, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.announce) !
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| | News from California
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LEGOLAND California is closed today due to the fires in Southern California. Interstate 5 and the associated railroad tracks from Oceanside to San Clemente were shut down at 02:00 this morning, cutting off access to the park from north of San Diego. (...) (17 years ago, 24-Oct-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.legoland.california, FTX)
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| | Building block cake recipe from Betty Crocker
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Want to bake a Lego-style cake? I just found this online: (URL) it's safe to eat Lego :) Roy (17 years ago, 24-Oct-07, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Eternity Puzzle
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Hi all, When I was showing my interlocking puzzles during the 75th anniversary of LEGO, one of the employees asked me if I'd already heard of the (recently launched) Eternity II Puzzle: the first one who manages to solve it, wins $2million. He (...) (17 years ago, 23-Oct-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, FTX) !!
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| | New MOC: Legoland Spacelines 979
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As seen at BrickCon 2007: (URL) Some construction info: (URL) forums> (URL) Flickr set> --Bram (17 years ago, 21-Oct-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
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| | Walker useing new leg design
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After a few long weeks of tinkering, I think Ive settled on a final design that I would like to display at the (URL) Toronto Hobby show.> (URL) This is a six leg walker, that uses the leg design of (URL) Theo Jansen> After seeing his video (URL) (...) (17 years ago, 19-Oct-07, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | Weren't we all expecting this??
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In someways I knew this would happen and I have been expecting this day. Hopefully, it means the downfall of MegaBloks forever! (URL) (17 years ago, 19-Oct-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.ulug)
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| | Persian Caravan
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An oasis provides a refreshing respite from the scorching desert dunes for the traveling caravan making their journey to the Western hemisphere. (URL) AC (17 years ago, 19-Oct-07, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Peregrine Dropship
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Let me know what you think. Thanks for looking. (URL) U.A.M.C. Peregrin CISM Dropsip> (17 years ago, 19-Oct-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Building in TLC standard
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Hi, Here is my first Building made in the Corner Café and Market Street standard: (URL) Some original details: The shade of the store is rolled up The light of the sign are made of shovel The carpet on the second floor is only one half plate high (...) (17 years ago, 17-Oct-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | Fambaa
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Better pics of the beast... (URL) AC (17 years ago, 17-Oct-07, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Updates to Sticker Generater
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(URL) Thanks to everyone who provided constructive input on my Sticker Generator Software. The following improvements / changes have been made: More keyboard-user friendly Ignore White Color is more accurate Ingore Black Color is more accurate (...) (17 years ago, 17-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
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| | Re: BrickJournal 9 is OUT, as well as other news!
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I can't say that I'm terribly upset and that I didn't see this coming. Now that BrickJournal can have real subscribers, the magazine can continue to grow with more advertising. I do hope that the advertising will be cheaper for LEGO based (...) (17 years ago, 17-Oct-07, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | 2007/2008 LDraw Standards Committee (LSC) Election is open
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The 2007/2008 LDraw Standards Committee[1] election is now open. To vote, please visit (URL) and log in with your user account. Next, visit the ballot page on LDraw.org here: (URL) LDraw organization members may vote and you may vote for up to five (...) (17 years ago, 17-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | Bridgelayer
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Hi all, Here's my newest armored vehicle, and one I've been meaning to build for a long time. I can honestly say that the Armadillo Armored Bridge Launcher is probably the most challenging MOC I've built in my 25 + years, and it's quite satisfying (...) (17 years ago, 16-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.technic) !
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| | BrickJournal 9 is OUT, as well as other news!
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(URL) BrickJournal 9 is now available for downloading through its (URL) TwoMorrows.> It's 148 pages of reports and instructions, with event reports of 1000steine-Land, Brickworld, and LEGOFest. There's also interviews with a couple of Star Wars (...) (17 years ago, 16-Oct-07, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | Brickfair is official....
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This was posted in the WAMALUG and WAMAltc yahoogroups earlier today: BrickFair 2008 is official. Plans have been in the works to bring the LEGO festival back to the Washington DC area. As of today it is official. Next summer's event is once again (...) (17 years ago, 13-Oct-07, to lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | Two more interlocking puzzles
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Hi all, I built them a few months ago, but couldn't find the time to place them online: The Altekruse puzzle (with 12 or 14 similar pieces): (click image) (2 URLs) A 6-piece Burr puzzle: (click image) (URL) Larger images in my (URL) (...) (17 years ago, 13-Oct-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, FTX) !
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| | Reminder: 2007/2008 LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) closing tomorrow
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Hi folks, as outlined here: (URL) will close tomorrow, at 11:59 PM GMT on 14 October 2007 and elections will start October 17. Only those candidates that have been nominated and have accepted as outlined (or volunteer), will be eligible for (...) (17 years ago, 13-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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| | Surprise! ULUG will be attending the Train Show in Idaho Falls, Idaho
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To all, ULUG received a lated and surprising invitation to attend a train show in Idaho Falls, Idaho over the weekend. So Reed, David and I will be traveling to Idaho today to set-up. If you are in the area or attending BYU-Idaho, stop by and say (...) (17 years ago, 12-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.ulug, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce)
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| | Rutland Alco RS-3 #205
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After working out how to build the Rutland boxcar, I decided to work on one of the Rutland's diesel locomotives to pull it. An RS-3 looked like a nice challenge, and Rutland owned a few of them. (URL) I tried to capture the most distinctive (...) (17 years ago, 12-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.org.us.nelug, FTX)
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| | NXT Power Programming
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I’d like to officially announce that Variant Press will soon publish my new book, NXT Power Programming. It should be available November 7th. You can pre-order it now at Amazon.com or Variant Press. I hope everyone who purchases a copy of NXT Power (...) (17 years ago, 11-Oct-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.nxt) !
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| | Five micro skyscrapers
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After seeing Adam Tucker's amazing skyscrapers at Brickworld I was inspired to try my own micro-scale versions. To date I've produced five: 1.Sears Tower (Inspired by Adam Tucker, and SpencerR) (URL) 2.St. Louis Arch (URL) 3. Petronas Towers (URL) (...) (17 years ago, 8-Oct-07, to lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc) !!
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| | Simpsons
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The beginning of today’s Simpsons was a LEGO scene. Mike (17 years ago, 8-Oct-07, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Reminder: 2007/2008 LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) closing in a week
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Hi folks, we are half way down with the nominations. As outlined here: (URL) will close in a week, at 11:59 PM GMT on 14 October 2007 and elections will start October 17. Only those candidates that have been nominated, seconded, and have accepted as (...) (17 years ago, 7-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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| | Rutland Boxcar #104
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One of the positive sides of all the recent talk of 9v trains is that it got me building again. I don't usually post renders, but I liked the way this one turned out, and I don't (yet) have the pieces to build it. Here is my version of Rutland (...) (17 years ago, 6-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.org.us.nelug, FTX) !
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| | Power Functions presentation
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I have updated my website with a presentation of the new Power Functions system, including: # Overview of Power Functions range # Description of working # Comparison with older 9V mini-motors # LDraw and LeoCAD part files (URL) motors comparison (...) (17 years ago, 6-Oct-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains) !!
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