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| Hi all, The Greater Florida LEGO Train Club will have a layout at the Great American Trains Show (GATS) December 11-12, 2004 in Tampa, Florida. The 28ft X 16ft layout will feature two main lines of trains, a Monorail line, a large yard area, a large (...) (20 years ago, 15-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.org.us.gflug)
| | | | | Candle
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| For the time of advent here is my candle for you: (URL) can use it as email attachment for your christmas mails. If anybody wants to see more of my artwork, just google for "edy lego art". Merry Christmas eddy (20 years ago, 14-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce) !
| | | | | First public M>ltc display at Brandon Park Model Show
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| It's over!!! ===...=== This past weekend, (URL) the Melbourne LEGO® Train Club> did our first public train show. It was part of the Brandon Park Model Show, so there were models of all kinds there, although the majority were model trains. We had a (...) (20 years ago, 13-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains.org.mltc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | Besieging the chicken coop
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| Hi all, In a discussion on Classic-Castle, Josh suggested that set 1971, Black Knight's Battering Ram, ""might be good for besieging chicken coops, that's about it." Hence this MOC: (URL) the chicken coop>. (URL) Fox design inspired by Anne Henmi (...) (20 years ago, 10-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.castle, FTX)
| | | | | Teeny tiny mini-mecha
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| Hi all, Just a quick little (URL) microscale mecha>, built for a (URL) contest on Bothans>. (URL) Bruce (20 years ago, 10-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
| | | | | Modelling Indian Railways In Lego- A tutorial
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| Hi All, I had briefly mentioned that I had written up a very basic tutorial on modelling Indian Railways in Lego in my first post. Okay, so I think I'd better give some background on this. There are no RTR models or kits made of Indian Trains, (...) (20 years ago, 10-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.publish, lugnet.loc.in) !!
| | | | | Pictures from SCLTC's latest event! - December 4, 2004
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| The Southern California LEGO Train Club had a great weekend at the San Diego Model Railroad Museum! (9 URLs) Pictures of our latest layout are now available on our club website at (URL) www.scltc.org>. Our layout included a brand new waterfront (...) (20 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
| | | | | VIP treatment
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| My first microscale creation for the LEGO factory contest, week 4. (URL) For more pics (URL) Imagine you could be a VIP for a day. Big black limousine, fancy hotel, everything is taken care of... I tried to put a lot of detail in it like street (...) (20 years ago, 6-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX) !
| | | | | LDraw.org's November Model and Scene of the Month Winners
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| Congratulations to the winners of the November Model/Scene of the month contests: Both Model and Scene of the Month were won by Jorgen Andersson (URL) MOTM, Panzer IV H - German Medium Tank> (URL) SOTM, Class V5 diesel pulling boxcars> The voting (...) (20 years ago, 6-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
| | | | | GFLUG and GFLTC at FLBG this Saturday
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| Hi all, The Greater Florida LEGO Users Group and Train Club will have a display at the Florida Botanical Gardens for Seasonal Sensations December 4, 2004 in Largo, Florida. Our display room will feature a large LEGO Theme park with running trains (...) (20 years ago, 4-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.org.us.gflug)
| | | | | First public display for M>ltc
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| M>ltc is happy to announce we will be displaying our first public layout at the Melbourne Train Expo and Hobby Show, next weekend 11th & 12th of December. Details: Brentwood Community Youth Club Hall Brandon Park Reserve Ferntree Gully Road Glen (...) (20 years ago, 3-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains.org.mltc, lugnet.loc.au.vic.mel, FTX) !
| | | | | LEGO menorah to be constructed for Hanukkah
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| For those in the Charlotte, NC area, I found this in yesterdays Charlotte Observer: Charlotte's first giant Lego Menorah will be constructed Tuesday (Dec.7), the first night of Hanukkah, in SouthPark mall near the fountain. The building begins at 4 (...) (20 years ago, 3-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.loc.us.nc.cha, lugnet.loc.us.sc)
| | | | | The SPLTC to Display its Old West Town Train Layout - 12/5 & 12/6
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| The SPLTC (Southern Pacific LEGO® Train Club) will be displaying its "Old West Town" layout at the GATS show in Del Mar. On our 15' x 25' layout, you will find: • An “Old West Town” circa the late 1800’s • Multiple-horse drawn wagons & corrals • (...) (20 years ago, 3-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.org.us.sandlug) !!
| | | | | SCLT braces for 10,000 visitors in 29 hours! (revised)
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| (URL) SCLTC expects a crush of well over 10,000 visitors to pass by its current show at the San Diego Model Railroad Museum this weekend in just two brief 5 hour segments. The occasion is SCLTC’s third straight year at the annual December Nights (...) (20 years ago, 3-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX) !!
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| | | | | | Space Wheels Contest - Closed
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| The Space Wheels Contest is now closed. Thanks to all that entered - it was good to see so many new .spacers entering [1]. There have been some fantastic entries, not to mention some innovative approaches to the subject. Well done to you all. The (...) (20 years ago, 1-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | LDraw on G4TechTV Screen Savers
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| Next week, I'm following in Steve Hassenplug's footsteps and making an appearance on G4TechTV's Screen Savers, where I will show cool stuff that can be done with LDraw. I'm planning to show some of my custom building instructions, rendered posters (...) (20 years ago, 1-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.people) !!
| | | | | ILTCO to display at the NMRA 2005 National Train Show
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| Greetings We are delighted to announce that ILTCO has been invited to display at the National Model Railroad Association (NMRA) Annual Train Show. NMRA 2005 Train Show will be held immediately following the NMRA National Convention in Cincinnati. (...) (20 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, FTX) !!
| | | | | New link button etc..
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| Hey friends. I just made a new link button for zemi. Please grab it for your site and update the link. I thought I'd also remind you guys that I'm accepting link submissions. Feel free to drop by and add a link and return the favor on your end if (...) (20 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.space, FTX)
| | | | | Military Hover-Vehicle Contest Update
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| Tom McDonald, one of the judges has noticed a typo in the size limitations so I have fixed them accordingly, this will encourage some more active building, and fix the entries already in. Small (one-Man) has been upgaded to 20x20 limit. Medium (...) (20 years ago, 29-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Brick Testament book signings in Sunnyvale, CA, and San Francisco
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| Just wanted to let you guys know, I will be doing a couple of in-store book signing events for (URL) The Brick Testament: The Story of Christmas>. Come on by if you can make it. :) The first is this Saturday, December 4, at 2pm at the (URL) Books> (...) (20 years ago, 29-Nov-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.books, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX) !
| | | | | *** LDView Version 3.0 Beta 1 Released ***
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| LDView version 3.0 Beta 1 is now available for public testing, in both source and binary forms for Windows and Linux. You can find both at the new LDView web page on SourceForge.net: (URL) This is an official public beta test for LDView 3.0. LDView (...) (20 years ago, 29-Nov-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, FTX)
| | | | | Announcing the 2nd annual Midwest Lego train show Dec. 4th-5th
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| Announcing the 2nd annual Midwest Lego train show. On December 4-5th the NILTC, IndyLUG and MichianaLUG will join forces in Winfield, IL to fill over 5000 sq ft with Lego fun. This year’s show includes an almost entirely redesigned NILTC layout (...) (20 years ago, 27-Nov-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.niltc, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX) !!
| | | | | Re: I love Lego
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| !Wow, God, all the people who replied to this post are so defensive and protective of TLG. This is simply a personally statement of an individual who's valid concerns has caused him to express his feelings to TLG. This is directed to them...not you, (...) (20 years ago, 26-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.people, lugnet.general) !
| | | | | NELUG display at RI Cooks Convention
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| This past weekend, the New England Lego User's Group displayed a 10'x30' train display at the RI Cooks convention in Providence. We were also accompnaied by a pair of RI First Lego League teams who are preparing for competition this coming January. (...) (20 years ago, 23-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.loc.us.ri, FTX) !
| | | | | SCLTC opens third season at SDMRRM
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| SCLTC opens its third consecutive winter engagement at the San Diego Model Railroad Museum today. The new layout features an oceanfront with extensive undersea view, hotel, aerial balloons, lighthouse, and 90 inch arch bridge. On display at the (...) (20 years ago, 23-Nov-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
| | | | | USS Constellation
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| Here's my entry for Week 2 of the (URL) LEGO Factory> contest: (URL) Page>> (URL) LUGNET Page> The (URL) USS Constellation> is a historic ship docked in Baltimore's Inner Harbor - if you've never been to Charm City, you might recognize it from set (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
| | | | | LMHoF Published in Brickmasters Magazine
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| Hello friends, We’ve sort of been keeping this under our hats, but now that I just got my “Brickmasters” magazine in the mail I can’t hold it in any longer. The Mecha Hall of Fame is a centerfold! A small selection of mechs from the LMHoF were (...) (20 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
| | | | | One last Spring Cleaning set
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| D'oh! I completely forgot to post this yesterday (the first day I had clearance to post). On or around 25 November, there will be one last Spring Cleaning set hitting K-Mart. I'm not actually sure of the details, but just that it's coming. Jake --- (...) (20 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
| | | | | NELUG to display at the RI Cooks Convention - Nov 19-21 RI Convention Center
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| The New England Lego Users Group will be displaying at the (URL) Rhode Island Cooks Convention> at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence, RI on November 19-21. The display will include several creations from NELUG members, as well as two (...) (20 years ago, 16-Nov-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.ma, FTX) !
| | | | | LDraw Design Pad v1.5.6 Released
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| LDraw Design Pad (LDDP) is a tool for editing and handling LDraw files in a very comfortable way. The new version can be downloaded here: (URL) Features are: -Fully customizable editor with syntax highlighting -Open multiple files at the same time (...) (20 years ago, 14-Nov-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev) !
| | | | | South Baltimore Rowhouses
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| Here's my first entry to the (URL) LEGO Factory> contest: (2 URLs) LUGNET page> It's three South Baltimore rowhouses, complete with marble stoops and Formstone (sorry, no women in housecoats) This is my first 'virtual' model, and only my second (...) (20 years ago, 13-Nov-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.cad, FTX) !
| | | | | MOC F1 car; no it's not a red Ferrari, but an alternate yellow one of the 4404 set
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| As many may have seen there are some LEGO F1 cars on the market. If you are a fanboy of Formula 1 but you don't have the money to buy an F1 lego car, or if you just dislike Ferrari after another victory, there might be another solution... Take the (...) (20 years ago, 11-Nov-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.sports, FTX) !!
| | | | | MLCad.ini 2004-04 Update Now Available
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| Hi, I just updated the MLCad.ini file accordingly to the latest LDraw.org parts update 2004-04. The .ini file defines the parts available in MLCad's minifigure generator. Download the file from my website: www.holly-wood.it/mlcad-en.html The update (...) (20 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
| | | | | LDraw.org's October Model and Scene of the Month Winners
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| Congratulations to the winners of the October Model/Scene of the month contests: (URL) MOTM, Set 4450 - P10 steam engine, Ben Beneke> (URL) SOTM, Cityscape 3: Bus Stop in the Summer Sun, Niels Bugge> The voting for the November Model of the Month (...) (20 years ago, 7-Nov-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
| | | | | LDraw.org 2004-04 Parts Update Now Available
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| The 2004-04 LDraw parts update has been now been released. This update includes 228 files, including 85 new part files, and many more updated with improvements for Back Face Culling support. You can preview the new parts in 2004-04 and download the (...) (20 years ago, 6-Nov-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad) !!
| | | | | 1 to 25 Gatehouse
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| After nearly a year of designing, drawing and building, I have finished the gateway to Sokenniwell Castle, just in time for LW2004, a great Dutch LEGO-event. Don,t mind the Bel-girls too much. Their presence is only for being a reference for the (...) (20 years ago, 6-Nov-04, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Titanic
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| Hey everybody! Here is one of my recent creations, a 3 foot long version of the Titanic: (URL) was done for a client, and turned out pretty good. At least they were happy! I have built a much larger one before (about 10 years ago) that measures 7 (...) (20 years ago, 4-Nov-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build)
| | | | | BNSF high balls it!
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| The new BNSF freight engines have arrived in Enfield and are shipping out early! (20 years ago, 3-Nov-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | The Brick Testament: The Story of Christmas now in stores!
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| I am very pleased to announce that the new Brick Testament book has officially been released, and is now in stores nationwide: (URL) Featuring an entirely new and never-before-seen illustrated version of one of the Bible's most famous and beloved (...) (20 years ago, 2-Nov-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.books, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.publish, lugnet.loc.us, FTX) !!
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