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SCLTC has claimed a world record for the largest United States flag ever made of LEGO bricks. Built by visitors to the 2005 Orange County Fair during the weekend of July 15 through 17 under the direction of SCLTC, the flag contains the 127,624 LEGO (...) (19 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.build, FTX) !!
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"Ted Michon" <ted@scltc.org> wrote in message news:IJu4z8.1Mp3@lugnet.com... (...) Awesome! Be sure to fold it up properly when you get done... ;) Rob (19 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc)
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Very Impressive, you all should be proud. I would have loved to make it out and help out, but alas I was constrained to attend Comic-con that weekend. Congradulations on an impressive feat. Scott (...) (19 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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(...) Rob- Gee, first Larry P wants us to get the cord right and now you want us to be able to fold it! (Us and what combination of forklifts and cranes?) -Ted (19 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc)
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(...) Scott- Anything that keeps ones hands from touching LEGO must be very "constraining" indeed! -Ted (19 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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(...) ?? what cord ?? You left the cord out!!! Geez, call Guinness. All I was asking about was how you snotted in the stars! (...) 220, 221, whatever it takes. You guys have lots of technic bricks, you'll think of something. (19 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc)
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(...) Larry- You also asked (at the same previous time): (...) I interpretted that to mean "How as the flag attached to the flag pole?". I assumed you were not asking about our infinitely strong and massless LEGO and just addressing the otherwise (...) (19 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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(...) I am soooo jealous. Just looking at those pictures makes my heart pound. Great Job. I hope you post a picture or two about the structural make-up of the rows, etc. Brian (19 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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(...) Brian- Very little to it, just more 2x2s (we used different colors, green in this photo): (URL) The 4 3/4 inch galvanized steel poles that run through the stripes are each placed in 4x4 stud holes and are sunk 14 inches into the base made of 3 (...) (19 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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(...) What about the curve? How did you maintain structural integrity with many people building the moc (as in the shape of the curve)? From my experience with 2x2 bricks and curves they do not have a lot of clutch power. So your building technique (...) (19 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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(...) Club members built the first 6 rows by working on top of a pattern (a mirror image of a stripe, turned upside down so it would not stick). The shape gets locked in as soon as there are two rows of bricks in place. We used 6 rows to increase (...) (19 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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(...) Brian- This one shows the internal structure more clearly (URL) -Ted (19 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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Starts reply by wiping a tear from my eyes ... beautiful. So how much time and planning went into creating the pattern? What about the supporting vertical iron supports? Whose idea was that and did you just do it or engineer it? With the posts in (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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(...) David, Thomas, and I built some sample stripes using some 14 gauge Romex wire as a flexible contour guide. We locked the wire down in place using bricks on 10 48x48 stud baseplates and built the sample stripe next to it. When we got something (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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Just to be clear, the green bricks in this photo are 2x2s, not 2x4s. -Ted (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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(...) I stand corrected, though from the picture, I can't tell there exists a seem between those 2x2 green bricks (must have been those Australian builders, huh? :) ). (...) Awesome. I love it when the crowd participates. It does sound like it could (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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