 | | 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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| | 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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| | 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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| | 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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| | 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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| | 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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| | 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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| | 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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