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| Hi all, It's been a while since I last posted MOCs, but I've been very busy building into the new year. The Central Brick Union (CBU) and the Northern Brick Republic (NBR) continue their endless struggle for world domination, and have added various (...) (17 years ago, 5-Feb-08, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce.moc) !
| | | | | Phoenix
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| (2 URLs) Youtube link of a video of the ride in action> The Phoenix is a funfair ride run custom made for (and partly by) Ben Helgi and Hilde Sigrún. Hilde designed the mechanics, while Ben was responsible for the look of the ride and the paintjob (...) (17 years ago, 9-Feb-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
| | | | | PCS Industries Agro Lab
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| The second module for my moonbase project is now done! The old greenhouse was a big hit at the shows, so I had to do a new one! (2 URLs) PCS Industries (PCSI) Agro Lab is a small facility located on the eastern edge of Moonbase Alpha near the cargo (...) (17 years ago, 10-Feb-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, FTX)
| | | | | Hoth LEGO Store Display
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| Due to the great feedback on the (URL) first MOC> that I've done for the LEGO store at Bridgewater Mall in New Jersey, I've been asked to build a new one to replace it. The theme this time is Hoth which many will recognize as a composite of previous (...) (17 years ago, 7-Feb-08, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | GP-9 Locomotive & 136-Stud Truss Bridge
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| Just finished up a couple new Train MOC's this week and figured I'd share with the community. First up is my take on the EMD GP-9. The EMD GP9 is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between January 1954 and (...) (17 years ago, 7-Feb-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | | | New mecha: Tyr
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| Hello, all Finshed my latest Mech on Sunday. I call it Tyr. There are two variants: Tyr Primary: (URL) Variant A (URL) (17 years ago, 7-Feb-08, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc)
| | | | | Remote Switch (was: Scale Modelers Aren't the Only Ones . . .)
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| (...) I love Rick's awesome spear switch idea. I kept running it through my head to see if I could make it any smaller. I came up with something this morning: (2 URLs) Full Gallery of my prototype> I only have technic motors, so I wanted a solution (...) (18 years ago, 2-Feb-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | Jabba's Steampunk Barge
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| Contest entry for the FBTB Steam Wars loosely based from the (URL) initial concept sketches of Jabba's Sail Barge>. (URL) AC (18 years ago, 31-Jan-08, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | MOC: Falco II
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| Em português no meu blog: (2 URLs) This is my last MOC. Is a hydroplane inspired on the original Falco that appears on the Conan, The Future Boy, a anime TV series from the 70s. The main reason to do this adaptation was the general shape of the (...) (18 years ago, 30-Jan-08, to lugnet.loc.pt, lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | Norfolk & Western Y6b 2-8-8-2 Steam Locomotive
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| Norfolk & Western Y6b 2-8-8-2 Steam Locomotive After tackling a few rigid frame steamers I decided for my next challenge to build an articulated. So I chose one of my favorite Mallets the (URL) N&W Y6b>. (3 URLs) Brickshelf Gallery> after (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
| | | | | tiny house (half timber) and child
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| Hello all, Our son Hillel was born on Dec. 30, 2007. In the couple of weeks before his birth, I seized on the notion of building a tiny house out of Lego. Maybe the AFOL version of a nesting instinct? (URL) moderation, you can see more pictures (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jan-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | Saunaspeeder
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| (2 URLs) BS> (URL) Flickr> Well a bunch of other people have posted theirs here so I may as well follow the trend. My version of the snowspeeder. Tim (18 years ago, 23-Jan-08, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | RNAF1 - How to smoke a monkey in a far far away galaxy...
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| Hi, This is my entry for the Steam Wars competition, thought I'd post it here too. (2 URLs) Cheers, Mark. (18 years ago, 22-Jan-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.starwars, FTX) !
| | | | | (Steamwars) Darling Apollo IV: Machina Nosejob
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| This was built for the (URL) contest on FBTB. (2 URLs) Flickr> (URL) Brickshelf> The Darling Apollo, here in the Machina Nosejob edition, is a craft without equal. Made of the finest wood and iron, it's not only a beauty a look at - it also pack a (...) (18 years ago, 19-Jan-08, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.starwars, FTX) !
| | | | | Steampunk Millenium Falcon
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| Hello, all. I just completed a build for a Steampunk version of the Millennium Falcon for the Steam Wars contest over at FBTB. Attention whore that I am, I wanted to share my efforts here as well. ;) (URL) Click the picture or (URL) to see more, (...) (18 years ago, 19-Jan-08, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
| | | | | New Mech, The Pitbull
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| Hello all, Just finished my newest mech last week, The Pitbull. I promise, this will be my last yellow mech for a while! It is the latest creation of Clan Coyote. There are five variants, I have pics of three of them below. Variant A (URL) C (URL) D (...) (18 years ago, 14-Jan-08, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc)
| | | | | The Brick Testament - David loses a new son, gains a new hat
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| (URL) The Brick Testament>'s first update of 2008 includes seven new illustrated stories from the continuing saga of (URL) King David>: (URL) Mourns the Eye-Gouger>, (URL) Aramaeans Killed>, (URL) of the Ammonites>, (URL) Commits Adultery, Murder>, (...) (18 years ago, 10-Jan-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX) !
| | | | | Minifig Vending Machine
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| No it's not a machine that vends Minifigs...although that would be a sweet concept. I'd go broke if we had one of those at work. :-) I might just be on to something here. A Minifig vending machine. It could revolutionize Minifig distribution. (...) (18 years ago, 8-Jan-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, FTX) !
| | | | | PCS Industries Cargo Center
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| (URL) PCS Industries (PCSI) Cargo Center 03> is a small cargo facility located on the eastern edge of Moonbase Alpha. Originally it was a supply station for the PCS government in the First Lunar War and was purchased by PCS Industries as part of the (...) (18 years ago, 7-Jan-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | Braiding Machine
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| Greetings All, I built a three strand braiding machine that can be seen here: (URL) a video can be seen here: (URL) pleased with the results and hope you enjoy it. Regards, Tom (18 years ago, 7-Jan-08, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce.moc) !
| | | | | Sliding Puzzle - NOTW Logo
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| I really enjoyed this post about mosaic kits and a LEGO sliding puzzle design: (URL) As a Christmas gift for my daughter I built a slightly larger sliding puzzle design which completely covers a standard square green baseplate. Since she will (...) (18 years ago, 5-Jan-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, FTX)
| | | | | New Small Train Station MOC
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| Hey there all you train-heads! I finally got around to doing another train MOC while I had some time off over X-mas. I went for a small train station like you might see in a little town in Europe. I did a bunch of image searching on the web and (...) (18 years ago, 4-Jan-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, FTX) !
| | | | | new moc: water tower house
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| i vowed to myself to post this before the new year. i have berated fellow lug members for not posting their new mocs but then i distinctly heard mr. pot calling to mr. kettle, something about the colour black. back in april i completed a new moc, (...) (18 years ago, 31-Dec-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch, FTX) !!
| | | | | Holiday Train (MOC Style)
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| Hey all, I know, it's been a loooong while since I've posted anything (let alone a MOC announcement). But I've been working on this since before Christmas, and I think that I've finally reached the point where I must stop, or it will take over the (...) (18 years ago, 31-Dec-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Stone Soup
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| I always liked the children's story (URL) Stone Soup> since hearing it read on the Captain Kangaroo television show many years ago. This vignette illustrates one scene from the story. (URL) (18 years ago, 30-Dec-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | Bovinius Minimus
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| Ok, so I guess I'm in a strange old world naming mood this holiday season. Inspired by Siggurd's mini-quad (URL) decided to make a small octopod using small pistons. It uses two small pistons per switch, chained together as a 3 segment inchworm. (...) (18 years ago, 26-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce.moc)
| | | | | Octomedius
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| I was inspired by Philo's pneumatic wheel and his ratio of 1 switch per piston. (URL) right, in that when I did my Inchworms they all used two switches per piston, and he cut it to one. I wondered how short I could make one of my inchworms and still (...) (18 years ago, 26-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce.moc)
| | | | | Inchworm 4
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| I was playing with pneumatic piston and switch linkages trying to improve on the geometries I've developed in the past. This lead to inchworm 4. (URL) 4 has two waves travel down its body like inchworm 3 (URL) big difference is the design of an (...) (18 years ago, 26-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce.moc)
| | | | | Inchworm 3
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| Real life has finally slowed down enough to have time to build. After showing off my robots at an elementary school in another town for three days, I got a huge burst of energy. My first creation was a new kind of pneumatic inchworm. It uses the (...) (18 years ago, 26-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce.moc)
| | | | | Care Bear Sculpture
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| When my younger daughter was growing up she enjoyed playing with, and collecting Care Bears. One of her favorites was Love-a-Lot Bear. Now that she has grown up, the bears have been put away for several years. I wanted to make her a LEGO Christmas (...) (18 years ago, 26-Dec-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX) !
| | | | | Rebel Advance Lookout
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| The rebels established a secret launch base in the Massassi temple of the Yavin system. Advance lookout posts surrounded the perimeter keeping track of ships that come and go manned by rebel troopers around the clock. (URL) AC (18 years ago, 24-Dec-07, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | Skyscraper wip
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| ok here is my skyscraper I am working on. I got the ground floor finished tonight and wanted to show it off a little. part of this project is the road and landscape around it. so anyway. (URL) after moderation: (URL) plmkwyt, Spencer (18 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | Rutland Gondola
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| I'm slowly adding to my collection of vintage Rutland locos and cars. The latest is a Rutland gondola, based on an old photo found (URL), and an n-scale version pictured (URL) here>. (2 URLs) NELUG Gallery> The sides of the gondola are built from (...) (18 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.org.us.nelug, FTX) !!
| | | | | Wedding Card Vignettes
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| When my wife & I got married in 2006, one of our friends, who was aware of my AFOLness, gave us a fantastic, homemade card featuring two vignettes related to our hobbies. My wife loves to cook (URL) and I was a volunteer firefighter (URL) The cover (...) (18 years ago, 18-Dec-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.vignette, FTX) !
| | | | | Latest Mechs
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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) (18 years ago, 17-Dec-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc)
| | | | | 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) (18 years ago, 16-Dec-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | 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 (...) (18 years ago, 16-Dec-07, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.space, FTX) !
| | | | | 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) (...) (18 years ago, 15-Dec-07, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | Christmas Wrath
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| I have built this for a door decorating contest. (2 URLs) Akos (18 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | 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) (18 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, FTX) !
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