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enjoy the folder including floor plans and research photos.
-§ deborah higdon-leblond §-
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I’ve just completed my first mecha build ever. It is the OTOMech Model TK-MM
and is the brainchild of the industrial design unit of ToT-LUG Industries and it
is the first mech to come out of the up-and-coming design house. Weighing in at
roughly 100 tons, it is designed as a mid-sized walker designed to support a
ground attack. The walker stands roughly 35 feet high and can achieve ground
speeds of up to 24 km/hr in transit mode. In primary attack mode, speeds are
slightly lower due to diversion of power from the main drive unit to the
auxiliary weapons and countermeasures systems.
I have never built a mech before, but I got assigned the category in the first
round of the 2009 MOCOlympics. As I was sketching out various ideas for this, I
felt I needed to try something that nobody else had ever done. It needed to be
something that would defy the traditional mech genre. The OTOMech Model TK-MM
represents my “girlish” side that enjoys things like fashion, shopping, and
Shojo manga. Thanks to Mark Larson for the Fabuland Armored Guard Lab and
Unit-design Group “power brick”.
More pictures can be seen on
Flickr and
MOCPages.
Comments are appreciated.
-Dave
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Hello dear folks,
whereas everything began with the original T.I.E. (Twin Ion Engine) by Sienar
Fleet Systems 22 years before the Battle of Yavin, followed by the TIE/ln, /rc,
/gt, /fc which still had the original design, more sub types like the TIE Bomber
and Interceptor quickly appeared on the market. By the fall of the Empire and
the birth of the New Republic, there were plenty of TIE fighter models known.
Today I want to present two new miniaturized TIE fighter classes to you. It’s
the TIE Hunter from the game “Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike” and the TIE
Mauler from the game “Empire at War”. Before the TIE Crawler, this is the first
known tracked variant of the popular design.
Click the images or links to view the galleries:
TIE Mauler
TIE Hunter
Recently I also renewed the TIE/ln and the TIE Interceptor with my new cockpit
techniques, so that they are all comparable to each other. Below there’s a small
compilation of all miniatuized TIE fighter craft of my collection.
    
    
From top left to bottom right: Scimitar Assault Bomber (TIE related craft), TIE
Crawler, TIE Defender, TIE Droid, TIE/ln Fighter, TIE Hunter, TIE Interceptor,
TIE Mauler, TIE Phantom, TIE Raptor. To view their galleries, click the related
image.
That’s it for today! Thank you for your interest and time. Have a great week!
Yours Christopher
http://www.deckdesigns.de - Now more than 150 MINI Models!
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At the IndyLUG August meeting/pool party, we were
repeatedly attacked by a hell-spawned giant insect, A.K.A. the very persistent
horse fly. I decided to make a vignette of the scene. The fly itself may be
just a bit exaggerated in size, but how else do you make insects out of LEGOs?
Anyway, the scene shows Matt, Joe and I in the pool trying to drench the fly.
Matt and Joe used waterguns while I flailed away empty handed. I know that Matt
doesn’t have clay orange facial hair, but I think I got the expression just
right with the head I used.
Whole gallery
David Gregory
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Spock’s Ship from the new Star Trek movie:
More Here.
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Western Maryland I-1 class “Russian Decapod”
During World War I the Western Maryland Railway received 10 surplus 2-10-0 steam
locomotives all built by Baldwin Locomotive Works. These “Russian Decapods” were
originaly part of a larger order placed by Imperial Russia with American
locomotive builders Baldwin and Alco. But the onset of the Bolshevik revolution
in 1917, stranded nearly 200 of these locomotives either awaiting shipment or in
the process of construction. These locomotives were adopted by the United States
Railroad Administration (USRA), the body created by the Government to oversee
and control the railroads during the War, converted to American standards, and
put to use on American railroads.They were well liked by the WM crews for their
good steaming, easy firing, and good ride qualities. The “Russian Decks” lasted
until 1950/51 when they were finally retired and sold for scrap.
I’ve been a huge fan of the Western Maryland but it’s taken me a while to get
around to building a WM steam engine. I wanted to put as much effort into detail
on this engine as I could. I also wanted to incorporate the new Power Functions
system. The PF system allowed me to ditch a bulky more traditional 9v motor
under the tender and use smaller brick built trucks. The tender houses the
rechargeable battery box and the I.R. receiver. A medium Power Functions motor
is hidden in the fire box and geared to the drivers.
You can see more on my
Flickr
Gallery.
And some photos of the real WM “Russian Decapods”.
#1102
#1103
Cale
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This should be my last significant MOC for NALUG's 2009 GETS show. I might
fiddle with some vehicles if I have time, and there is one small item I might
go with.
This is a motel, an *ugly* motel. Many of you may have stayed in a motel just
like this. :-) The colour scheme was driven by what parts I have, rather than
by anything like common sense. See:
http://www.graysage.com/cg/Toys/Lego/Motel
-Chris Gray
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Here are some images from my in progress layout.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=396309
I am working toward the same goal with urban-realism. I have reduced the scale
of a number of buildings with 3 wide windows and also I have focused more on
sculpted landscaping this time around.
Some vehicles are inspired and copied from others in the AFOL world. (Thanks!)
Much more to do on this, but wanted to share on my progress.
Enjoy!
Jonathan
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I modeled a robotic gripper end effector in LEGO Digital Designer. This design
is the result of work I have done and a combination of techniques I have seen
on
Brickshelf.com.
I have used this design on some of the Chassis prototypes I have been working
on.
It was also used on the RSRA-2008 Robo Arm.
I have the LDD .lxf file on MOCpages.com.
Feel free to use the technology.
Enjoy!
Eric Sophie
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Hello everybody, I am certainly glad to present my 150th MINI model to you!
When you look at the Star Wars merchandise these day, you will notice that one
main focus is on the Clone Wars. To participate in this wave, here is a common
and popular starship coming freshly from the recent Clone Wars TV series: the
Republic Nu-class Attack Shuttle!
As most shuttles from the Rise of the Empire era, it has similarities to the
later Lambda-class Imperial shuttle. The side wings remind more to the
Theta-class shuttle from Revenge of the Sith, however. Everything at this ship -
including the cockpit - is angled which makes it difficult to design.
The cockpit is completely studs-down and connected via clicky hinge plates to
the main body. To close the gap between angled cockpit and main body, the
combination of a headlight brick with a 1x1 slope does the trick. Clip plates
and bars enable the wings to fold up completely into the correct landing
position.
On a side note, the engines are in fact Belville flower pieces. Sometimes you
have to attach an engine glowing directly at a bar’s end, and in this case the
flower pieces with their hollow stud are the perfect way to do this.
Another difficult part of the shuttle were its wings. They have an angle
bracket. To build this you have to use a bracket. But none of the conventional
brackets did work in this case as the shape was disturbed by all of them. After
some time, the old-fashioned fence piece came to mind, and these worked
perfectly! They act as a kind of “inverted” bracket as I often call it.
  
  
Click the thumbnails or
this link to view the full gallery and instructions
We used garden fences and flowers to build a spacecraft. I hope you’ll enjoy
this one as much as I did! I wish you all happy building and see you around!
Yours Chris Deck
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i posted a new table
design on flickr and one of the feedbacks i got made me think that from that
table design a picnic table could be built. i have seen picnic tables before
but this particular design is very delicate and probably not suited for the heft
of a minifig’s bottom! it uses the same principle as the table.
 instruction
photo is included.
enjoy.
-§ deborah higdon-leblond§-
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HI
I built an experimental MOC back in 2005, and decided to show ‘n’ tell about it
today.
Slope House
I wanted to build something that used all of thousands of
I bought at the time, and in so doing, I also tried various piece combinations
and Schleim tricks I never did before.
It might all seem “beginnerish”, because
up until about 8 years ago, I built almost exclusively basic and studs-up. And I
don’t build regularly or often.
So, I’m still learning.
The theme of this MOC
is, what would it be called, Town within a House? I don’t know. It’s just the
result of several days of sticking bricks together.
The place was demoed
shortly after, and lives on in memory and pictures.
I have plans to rebuild it,
so I can take better pictures, and try (and learn) more brick tricks.
Give it a Splat!
slimerator(replace.this.with.the@symbol.com)gmail.com
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Nearly a year ago, our group, NALUG, was asked to do some displays and bus kits
for the local transit system. I ended up doing two kits and one larger model. A
few months ago, I got my "Emerald Night" train, and #8275 Power Functions
bulldozer. That gave me experience with Power Functions, and eventually got me
thinking about powering one of my buses. The one I did is a "New Flyer" low-
floor bus. Externally, it is identical to the kit that I had designed, and so
looks like a town creation. Inside, it is stuffed with Power Functions and
Technic. The big challenge was steering inside a 1x6 arch (the wheel-well).
My page on the powered bus is here:
http://www.graysage.com/cg/Toys/Lego/ETS2008/Powered/index.html
-Chris Gray
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Hi, all.
I usually build alternate models, but I recently came to the conclusion that
just building a decent model from a limited selection of parts isn't enough of a
challenge. So, I've developed a new building technique to make more
sophisticated use of the familiar plastic parts: LEGO repulsorlift.
Here is a goofy little video demonstrating the prototype:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/anoved/3766583387/
All jokes aside, I think it's pretty neat, and I hope it inspires others to try
some unconventional methods of presenting models, too. I got the idea after
reading about LEGO's "augmented reality" video kiosks and seeing the following
video:
http://www.viddler.com/explore/hughgarry/videos/5/
I knew the pieces were nearly in place to accomplish something similar with
LDraw software, and although my effort is nowhere near as slick as LEGO's, I
think it's quite cool what's already possible. (Thanks, Travis, for adding 3DS
export to LDView!)
Jim
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Our group (NALUG) has the use of a strangely-shaped store in a local mall.
(There are a couple of good things about the lousy economy!). Two weeks ago
some of us were talking about things to fill up the space on the train layout
we are working on there. Someone mentioned a water tower. What popped into my
head was the huge water tower I remember from the city of Red Deer, here in
Alberta. So, I set out to build it.
It used all of my sand green brick, maybe 3/4 of my sand green plate, and
nearly all of a friend's sand green brick. Both of us have around a dozen of
the #7194 Yoda sets (a strange quarter-price sale at the local TRU's). Pics
and words here:
http://www.graysage.com/cg/Toys/Lego/RDWT/index.html
-Chris Gray
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Steve Hassenplug was one of the Brickworld 2009 Combo Build contestants. Each
person was given three Exo-Force sets, courtesy of Steve Witt and LEGO, to use
to build anything they wanted.
See what Steve built at http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/135701
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After seeing these on TV and elsewhere, I thought my Lego town should have one,
too:
Here it is again, this time in its natural surroundings:
The Brickshelf gallery, once moderated, can be found
here.
Enjoy!
Daniel Patten
FUT .town
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