| | Microfig Scale Millenium Falcon, Take Two.
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After taking a hard look at the scale of my MF Falcon model and that web page that steve posted, I decided to take another shot at modeling the Falcon. I am very pleased with this version (posted to lugnet.cad.dat). It is truer to both the original (...) (26 years ago, 6-Apr-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Town Style Building Question
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(...) I build with 4 walls (sometimes more - octagonal, etc.) Either the walls are hinged (1x4 - 2x2 hinges) or technic pegged so that the entire structure is modular (see my castle, downtown and cathedral) (...) I put in floors. One of the neat (...) (26 years ago, 6-Apr-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Town Style Building Question
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Mike Walsh (mike_walsh@mentorg.com) asked: (...) Both closed[1,2] and open[3]. (...) Of cause (otherwise you can't play with the house). Play well, Jacob 1: <URL:(URL) 2: <URL:(URL) 3: <URL:(URL) ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: (...) (26 years ago, 6-Apr-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Town Style Building Question
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(...) depends on what i am building... (...) if it is a one story or sometimes two story, it will get a full back and a flat or "stepped" roof. if i am building a multi story building, the back will be open. also, the first floor will almost always (...) (26 years ago, 6-Apr-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Town Style Building Question
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Another idea, which I was implementing on my large station project when i packed it away <sniff> is to use technic pin/bricks to hold building sections together. While this wiggles when the surface abutting is small (c.f. Deep Freeze Defender and (...) (26 years ago, 6-Apr-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Town Style Building Question
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Actually it hasn't, but it is an intriguing idea. I haven't thought about that idea in years! Hmm.... :) Scott Sanburn (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | 28 Piece, Super-Micro-Fig-Scale Star Destroyer
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I have never been able to get to grips with LDraw, so will attempt to describe how it is built! The parts needed: 2x 3933 (left-handed, 65 degree, space wing plate). 2x 3934 (right-handed, 65 degree, space wing plate). 4x 3020 (2x4 plate) 7x 3023 (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Town Style Building Question
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Mike Walsh wrote in message ... (...) a (...) For me this depends on if I am building a bunch of buildings, or just one. If I'm building a town, I often leave the backs open, simply so that I have more lego left over to build more buildings. If I (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: LEGO Window & Door History - Part 3
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Gary Istok wrote in message <3708BF33.1D494467@u...ch.edu>... (...) Classic (...) Of (...) yellow (...) They did make them in yellow (I have some from the 1975 police station - set #370) (...) interchangeable - you (...) piece (...) They have done (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Town Style Building Question
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(...) I'm really more into building vehicles than structures, but I've always liked the idea of using 2x2/1x4 hinges to make a fully enclosed structure that can be easily opened for interior access. The original yellow lego castle had this feature, (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Town Style Building Question
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Good question, I wrestle with that one myself. I usually build a roof on it, unless it is a flat roof building. If it is a flat roof, I might put one row of angled bricks to make it look feasible for a roof, kind of like a decoy. I always leave the (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Town Style Building Question
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I am curious as to how most people build their buildings when constructing a town. My questions are pretty simple: 1) Do you build a complete building with four (or more sides) or do you leave the back open for access and viewing of the interior? 2) (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | The Gothic Haunted House
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Reprinted from REC.TOYS.LEGO: (...) Halloween (...) year, (...) Greco, (...) to (...) and (...) in (...) you (...) you (...) category. (...) to the (...) and I (...) winners on (...) place on (...) will (...) celebrate (...) provided by (...) (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: More pictures of the X-22a and a preview of my site.
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(...) I'm afraid that my fear of Javascript has caused me to become quite ignorant of methods of implementation. :-P I would assumt that Javascript has a /noscript area in which you can put html for us phobes. :-, (...) Cheers, - jsproat (26 years ago, 5-Apr-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: LEGO Window & Door History - Part 3
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Right vs. Left hand doors are another interesting LEGO variation (like the classic window "sill" vs. "sill-less" varieties). I know that with the Classic Doors (3 bricks high), the 3 colors they come in are red, white, yellow. Of these I have both (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | aquazone:please help
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i am desperatly seeking instructions/inventories to the aquanauts crystal crawler, the small aquanaut ship with one fig (not the one with the canopy) and the aquanauts minifig set. (26 years ago, 4-Apr-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Promo:Reinard Beneke's Very Cool LEGO-related Web Pages
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James Mathis <jmathis@arctic.nmt.edu> wrote in message news:F9GyDv.23t@lugnet.com... (...) wanted to (...) "boy-howdy", (...) etc. (...) visitors (...) spiral ramp. When I built mine, I figured I had to increase the circumference by placing a (...) (26 years ago, 3-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Halloween Lego Design Contest
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Hello Everyone, I don't know about all of you, but my favorite time of the year is Halloween and my favorite pastime is building with my Lego collection. This year, Erik Wilson's Ancient Design Contest sparked an idea and soon Felix Greco, Anne (...) (26 years ago, 3-Apr-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: More pictures of the X-22a and a preview of my site.
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(...) But how would the Javascript (which gives a nicer result) work in conjuction with that? What do you think about the way I did it now: (URL) on "View all enlargements at once." and it takes you to: (URL) the rating program works now. Feel free (...) (26 years ago, 3-Apr-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: More pictures of the X-22a and a preview of my site.
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(...) Hmmm... You could always give the URL a target, which will open a new window in Netscape if a frame doesn't already have that target's name. I'm not sure how this works in other browsers. I'm assuming that it's probably safe to assume that if (...) (26 years ago, 2-Apr-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.build)
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