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(...) (snipped doubts and replies) (...) Way better! Thanks, Adrian. Keep up the good work! Pedro (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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(...) Thanks. Not too many people have built buildings that aren't pretty much variations on the box. I enjoyed the challenge of making this thing bend in the middle. Adrian -- www.brickfrenzy.com (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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(...) Nope, the wings are what sets the angle. Thanks to the size of the building, small misalignments from one end to the other are eliminated, and everything can line up nicely. (...) As a matter of fact, as you can see from this image: (URL) is (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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(...) HEY, watch you comments, Amoco™ has 60% of my city's business (there is a Shell™, & Octan too...) Josh (look for traveling Amoco tank trains & gas stations if I finnaly get to show up at a train show...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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(...) WOW! Great use of yellow!(me who traded alot of his yellow to Jason S.) I like the way you put it on angle.Great! (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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(...) Actually, I meant "is there any mathematical model to follow, so that the halves' roofs fit together nicely, without 'holes'?" I did notice the clever use of the wings on the rooftop. What I was trying to know is whether or not you had (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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(...) I'm not sure what you mean by this, but the angle of the building is set by the large Star Wars wing <part:30355> and <part:30356> which are parts of the roof panels. Once I had that part in hand, figured out how big the windows would be, made (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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Here's the correct link: (URL) designs. (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Hi Adrian, Very nice building. I especially like the angle between the two halves, is there any model to follow regarding proportions? How stable is the building, while resisting horizontal forces (ie, "shaken")? Pedro (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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(...) I'd love to see pics of them tanks and whatnot. We are going to have a sample brick wars soon for our club. Dean (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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hey nice mecha (I'm presuming the red, yellow, and grey ones are yours). and I have to agree that all big LEGO fans should be in LUGs. Of course I'm sort of in GardenSLUG, but we're.. well, we aren't exactly the most organized bunch, but we try (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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Browzing atound brickshelf today, I acme across these- www.brickshelf.com/c...i?m=galaga I'll be darned if that isn't a fully transformable lego mecha. And the zaku with removeable armor! Yikes, he's good, whoever it is. Also, stay tuned for new (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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G-Meist that's great! It sure is a good feeling isn't it. I have done shows for years and I never get tired of all the kind words and encouragement. Looks like there was alot of Lego there that day. I hope you continue to participate and show (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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Hey wow, I like the Head, I like the Technic fig, I like the feet, I like it all, mmmm ya look at the shape of this Mech. Hmmmm the first Technic fig Hard suit?!!!? You have earned distinction, great Idea and Bam! You knocked it out. Right on (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Dude, that is just wild! the sheer amount of parts, the sweet way you used the droid bodies as toes! THAT"S JUST COOL! And a minifig piolot to boot! wow, BTW I was blown away by the amount of hits on your Mecha folder! Mr. Master of the minute. (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) I like yellow just fine - after all, I have a 3033 Blue Tub full of yellow pieces. And I sure understand the lack of "real world" colored bricks in bulk tubs like the 3033. (...) Of course! And now that the Shell™ Exxon™ and Esso™ oil (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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(...) Oops.. sorry, should have searched first (...) Personally, i like the consistancy, like its an actual production line. I think there's 2 ways to go, use variety and see how many radical design you can come up with, or, as in this case and (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Yeah, those Life On Mars fan housings are doing a pretty good job up there, aren't they. :) Thanks Adrian (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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(...) Hey, don't be badmouthing the yellow :) And the fact that the Bricksburg Hotel and the Octan HQ are the same color is strictly coincidence. Since I was modelling the Octan HQ after a real building (and I didn't have 50,000 tan bricks) I built (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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(...) Thanks. I wanted to try and emulate the sloped front of the real building as close as possible. The best way to do that, since I used all my thin walls for the roof panels, was to use car windshields, similar to what I used on the Museum ((URL) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.arch)
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