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Todd Lehman wrote in message <381b40f0.144473789@...et.com>... (...) One tip I have for those of you who'd like to build your own magic trick. To make sure that the electric plate is never unintentionally revealed, I used tiles instead of bricks on (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.edu, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | Microfig Ice Sat V Instructions
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Hello all, I hope to soon have pictures of the real thing, but for now, all I can offer is these home cooked instructions. I have real issues with using LDraw, so if you need any help deciphering these, feel free to ask. The scanner seemed to (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: More scale questions (Was: Scale of Lego)
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(...) LOL! I guess TLG should have made the SRBs on their Space Shuttle at least six studs wide if you follow that reasoning. That would have mad one awesome space shuttle set! --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Magic Trick / lego Technic "class"
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(...) that I've seen for this principle. If I were a teacher at an elementary school, I'd be going doubly nuts -- what a great introduction to motors!! So, you discovered the principle of wired-together motors more or less by accident?--then, while (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.edu, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: LEGO globe
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Thanx, craig... you can call it 'art' as you like [grin]. The Queen of Hearts is 'on hold'. I'm trying to control my buying habits and by buying any more bricks except during sales... we'll see how long that lasts. My red brick supply has (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message <38193bcf.12068213@l...et.com>... (...) ___...___ I discovered that about two weeks ago... I was working on my LEGO based laser light show using two motors and silver anniversary bricks as mirrors. I hooked up both (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.edu, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: More scale questions (Was: Scale of Lego)
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(...) On the topic of standard track gauge; I just received this post from my sister today and found it rather amusing. I was wondering if any of you know how accurate this line of reasoning is. It is curious in any case. Kim ---...--- A useless (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: LEGO globe
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(...) eric ~ you just never cease to amaze me! i loved your parrot sculpture too, btw.i just never got a chance to post a big gushing rave. the globe is a bit different for you with a strong technical aspect (as opposed to organic) not previously (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: More scale questions (Was: Scale of Lego)
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(...) It is the track gauge in mm. (4mm scale, 18.83mm track gauge). Fine scale modeling (and gauge is better to use here than scale, as P4 and S4 are different!). It comes down to british trains being smaller than german/american trains. When Bing (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: LEGO globe
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All I can say about this one is "Wow!" John Matthews Eric Harshbarger <eric@ericharshbarger.org> wrote in message news:381A349B.775006...ger.org... (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | LEGO globe
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For those interested, here's proof that these days my whole world consists of LEGO bricks: LEGO-Earth (URL) Harshbarger / eric@ericharshbarger.org / www.ericharshbarger.org "Oh please, if people are going to start telling the truth around here... (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: More scale questions (Was: Scale of Lego)
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(...) Okay, but what does the number 18.83 mean? Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: More scale questions (Was: Scale of Lego)
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On Fri, 29 Oct 1999, Sproaticus (<3819F03B.440F8745@io.com>) wrote at 19:06:35 (...) 18.83 is the 4mm/ft exact equivalent of 4 feet 8 1/2 inches: Standard Gauge :-) (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Cramped city with a train and a monorail running through it soon. Need some help on how to do this.
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(...) The pics are FINALLY developed and I'm working on getting them scanned. (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: More scale questions (Was: Scale of Lego)
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(...) Oh, I forgot about 1:76 scale. Some of the newer HOish scale military models are 1:76. I'm starting to remember that 1:72 scale came about because it was a little difficult to make some of the model railroading equipment at 1:76 or 1:87 scale, (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: More scale questions (Was: Scale of Lego)
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I checked out the low-end modelling market (Wal-Mart) and saw these scales: automobile -- 1:24 and 1:25 sci-fi -- 1:48 (O scale) military aircraft -- 1:72 1:48 naval (special on RMS Titanic :-P) -- 1:570 So, taking that and some great stuff from (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: More scale questions (Was: Scale of Lego)
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(...) 4mm/ft? Crossing measuring systems surprises me, but I can see its usefulness in the name of accuracy. So 4mm/ft is roughly 1:76.2 . What does the 18.83 mean? Is this in any way related to the 28mm wargaming scale? Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Building tip Created my own Lego Design Paper
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I'm sure some of you here have figured this out, but I thought I'd pass on this info anyways. I was able to create by own Lego design paper (Like graph paper) on Excel, so here's how. For a top view, set the rows and columns as follows; Row Height = (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Pardoes
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Pardoes is the mascotte/cartoon figure of the Dutch 'Efteling' theme park. Besides the rides, fairytale atmosphere and splendid styling is a high asset of this park. (URL) Main wrote in message <3819A4FE.8E7F7926@a...te.edu>... (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Pardoes
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There's an interesting model in this month's Theme Gallery on Lego's site. It's called Pardoes, made by "Spierings" - a 15 yo from the Netherlands. I like it a lot; it's a juggler/joker character with floppy hat and curled up toes. Does anyone know (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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