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| (...) Thanks, Dan! It's going to take a while, so you'll have to be patient. This is my BIG project for the next few months...and when I'm done, I'll have a minifig scale ship with interiors and equipment. Joe (20 years ago, 3-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| (...) Hm, I tried, and the tile looks okay, but really needs effort to attach to the top ...the chopper took a few tires to fit. Joe (20 years ago, 3-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| (...) Thanks! I watched some of those shows too, but what I remember the most was reading the books by Cousteau...some beautiful photography was there. And I wanted the ship to have some fun things in it, so the sub had to be incuded, as well as the (...) (20 years ago, 3-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| (...) Thanks! A lot of the solutions I used were "happy accidents" - the smoke tiles being a great example. And the chopper? Just some doodling with some parts. And I did send pix to the Cousteau Society to request some info and photos of Calypso. (...) (20 years ago, 3-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| (...) Thanks! The chopper was a fun amazingly quick build...once I found that trans head, I knew how to build it! And I had a lot of fun making the ship have such a feel...I spent more than a little time comparing a layout drawing with the model, (...) (20 years ago, 3-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| (...) Thanks, Janey! This was a really fun build...and the details were part of the challenge. Micro has some real design challenges that are really fun to ponder and solve, and I'm glad I got into it. Now if I could get onto your level, I'd really (...) (20 years ago, 3-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| (...) Hi Bruce, Okay, let me see if I can shed some light on this........ First of all, I agree it's a great folder of the Micros for BrickFest. (...) Funny you should say that, because that Train Station was built by Paul Janssen and that *did* win (...) (20 years ago, 3-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.microscale)
| | | | | some new stuff, and a glimpse at the builder!
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| Well, work and school have both been pressing me for time to do anything, let alone put something new together. However, over the last couple of weeks i have been building some new things with the little time i had. I also have added some pics of (...) (20 years ago, 2-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| Hey, This looks great. I especially love the porch swing. I'll add your little duck-pond to my links page of animal MOCs: (URL) when I get a chance. Bruce (20 years ago, 2-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
| | | | | A taste of the east, or, the Korean Lugnet
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| (2 URLs) These two links go to <www.brickplanet.com>, a Korean version of Lugnet or Peeron or something like that. There is not too much .space or .mecha material there, but there is that stuff there. There is a ton of Military stuff, such as: (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 2-Sep-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.build.mecha)
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