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(...) This was the toughest thing about the design. I didn't try to fight it (much). I wanted to have wide viewports on the sides and yet have the pod/bubble be low profile, which meant it had to be lowered and look sealed onto the ship. Using (...) (20 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: PCS Magnolia
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(...) The only (visual) problem I have with it is the square-y (word?) blockiness of the opening around the pod. The other problem with it is, that now that I've seen it, I just can't sit down and try to build a spaceship of my own. I don't have the (...) (20 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: PCS Magnolia
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(...) Wow Spammy!!!!!! That is one fine vessel, I think the "Flying" General Lee and the "boys" are going to have some fine trouble laying low with something like that on their tails. The design is complex (very snotty) and pulls off these seemingly (...) (20 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Help needed: my custom beards
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(...) Big Ben Bricks LLC seems to have done well enough with their first wheel product to introduce additional ones. (uninformed speculation as to how they are doing financially, not my business) Little Armory seems to be doing VERY well with their (...) (20 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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| | Re: Help needed: my custom beards
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(...) Do you remember what the machine looked like? Check out my Brickshelf folder for pictures of two I've used. (URL) The 3DSystems one makes resin parts, which might have been the ones you didn't like. OTOH it holds detail really well, so maybe (...) (20 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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| | Re: MSM-01
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(...) Hey N-Dog. Thanks for the werdz. I didnt have this made at the time of the meetings. I have a sister model of this one now too. Its a blue variant also Robotech influenced. I kinda like the covers though. It keeps it Robotechish. If I could (...) (20 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: As seen on eBay...
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(...) That is sooooo funny! When I saw a picture of a real life occurance of the same thing, it was gross, but when it's done in LEGO, it's hilarious. (20 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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| | Re: PCS Magnolia
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(...) Excellent ship! My favorite parts are the 2X2X2 clear slopes as windows and the white minifig legs just past the X-pod part. Nice SNOT work all over. (20 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: PCS Magnolia
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Yee-haw. That thar is one purdy piece of PCS, pardner. Kudos on the swoosh-factor. It's just so slick! As for the interior, I'll let you know what i think when I figure out what's going on (it couldn't be SNOT cabinetry...?) The hood ornament and (...) (20 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, FTX)
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With the continuing success of PCS forces, I've been asked to step in and regulate the ever-increasing amount of civilian traffic. Meet my ship, the Magnolia! Ain't she a beaut? (URL) More pictures of her can be seen after declassification at (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 17-Sep-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | As seen on eBay...
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Hello! (URL) me, I'm a link!>> Bye Jojo (URL) P.S. I've created this some weeks or even monts ago and only now found it again. Just thought I'd post something to this minifigs-newsgroup. (20 years ago, 17-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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| | Re: A window using SNOT and SNIR techniques
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Dang! You beat me - I'm working on a similar kind of window... (...) I'm using transclear 1x1 and 1x2 for the glasses, with studs out to make them look like crown glass, and I use two plates stacked on each other to improve the overall stability of (...) (20 years ago, 17-Sep-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks :) Hum, I'm sure there is still a lot of building techniques. I made a presentation at BricMania about one, ToPLeSs, and I have to finish the traduction in english to post it. (...) That was an idea from Didier. It was just a fake. But (...) (20 years ago, 17-Sep-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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(...) Thanks :) Well, it depends maybe of our vision of what is SNIR. The 1x1 parts are not adjacent but in diagonal. And the alignment of the turned parts creates an offset. So we obtain a lign of studs, not in the standard way but in diagonal. (...) (20 years ago, 17-Sep-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I beleive the phase comes about because they started off not in a a row (well not in a standard row anyway), the second image shows them placed on a diagonal grid of SIR (Studs In a Row). However I would say that they have ended up in a (...) (20 years ago, 17-Sep-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Hi Holger. Thanks for showing interest on JoTaALM. In a first attempt, the idea was to make an hoax just for fun, as the one I made when I was studying chemistry at university (not LEGO related). Of course volume I doesn't exist. I can't tell (...) (20 years ago, 17-Sep-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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| | Re: A San Francisco Street - complete with hill and houses
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Hello! I just discovered San Francisco Street on brickshelf. And I have to say: I love it. I haven't been in SF but this model fully transports the character of the city. There are no details missing - except a car or a FedEx van (and a cable car). (...) (20 years ago, 17-Sep-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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(...) Hello, great work! Sometimes I think everything is build in all kind of building techniques. But you show us that there are even more great ways to combine LEGO bricks. I love that kind of window, there is a good chance to find it in a new (...) (20 years ago, 17-Sep-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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(...) Hey Mike, I believe it is Studs Not In Row. Cool window, but it doesn't look like it is very sturdy. Chris Perron (20 years ago, 17-Sep-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | LMHoF Member additions
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A new round of Mecha has been added to the Lego Mecha Hall of Fame. Updated Mecha additions were awarded to the following Members! (21 URLs) The Founders of the LMHoF honor your achievements. We welcome these fine additions to the hall. Feel free to (...) (20 years ago, 17-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | A San Francisco Street - complete with hill and houses
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Hi all, Following on the construction of a (URL) San Francisco Victorian>, I decided to build an entire San Francisco street. It is of course built on a hill, and includes three complete Victorians, and one under construction. Each of the houses has (...) (20 years ago, 17-Sep-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Help needed: my custom beards
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Hi Darrel, Thanks for the comments. About the links, first of all, I have recently discovered (or been told of) a few more non-English websites that I am going to add onto my existing link page hopefully sometimes this weekend. There is, for (...) (20 years ago, 17-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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| | Re: San Francisco Mosaic v. Frances
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(...) Eric, If it doesn't survive, have a DixieLUG/SF Mosaic rebuild meeting in October... Scott Lyttle (20 years ago, 16-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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| | Re: Moonbase Module - Mech Bay 06
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(...) I "found" the time, because the creations are the source of my income. I have had food stuck to my Lego, I have slept on pieces without knowing it and when you-know-what is scored solely off of meeting during exhibits and shows, the answer is (...) (20 years ago, 17-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Oh man thanks, I feel I should have taken better pics now! I'm glad you got the impression I tried to convey. (...) Right on, Mech Bay 7 is yet to come! e (20 years ago, 17-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: A window using SNOT and SNIR techniques
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(...) Well, to be picky, it's not *exactly* the same thickness. A tile is 0.4 "stud-widths" thick, but the distance between 2 such windows is about 0.414 (square-root of 2 minus 1) stud-widths. Over a larger area you would start to notice the (...) (20 years ago, 16-Sep-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: A window using SNOT and SNIR techniques
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In lugnet.announce, Erik Amzallag wrote: Dear Erik, this is really very well and clever done! What a cool idea to combine SNIR and SNOT to a link between space (crowd shouting "SPAAACE!!!! from the background!) and castle (mumble of "Castle - (...) (20 years ago, 16-Sep-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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| | Re: MSM-01
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(...) Well done, F-Dog. I especially like the fact that you have a cockpit and very poseable, usable legs in such a compact design. This one wasn't at the last meeting - bring it next month, so I can break yet another one of your creations in my (...) (20 years ago, 16-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: A window using SNOT and SNIR techniques
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Hey Erik, Great design idea! I actually saw this on Brickshelf and started to post an announcement over on Classic-Castle.com before I noticed you'd announced it here. If you'd like to check out the discussion on Classic-Castle, my post is here: (...) (20 years ago, 16-Sep-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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Very cool window! But how are the studs not in a row? The SNOT I see, but not the SNIR. Marc Nelson Jr. (20 years ago, 16-Sep-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Help needed: my custom beards
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Hi, Neat website! And your links are fantastic, especially the ones to the Japanese LEGO sites. I desperately want to go there to score some cool LEGO stuff. Anyway, my question is, have you ever considered using Rapid Prototyping technology to make (...) (20 years ago, 16-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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| | Re: UPMX Urban Parol Mecha - Experimental
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(...) Hey...Fradel popped his own cherry and finally posted. Cool Mecha...I'm not really hip to the standards of articulation and building techinique of the genre, but I like what I see. Nice work. With some tips from the masters in this field (...) (20 years ago, 16-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Snippage (...) Very cool hack. I know what SNOT is but SNIR? Hmmmm. Studs Not Infra Red? Studs Not Inside Routers? Studs Not Immobilized Readily? ....... Mike (20 years ago, 16-Sep-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Help needed: my custom beards
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Hi guys, I'm close to producing my next batch of custom accessories and I need your opinions. Namely: what colour should I produce my beards in? To save me time from gathering opinions from different forums, I'm conducting a poll at the following (...) (20 years ago, 16-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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| | Re: San Francisco Mosaic v. Frances
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(...) yes, I just cut short a biz-trip I had in New Jersey so I could get back south and secure the house against Ivan. we'll see if the mosaic can with stand even stonger winds than before eric (20 years ago, 16-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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| | Re: San Francisco Mosaic v. Frances
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(...) Eric, Looks like Ivan is going to be a bit closer to your house this time, maybe you'll need something a bit more sturdy to hold that mosaic in place. jt (20 years ago, 16-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.mosaic)
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| | Mecha Wampa
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Luke would've been in so much trouble... (URL) The (URL) Wampa> was built for the ESB scenes with borrowed designs from the Mecha MOCs. Specific details on the joints, arms and fingers can easily be recognized as such. I don't know whose original (...) (20 years ago, 15-Sep-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Z748
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(...) Thanks Kyle. I was thinking water-spider when I built it, thus only four legs. (...) I try to keep my stuff as clean as possible. That's about the only thing I can say as far as a style. I think I'm going to rebuild this model. I'm nowhere (...) (20 years ago, 14-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | MSM-01
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Hi guys. This is the other mecha I've been working on. The MSM-01, missile support mecha was developed to add a longer range, hardhitting punch for other mecha in combat such as UPMs. The dual missile pods are each capable of firing laser guided (...) (20 years ago, 14-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | shinji-o gallery
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Shinji-o, I just came across these very nice postings of a PanzerkampfwagenIV, 60cm Moerser Karl Geraet040 and a Duece and a half. Not since Shaun Sullivan's gallery have I seen such nice German WW2 modeling in the brick. PzKpfw-IV-Munitiontraeger (...) (20 years ago, 14-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.military)
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