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Hi all, here's a Nativity Mosaic I recently built for a client in South Carolina: (URL) (20 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Cornered roofs
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(...) For that, I'd recommend sculpting a rounded roof out of plates. But, if you want something made from slopes, I have another idea I used on my Mediterranean windmill. Try to imagine what a series of 45° corner slopes (or even 30° corner slopes) (...) (20 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.schleim)
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| | Re: Need Help: Rotating Sections of a Spaceship
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(...) The key thing is keep the center of gravity of the ring at the drive axle. If it is 1mm off then you will need a lot more torque, and the rotation speed will be non-uniform. (...) You can just use 3 bevel gears or this piece (URL) to do (...) (20 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.technic, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Need Help: Rotating Sections of a Spaceship
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(...) There are a couple of option without resorting to mods: (URL) Use a large technic turntable. This is probably preferable, as the ring will be large and it will give you a better mechanical advantage, and allow a much more sturdy connection (...) (20 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.technic, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Need Help: Rotating Sections of a Spaceship
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(...) Cool! But don't knock yourself out trying to get it to run off a single motor - unless you only have one!! You'd probably find on the real craft, they would be driven independently, with computer synchronisation. (...) LOL don't worry it (...) (20 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.technic, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Need Help: Rotating Sections of a Spaceship
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In lugnet.build, Leonard Hoffman asked: (...) Alas, the Technic toolkit has nothing in the way of planetary gears, or a means to do coaxial shafts. But if you're willing to do brick-modding, you could carve out the center of a 48-tooth gear (so it (...) (20 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.technic, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Need Help: Rotating Sections of a Spaceship
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(...) I just figured how to do the different directions on a single (URL) (forgive the MSPaint drawing). And speed is actually something I don't want - the HabRing has to be very slow since I'm going to have detail I want people to see inside of it. (...) (20 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.technic, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Need Help: Rotating Sections of a Spaceship
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(...) Most probably - assuming the rings are both balanced all you need to overcome is friction. And they won't be spinning all that fast. (...) Yes you can - you can connect as many motors you like in parallel. Their output shafts can be connected (...) (20 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.technic, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Need Help: Rotating Sections of a Spaceship
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Heya guys, Right now I'm planning on building a large "science factual" spaceship with a rotating centrifugal-gravity hab-ring. (URL) Drawing> I was wondering if anyone could give me some hints/suggestions/how-to for powering the rotating section. (...) (20 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.technic, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Cornered roofs
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(...) Here's one: (URL) (20 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Cornered roofs
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2 of these painted red or change the color ot the existing roof might work (URL) (20 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: You know you love it.
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(...) SNIP (...) LMAO :) Anybody want to take a guess on measurements for these "pinups".... 44,24,24 Ron (20 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | Re: You know you love it.
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SNIP (...) OH MY GOD! Did you see the other stuff the guy's made???: (URL) actually surprised they made the brickshelf mod, especially this one: (URL) need to make one of these for myself. He has a bunch of other neat stuff too: (URL) (20 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | Re: 2 Micro MOCs : Heavy Haulers & Shell gas station
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(...) Yes. In the documentation folder you can find it. On my PC that's: C:\Program\LEGO Software\LEGO Digital Designer\documentati...exeng.html (20 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.build.microscale)
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| | Re: Cornered roofs
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(...) I too remember seeing a round(ish) building using wings to create a round roof. However I'm pretty certain it was a railway water tower and was in a fairly recent Bickshelf gallery of a show. Anyone point me in the right direction? Tim (20 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: You know you love it.
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Nice. So... black (URL) palm tree segment> for the ankles, (URL) fruit-cherry> for the shoelaces and minifig-neck-bracket for the sneaker-tongue, sand-green (URL) dino neck/tail> for the arms, silver (URL) mugs> for hair ornaments, spigot-knob for (...) (20 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: LMHoF Published in Brickmasters Magazine
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I found a low res preview of this magazine (looks like it uses Flash): (URL) to pages 18-19 and 20-21. Nice. :-) My MS-02 from about four years ago looks so ancient! I'm working on MS-11 now and I can't think of one structural design that I've (...) (20 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Horodris the mech
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(URL) Dis here is Horodris. Treat him real nice and he'll do the same. Some points of notes: I made the neck move on all three axis, if the head looks funny, it probably because it is at a strange angle. mucho gearing in the legs. This is what is (...) (20 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, FTX) !
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| | Re: LMHoF Published in Brickmasters Magazine
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(...) The pics were provided by the artists. Nah, no photo shoots for us in Einfield. (dang) (...) yeeee HA! (...) Cool! That'd be much appreciated. (...) yeah, I'm sort of with you on that. (magazine quality) For those that didn't get the (...) (20 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: LMHoF Published in Brickmasters Magazine
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(...) snippity snip (...) Hey Mark, Congrats to all of you guys that were featured in the article. It was pretty awesome seeing all the mechs in a double-wide fold out. Rad! Question: Did you guys have to bring your MOCs somewhere to be photographed (...) (20 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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