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(...) inside! --Todd (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.build.mecha)
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Mladen, I really like this one, it's very "Ghost in the Shell". Good design! I've got the urge to build some insect-inspired mecha some time soon. -Dave Jr. (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) I don't know whether Todd or Suzanne have, but I was so taken with the Victorian house floor plans that I went ahead and built one. I've got a ground floor, second floor and loft (attic). It lacks a basement, but perhaps I'll get to that (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) As the automatic doors on the Starship Heart of Gold would say, "Glad to be of service!" :) --Karim (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) Mindspring is just fine (I can access it from work). (...) Ah, now I see. I may use that for a few containers which open. That solution won't work for the Selbulba tile though since the thin walls aren't split in color, and it doesn't manage (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) I have a feeling I'm going to go with 6 wide. TLC is making more and more 6 wide trucks (now if only they'd make some truck wheels suited for double wheel arrangements other than the 2x2 hubs - technic or standard). I only have a few of those (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) I just emailed you a GIF instructions sheet, but to your mindspring account... should I email it to your work account? (...) Nope :) It's what I like to call an IES* There is no actual piece that holds the tile at 90 degrees... it's the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) I may end up doing that, though I would like for the containers to be able to be stacked beside each other. Of course I haven't seen a solution yet which I have all the necessary orange parts, my solution so far comes the closest (since I (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) Well there's nothing like saying "can't be done" to shake out the solution... (...) Ooh, naughty... :-) Could you generate a JPG or two, or just describe it? (I don't have a way to look at .DATs at work). Hmm, I just tried to look at all the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) Ouch. I'm not so sure about this. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Wrong! :) :) Check this out. I just whipped this up as a solution to your problem. As far as I can tell, it matches all criteria mechanically. The only thing I'm not sure of is whether or not the 1x2x2 panels come in orange... (...) (the ">" (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) If you mean an articulated doublestack... There are at least three examples extant. PNLTC members have one, I have one, and I forget who else. Mine is on my "containers" page. Like you I'm an ex MR and container crazy, it's one of my favorite (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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IRL name and logo plates are often welded onto the rib bulges so "appear" to stick out. However they don't actually do so due to clearance reasons. If you're not going to be stacking your sebulba container next to other containers and not going to (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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I made some 6 wide trailers way back when I was first playing with train LEGO. But since then I have been mostly 4 wide. Not because it's right. It isn't. IRL trailers and boxcars are almost exactly the same width, (10' 6" I think) and 6 wide (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) I think I see one thing which doesn't meet my criteria, the tile will not be flush with the surface of the wall, it will stick out 1/2 plate thickness. My solution leaves it flush with the surface of the wall. I don't mind not having an (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) Thin walls. Here's my solution, only problem being it requires a 1x2 orange thin wall. I don't think they exist (yet). I just built this on a 4x4 plate to try it out, hopefully you can follow along. On your black 4x4 plate at the center edge, (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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I'm personally still planning on building a 747-400 to MF scale... I've figured out the dimentions (6' X 5') and while i'm not anywhere near close to starting.... i'm finding that the windows (!!) and 500 chairs will be hard to come by :) especially (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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(...) Happy belated birthday! I hope many of your presents made that special rattling noise. Steve (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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(...) Is that an insult or a joke? Anyway, I like this one. (...) (and you know who that is) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Larry, I thought you were a six wide truck guy? I guess I was thinking of someone else. I have been wondering the same thing; should I make containers 4 wide or six wide. 4 wide means I am ok with the old style containers and I can continue using (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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Way back when, I discovered this use for these parts after I'd accidentally broken a few. Even as I kid, I was too perfectionist to intentionally break my toys. Consequently I never had enough to do much with. A few years later, Tyco block sets had (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.build)
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I've had the luck of being allowed access to the Local Harbors here thru a few nice Steveadores (Wish I had their jobs thought. They pay good money.) and I've learned that Containers come in all shapes and sizes. I have nearly 200+ Reference Photos (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) Yea, with a wide enough area, one could use the 2x2/2x2 brackets. It would need a depth of 4 for each side though (meaning a container at least 8 wide). There might also be ways to use the 1x1 brick with studs on all 4 sides. Unfortuantely, to (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) With some creative engineering, you should probably be able to fit create just a 2x2 area, but you might have to sacrifice some interior space... --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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I've been building my trailers 6x28 so when I start working on some containers, I am going to use the same size. Never seen the 1651, now that is cool. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) Now that is one hot MOC! Tell her I like it! And tell her anyone who puts a Timmy head on a stick is destined for Lego Greatness. ;) Jeff, "Thallid Lord" Save the Whales! I may get hungry later... :) ICQ #66153738 (URL) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.build)
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Carbon 60 wrote in message ... (...) have (...) sea (...) different (...) fill (...) Oh, cool. There's the 1x6x5 window in another color - grey (or is it white)! With shutters to boot. Frank (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) Exactly. I don't represent lugnet or Todd's opinion. Sorry if it came out that way, Todd made this clear just now. -Shiri (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.admin.council)
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(...) Hi, You should know that you're not in any kind of 'trouble' etc, the only authority on LUGNET is Todd, so those who responed to you were expressing their own opinions, *not* those of LUGNET. Of course, as a result, I may be talking rubbish.. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.admin.council)
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Understood. And, to clarify, my word usage was just figuratively, not something offensive. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.admin.council)
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Here is an ample supply of pictures for your project. (URL) Fay rfay@we.mediaone.net The Shop (URL) Windross" <dwindross@pacificcoast.net> wrote in message news:FrBxzy.A3G@lugnet.com... (...) figured (...) wings!) (...) counting (...) length. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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(...) All with basic bricks and plates! I just build as I go...I almost never draw up plans when I'm building (That might be because I'm still a kid...no, wait I'm not, it's my Birthday today and I'm a teenager!) Erin -- (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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Oh man, why didn't TLG do all their containers the same as 1651?? The Ccolor Line and Maersk newer promo sets use 4x12 containers. They're plug compatible, at least sort of. I use a 2x2 tile every 4 studs so a 4x8 has 2 and a 4x12 has 3. Most of the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) A friend of mine is actually cropping, designing, layering the pics to get a more realistic effect, but he has been busy for a several weeks and progress has been slow. If you want, I could email you a REALLY rough picture of the ship, so you (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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(...) wings!) (...) Go to (URL) click on models by LEGO, click on "airport". It also has a minifig scale 747. (...) Here's a page with a ship longer than Seaborn Brick(when are pics coming?), a DC-9 and a 757: (URL) set: <set:6601> (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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Erin Windross wrote in message ... (...) wings!) (...) counting (...) Sorry Erin but a plane with those dimensions would NOT be welcome at Millennium City Airport. ;-) Why? Because the main runway is only 192 studs long and a paltry 18 studs wide. (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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In lugnet.build, Kela Akira Kitkowski writes: <snip> (...) <snip> Not really. This is a family NG and the Terms & Conditions explicitly state: "5. (do not) Post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.admin.council)
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(...) No, not really. (...) That would be really cool! See if you can find it. :D eric (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.admin.council)
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Don't feel too bad; my Father once built outta my legos (as a kid) a big-ass (can I say ass on here?) plane that almost looked like one of those cargo planes with propellers. I think I have a photo of the model stuffed into my boxes, so if I can dig (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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I was planning to build a realistic minifig scale Jumbo 747, then I figured out the dimensions of it, consequently I quit the whole project, because: A: It would be near 30 studs wide(God knows what that would be with the wings!) B: It would also be (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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(...) I've used them, but in "wrap" form--sandwiched into some other construction. But the cording seems too thick to hold well between bricks. The thread, as you noted, will work between 'em--the problem is that I only had one piece of unused (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.build)
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(...) There is a standard LEGO Container size which lorries, trucks and the 1991 sea ports all used - 4x8 in plan. The Maersk and Color Line trucks have different size containers. Set 1651 the old Maersk truck: (URL) 6 wide containers I think they (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) Have you considered taking Lego string out of convenient unused winches? I've found that in general, clamping the end of a string between bricks is as good a hold as the little 1x1 round ends. Come to think of it, you could actually even use (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.build)
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I've been on and off thinking about containers (for ships, trucks, and trains). One of the things I'm wondering is if all the LEGO sets which have containers use the same dimensions? The other thing I'm wondering is if I should set my own standards (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) I'll see if I can get any. It is a bit threadbare--I don't have enough TLG-approved rig to do what I want to do, not to mention not having any sails cut! :) The problem with the rig is that it's very hard to photograph, being black and in a (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.build)
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(...) Oh, so do we, so do we. 8) I bought her a copy shortly after we first met, and you'll notice we're now enganged... J (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.build)
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Jeff Johnston wrote in message <38CB330D.5471BBD8@m...ne.net>... (...) certified (...) MOC, (...) spechless. (...) Isn't it more of a HOC? (her original creation) Great job. Matthew Verdier "You can't just say you're King because some watery tart (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.build)
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On Sat, 11 Mar 2000, Mr L F Braun (<38C9E463.30D9169A@....msu.edu>) wrote at 06:14:59 (...) Brilliant! Can I request more pics of the rigging? The ratlines(?) look a bit threadbare, but the overall effect is very shiplike :-) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.build)
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(...) LOL! I love it! Of course, I also love the book _Good_Omens_, by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett... (URL) go figure. -- John J. Ladasky Jr., Ph.D. Department of Structural Biology Stanford University Medical Center Stanford, CA 94305 (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.build)
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So that's what the tiny peg on the side of a flame is for -- to go into a he-double-hockey-stick-spawn helmet! (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.build)
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Having no sizeable pirate collection (yet!), I can't add any blustery piratey nonsense to express my awe, but you've done a fantastic job! -- Paul Davidson Mr L F Braun <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote in message news:38C9E463.30D916...msu.edu... (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.build)
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Wow. Great job! Tell Mel that her hell is swell... ;-) All seriousness aside, I'm glad you're progressing with converting your F... -Shiri (...) MOC, (...) YB73m (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.build)
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I really don't know where to post this... As I mentioned on .general, I'm slowly converting Mel the NLF into a certified LEGOmaniac like myself. Today, she took a big first step...her first major MOC, now available on the web at my website. (URL in (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)
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(...) here: (...) 1x1 (...) Very (...) the (...) Yes I did know that, my collection is old enough to have noticed the change, (I've collected and built from the early '70's on). I have both types, and wish I had more of both. Rich -- Have Fun! C-Ya! (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Umm, I think I first saw that on Erik Brok's site... :) Bryan (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.build)
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Erin Windross wrote in message ... (...) I kind of pitch for 1770-1830. That gives me 'discovery' of Australia 1770, settlement 1780, Rum Rebellion 1808, HMS Victory, Hornblower, the naval battles of the Nile, Trafalgar and Navarino, the American (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.build)
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Oooo, I like it! Ben -- Ben Vaughan ben@marsbase.com (URL) Pejic" <milovan@netcom.ca> wrote in message news:FrADsw.MI0@lugnet.com... (...) ALEX's (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(URL) go check it out if you wanna. Please note I will only accept intelligent responses, so that rules out ALEX's response! Mladen Pejic, who just saw Mission to Mars and loved it! (URL) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) I actually broke 'em for another reason--because I always lost my 1x1 plates, and needed more. ;) But actually, when I need to connect brick to brick, I use the Technic peg with one stud end instead, alternating directionwise. It's extremely (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.build)
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Thanks, Ben. At first, I had designed those pods as engines, but a friend of mine said they looked like heavy LRM pods, and I thought it was a good suggestion, so I guess they're missiles now. :^) I would have liked to make the legs better-looking, (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.starwars)
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I started playing "M:tG" when it first came out. I even wrote up and submitted an expansion for it (WOTC turned me down, though...). If you're interested, check out my expansion: "(URL) the characters and critters I'll be doing for the CastleWorld (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Nice! I like the missle pods (?) on the top. Very formidable! Those guns are pretty impressive too! Ben ---...--- Ben Vaughan ben@marsbase.com (URL) Sandlin" <sandlin@nwlink.com> wrote in message news:FrA4xv.1H2@lugnet.com... (...) Right (...) photo (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) You (...) remembering. (...) 1x8 (...) distance. (...) they (...) That's ok, you can "steal" from me anytime, I'm not that bothered by it. I saw your post and I'm bothered that you found a timecapsule with a Fort Legoreado in it. *(fume... (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Ooh, if I ever try to list the people who inspired a detail or two, I will end up leaving off people I can't remember, AND people I can't remember remembering. I know I saw those columns of yours way back, but then last night the concept just (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Well, that was interesting. Somehow the end of my post (and half my name) got cut off. Anyway, here it is: (URL) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) ... you forgot the addy I think;) -- pn (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.starwars)
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Hi everyone, I have finally created a small webpage for a few photos of some MOCs. Right now, everything is Mecha-based, but one of my mecha is built from Star Wars sets (which explains the post to .starwars). I plan to photo some of my spacecraft (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) <snip> (...) That is exactly the effect I used on my capitals on the Temple of Technic. You can see it if you look real closely. At this time I cannot remember if I used the older/thinner ones on them or the newer thicker one, (IIRC I used (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Just wondering, but what year are most of your ships based on? (hey, I may even start to get into this kinda stuff). Erin -- (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.build)
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In lugnet.build, Bryan Wong writes about this part: (...) pile of them makes curls or wavy hair. So I played with that for a while and ran out of them. Then I started using pairs of grey ones as capitals on columns for a Greek revival town building. (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I like to collect lego books ( I have the ultimate lego book) but what is this "World of lego toys" book you are talking about? Is is an old publication or can I pick it up somewhere? Sorry I couldn't answer your question. :) John Warren (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.build)
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(...) and (...) Me too. A lot of my models use this (and some others) in similar ways.. In the past, I used to snap them off, but recently, I've been more careful to try to use the whole piece... I've found with a little imagination, it's usually (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: UFO clear and gray pieces - Are they useful for emulating architectural features?
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Hi, My castle is almost 3 feet high and has octogonal middle tiers ((URL) Eiffel Tower has 4 sides, but they are bent progressively upwards (See the bottom of it here: (URL) and the top of it here: (URL) ) My new police station is 3 feet high (12 (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: New Use of 1x1 plate w/clip light?
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(...) Oh yes, me and making things into 2 or more useful (most of the time) pieces go wwwaaaaayyyy back. Sometimes I'm able to fool the eye without actually mutilating a piece, as in the pictures referenced: (URL) hope this fully illistrates the (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Ironclad _La Gloire_ virtually complete--mini-page up
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Lindsay: [ Presents the Gloire ] (...) C'est magnifique! Joué bon, Jacob (who has learnt _something_ during his stay in France ;-) ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL: (URL) > -- ---...--- (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Ironclad _La Gloire_ virtually complete--mini-page up
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BEAUTIFUL! You almost inspire me to start making my own warships. Will Lego Beach Department of Emergency Services www.crosswinds.net/~hokie (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.build)
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(...) both 6044 and 6055 that is (...) one side and two fingers (...) from one horse to the (...) hinged with three and two (...) other sets than the (...) other colors? If yes, (...) I have seen this piece just recently in some large lots I got off (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.build)
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In case you don't know what piece I'm talking about, it's the one shown here: (URL) when I was younger, I remember "breaking" off the round clip part and use it to join two pieces "back to back" (or "socket to socket"). I'm sure that would come in (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Glorious says it all!!! (But now I am going to babble on...) Excellent work...very inspiring...I love the bow and stern detail. Those davits are elegant in their simplicity...I experimented w/ similar mechanisms long ago, but mine were big and (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.build)
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Mr L F Braun wrote (...) Just glorious. My tallships are not looking forward to it getting around to 1860. Regards Richard Still baldly going... Check out Port Block at (URL) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: WANTED: Red-Eyed heads: Mummy, Stingray, ?
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(...) [snip] I've gotta ask, Aaron, what you're building that has red-eyed minifigs as the defining feature. Sorry, it just sounded too interesting for me not to ask. :) best Lindsay (FUT: lugnet.build) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.build)
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Zowee! That's awesome, Lindsay. Gotta hand it to you, for a minute there I was considering changing themes to pirates ;-) All seriousness aside, that's really beautiful. I love the boat-lowering feature (I hate technic as is, but I sure do (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.build)
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Hi, _La Gloire_ is now in Phase Nine, meaning it has almost all the bells and whistles an ironclad might need. Everything from lifeboat davits that lower, a complete stern gallery, coal chutes, boiler room, to a dozen cannon, a fairly complete (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: UFO clear and gray pieces - Are they useful for emulating architectural features?
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Hi Brad! Thanks for the compliment. I like your town pics. Have you made any non-orthogonal designs (non 90degree)? My station is octagonal (not the top) and almost 5 ft high on a 3.25" base. (it was a CLSoW last August) Just wondering what the (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.arch)
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Wow! That is a SERIOUSLY big model! I like it. Rick Kujawa <spacerocks@iname.com> wrote in message news:Fr70H9.n10@lugnet.com... (...) can (...) into (...) circular (...) the (...) left): (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.arch)
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Hey: There is a blue hinged piece that I have noticed in both 6044 and 6055 that is a 1x6 plate and has 3 fingers in the middle of it on one side and two fingers on the other side of it. This is the plate that runs from one horse to the other in (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.build)
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(...) of (...) I've posted the list of cards that I have for trade at (URL). Let me know if you are interested. FUT B-S-T -Duane (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) Unfortunatly portions of your plot aren't of a 'family' nature- but the architecture of the house looks good! (...) I would welcome further input.- After all at the moment it looks like I'll have to build something of Haunted House myself. (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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I used some UFO round pieces on the top of my second space station. You can (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) It sits by the front door. Four pieces. (URL) The 2 orange pieces are from the Mos Espa Pos Race set. They're linked together by a technic half pin and topped with a round black plate. Brian (retreating back to the shadows) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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(...) w/ (...) And you call me ALEW??! (...) Okay who cares. But really it would be hotdog on a stick rather then stick in a hotdog. (...) from (...) I did mean that but well who the heck cares!!!! (...) Which Jasper? From where. (...) Well now that (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Nope. <grin> (...) I know... I'll hafta find something to do with all those technic parts... -Shiri (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.castle)
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(...) You just can't get enough of those ice spears, can you? Well, neither can I, they're gonna be really cool. <<KM>> (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.castle)
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(...) <legoman34@mindspring.com> (...) <snip> (...) <more snippage> (...) Ok... More pictures are up, with said lamp-posts, and all the rest. Rich (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Loved that movie, nice 80's ultra violence. Now we need not only a RC Minifig, we need the CEO of OCP, and a 6000 SUX. I think I need to find that movie again. ^_^; (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Hey, Let me know if you make any Thallids. My deck needs a mascot. ;) Jeff, "Thallid Lord" Save the Whales! I might get hungry later... ICQ #66153738 (URL) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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I like the idea that it is inspired by, but better than the LEGO Metro Station. Very nice. Chris (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains)
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(...) as (...) nest (...) and (...) Yes.. very nice, but un-obtainable at this time. I'm using, (from the bottom up,) a 2x2 round gray plate, 3 full on brick Techic bushings pushed onto a 10 brick long Technic axle, with a 2x2 round trans-yellow (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains)
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Hi CJ, Urza sounds cool and if you make him I'd love to have a cross-over story to get some majickal items for my characters... Are you going to make an ice age? If so, check out the trans blue spears that should be coming around the summer in this (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: less messy getting rid of the print on minifigs
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Hi CJ, (...) Well, the Xacto does leave marks. It's probably most useful for small, detailed removals and not total-print remover. (For example, for taking off a microphone off the Jet face the Xacto is excellent.) <snip> (...) Brasso works well (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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