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thought some might be interested in this: (2 URLs) (17 years ago, 24-May-07, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Clamp for rear edge of curved canopy
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(...) I don't know when I'll find this useful... but I'm pretty sure it will happen. Thanks for sharing. Tim (17 years ago, 22-May-07, to lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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| | Re: 3 New Mecha
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Well done, Jon. Like all of your Mecha those seem to really be playable. That's a thing I don't reach often. Build on, and keep 'em (URL) Marco> (17 years ago, 22-May-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Clamp for rear edge of curved canopy
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I don't know if this really counts as "SNOT," but I was playing around the other night and came up with this technique for gripping the rear edge of the curved 30384 canopies: (URL) It's not an absolutely flush fit, but it's close enough for (...) (17 years ago, 22-May-07, to lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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| | Re: 3 New Mecha
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(...) Hey Jon, (...) Oooh, I like them. I like the look of the forearms. They seem Exo-force-ish™ (lol), That is not a bad thing. A good cross between FASA designs and your own creation. I was wondering, I guess you rely on the sole rotaional (...) (17 years ago, 22-May-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: 3 New Mecha
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(...) Hmmmm not sure how I managed that typo on the greeting.... Should have read Hello all LoL -Jon (17 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | 3 New Mecha
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Hehowerverllo all, In the last few weeks I finally had some time to build again. I built three mecha along a similar design base. Two of them are variants of the same design, while the third is bigger and has more structural changes. The first two (...) (17 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Re: Concertina wagon... and a whole lot of SNOT
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(...) -- SNIP -- (...) Thanks. I've got to try that now. Also, thanks to the other Tim for the explanation and pics for the concertina wagon. -Paul (17 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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| | Arena Dome
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Here's another structure utilizing the skateboard ramps. Still unfinished and likely to be used in a Theed themed diorama later on. (2 URLs) AC (17 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Re: Concertina wagon... and a whole lot of SNOT
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(...) Thanks (...) The other Tim has answered that better than I could. (...) It's a trick Samarth Moray showed me which he thought was invented by Ross or John Neal. You hold the wheel in between two rows of two 1x2 plate with rail (Part (URL) (...) (17 years ago, 20-May-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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| | Re: Concertina wagon... and a whole lot of SNOT
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(...) (URL) (17 years ago, 20-May-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim)
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(...) This is the other Tim ;-) The concertina wagon has a solid roof/side in sections that slide inside one another, hence slight differences in size that Tim had worked so hard to reproduce. (URL) In the UK they are usually used for carrying steel (...) (17 years ago, 20-May-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim)
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| | Re: Concertina wagon... and a whole lot of SNOT
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(...) Like Chris, I too noticed that cool hopper while admiring the lovely SNOT-li-ness of your concertina wagon. (btw, what is a concertina wagon?) Tim, I've been meaning to ask you, since I've noticed it before, how do you do your trucks with the (...) (17 years ago, 20-May-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim)
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| | Re: Concertina wagon... and a whole lot of SNOT
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(...) Cool, but I did you ever tell us about this one (which shares a gallery with your concertina wagon)? (URL) is also very nice, and I don't think I've seen 1x3 bricks with bow used that way before. Thanks for the inspiration, Chris (17 years ago, 20-May-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim)
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(URL) Hi all, This remarkably plain wagon has a deadly secret inside... it's filled with SNOT!!!! I wanted to do the concertina effect very subtly which meant half plate differences in two directions at once in addition to the half plate height (...) (17 years ago, 20-May-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX) !
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| | Chicago Bears logo mosaic
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Using the (URL) PicToBrick> program, I have made a (URL) studs-out mosaic> of the Chicago Bears NFL logo. Once I had downloaded PicToBrick (and enough auxilliary components to get it to run), I had a lot of fun running random pictures through to see (...) (17 years ago, 19-May-07, to lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, FTX)
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| | Re: Jerry Falwell 1933-2007
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Nice vig. The flag is backwards, though. The blue field should be to the upper left. (17 years ago, 19-May-07, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Re: Six months of MicroBricks
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Time flies, congrats! The index will be good, and the set features should be interesting (I had no idea there were enough to do on a weekly basis but I assume you'll be going back to some very old sets?) Congrats again and God Bless, Nathan (URL) (17 years ago, 18-May-07, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Brick Testament in Bratislava report; Amsterdam balloon launch
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Hi, all. Back from Europe and the LEGO gallery show in Bratislava, Slovakia, was great fun. I hope to have a full write-up of my experiences there in an upcoming issue of BrickJournal, but if you're curious, there are some photos from the event (...) (17 years ago, 18-May-07, to lugnet.events, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.fun, lugnet.people, FTX)
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| | Six months of MicroBricks
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Hey all, My blog on microscale MOCs, (URL) MicroBricks>, is going to be six months old on Monday. I've just added a couple of new features. I finally broke down and succumbed to my inner OCD and created an (URL) index of featured MOCs>. Also, I'm (...) (17 years ago, 18-May-07, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Jerry Falwell 1933-2007
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Hey all, Here's my depiction of (URL) Falwell>. (URL) Bruce (17 years ago, 18-May-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Re: Hi, Howie
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(...) No, but they are wearing very short sleeveless dresses. (17 years ago, 17-May-07, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Re: Hi, Howie
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(...) That would be a better show- Pants or No Pants? "Alex, I'll take No Pants for $500, please." (17 years ago, 17-May-07, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Re: Hi, Howie
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(...) Oh my, thats a lot of female minifigs all in one place for sure! My eyes may be deceiving me, but are all of your little ladies wearing no pants? :-O (17 years ago, 16-May-07, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Re: Mosaic Homework Help?
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(...) Thank you so much! I had tried saving the image, but I hadn't thought to copy it. That worked like a charm!! Thanks, too, for taking the time to create the image with the gridlines. That will really make it easier for him to assemble the (...) (17 years ago, 16-May-07, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Mosaic Homework Help?
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(...) Hm. It sounds like your browser is trying to reload the image for printing, and is coming up against the fact that Lugnet is trying to prevent a lot of server load by regenerating mosaics. Which browser are you using? One way to do it is sort (...) (17 years ago, 16-May-07, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I've just retried it. It is still not working for me and I am fully aware that it is likely user error and/or my computer settings. I was able to print your link just fine, but I can't print my photo. Printing from 'file' menu prints the (...) (17 years ago, 16-May-07, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Huh-- what problem specifically? I just tried it in MSIE and Firefox, and made a little gif of Kjeld without much trouble: (URL) the problem that you're having with printing? I did notice that one of the links had "news.lugnet.com" instead of (...) (17 years ago, 16-May-07, to lugnet.build)
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| | Mosaic Homework Help?
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My 3rd grade son is struggling through an enormous biography project at school and next week he will have to do a presentation! I thought having a mosaic of his subject would be an impressive display and hopefully an ego boost for him. I'm having a (...) (17 years ago, 16-May-07, to lugnet.build)
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| | 7602 Jeep
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Hi all, I made an .ldr file for set 7602-1 Jeep. But somehow I have lots of problems fixing tyres etc.. Is there anybody who can fix this (X, Y, Z for some parts). (URL) You can email me when you are done. Thanks in advance. Saso (17 years ago, 15-May-07, to lugnet.build)
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| | Modest house
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Since not every minifig in LEGO city can afford to stay at the Café Corner hotel, I thought it would be nice to have some kind of modest house - no gargoyles, not much colors, nothing fancy; just a plain street house: (2 URLs) gallery> This house (...) (17 years ago, 13-May-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX) !
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| | Re: The Cruella d'Villa
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(...) ROSCO! Thank you--that reminded me that I have a program for my Minolta DiMage Z6 that does batch processing. The Brickfest 2007 pics are now resized, and the folder will be public again soon. Lesson learned: I promise from here out that my (...) (17 years ago, 13-May-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) (URL) Irfanview> has a batch mode, allowing you to easily resize as many images as you like with a few mouse clicks. ROSCO (17 years ago, 12-May-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) Hi again-- I don't like posting to my own posts, but so you all know...I have taken Ben's advice and gone through both the Cruella d'Villa and the Minifigs on Tour pictures on Brickshelf ((URL)) and resized them to roughly 1000x750 for faster (...) (17 years ago, 12-May-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: The Quantum Super Thunder Galactic Robo Fighter: Atomictron 7
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(...) Jaimie, This is just freakin awesome. Takes me back to the days when I used watch Tranzor Z and Voltron. Excellent work, man !!! Jon (17 years ago, 12-May-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: The Cruella d'Villa
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(...) Ben: The resize thing isn't a bad idea--I have my camera set for ridiculously huge for a reason--it makes for better pics at printing for 8x10. But, I will try to resize them all over the weekend (at least, the Cruella d'Villa pics) to (...) (17 years ago, 12-May-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: The Quantum Super Thunder Galactic Robo Fighter: Atomictron 7
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I'll wrap this into one post and save some room. Thanks for all your comments. It was fun building something with a bit of a cartoony flare to it. And the X-pod container just really seemed to fit. A lot better than the typical dome canopy. This (...) (17 years ago, 11-May-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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I also like how your villa has that classic 1970's set feel with the arches and tile walkway. I do have a couple of suggestions about your pictures. Please resize them to be around 1000x750 or 800x600 pixels. If your pictures load faster, more (...) (17 years ago, 11-May-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: The Quantum Super Thunder Galactic Robo Fighter: Atomictron 7
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I love the posable fingers! It has a great retro vibe to it. Well done, Jaimie - even though I couldn't say its entire name in one breath: 'Quantum Super Thunder Galactic Robo Fighter: Atomictron 7©®'. Do you mind if I just call it the (...) (17 years ago, 11-May-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: The Cruella d'Villa
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(...) Nifty! Simple and sweet. In these days of abundance, this invokes the classics. Well played! (17 years ago, 11-May-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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