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(...) Well, whattaya know. I didn't look close enough and just had cheese wedges on the brain I guess. (17 years ago, 23-Aug-07, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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(...) hi steve, thanks for checking it out, glad you liked it. i described the roof apexes in my reply to jonathan's post, so you can see the details there. as for public transportation, i'm thinking this is an exotic island in the caribbean not (...) (17 years ago, 23-Aug-07, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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(...) hi jonathan, nice to hear from you! glad you like my little getaway place. and yes, those are embedded fence pieces to get that little detail on what would have otherwise been a really boring roof line. in my post, i forgot to give credit to (...) (17 years ago, 23-Aug-07, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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(...) thank you, i'm glad you "feel" the space! the lounge chairs aren't made with cheese wedges, although that is a really great idea, but i've just checked and they aren't made (yet!) in any colour that would have suited. instead, i used the 1x1 (...) (17 years ago, 22-Aug-07, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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Hi Deborah, I really love it! I particularly like the idea of thinking BIG and getting small! Too many great innovations to cover them all, but what are the roof apexes made from? SteveB PS in a property so large don't you think there needs to be (...) (17 years ago, 22-Aug-07, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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(...) Very nice! Excellent use of parts. Particularly the corner 1x1 panels as chairs. On the peaks of the bungalow roofs, are there fences embedded in there to give that cool effect? If not, what did you use to achieve that effect? Looks stunning. (...) (17 years ago, 22-Aug-07, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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That is really convincing. I want to go there! I especially liked the deck chairs using the "cheese wedges" and what inspiration to use those odd little corner thingamees for chairs! (17 years ago, 22-Aug-07, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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(URL) i had originally wanted to build a minifig scale caribbean resort but the financial calculations on 6 bungalows in pastel colours ended that dream. someone suggested microscale (might have been my husband, who despite having no interest (...) (17 years ago, 22-Aug-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX) !!
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(URL) Hi Folks, I've never built a space ship, so where to start? LEGO Classic Space could be a cool theme to add jet another ship. The famous LL924 is godfather of my LL924 creation in XL or UCS format. The scale is nearly 2:1 and would work fine (...) (17 years ago, 18-Aug-07, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX) !!
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(...) If you want a utility to do graphics file conversions, try Irfanview. It's free and does everything I want in a graphics file browser, converter, resizer, printer. ;-) Jeff (17 years ago, 17-Aug-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Travis. I'll have a new design done probably within the next week. Then I'll get a chance to use the PNG file. (17 years ago, 17-Aug-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) PNG files are lossless, which means they'll look identical to the BMP files. Taking spartan01.bmp as an example, the BMP file is 1880KB (1.8MB), while a PNG of the same image is 74KB, and the two images are identical on-screen. When I posted (...) (17 years ago, 17-Aug-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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From the front page of MechaHub.com: "We have closed our forum on BrickChan in favor of using (URL) to comment on models and generally stay in touch. (URL) We have a MechaHub Group on Flickr> The group allows you to see the lastest uploads on Flickr (...) (17 years ago, 17-Aug-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !
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(...) Exactly. I've never used a faucet, but I use the bases all the time. (17 years ago, 17-Aug-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Hi Fradel. Thanks very much. Both of the parts you're asking about are found in the official parts list downloaded with LDRAW. The first piece I believe you are referring to is just a faucet base without the actual faucet attached. The (...) (17 years ago, 17-Aug-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) I suspect the parts next to the chevron tiles are "(URL) Tap 1 x 2 Base>" pieces, which are part of these faucets: (URL) Tap 1 x 2 Assembly with Gray Spout>> I don't know about the other part. Jim (17 years ago, 16-Aug-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Daddy likes, but I'm not feelin the red for the trans color choice. It kinda fights with the green. BTW, are those smoke dispensers midway the length of the legs? F (17 years ago, 16-Aug-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Nice stuff. Yer mecha portfolio rocks. I was wondering btw, what are those pieces beside the part with the chevrons and what is with those inverted slopes as sideburns. They don't look quite right? Does MLCAD mod parts? F (17 years ago, 16-Aug-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Travis, but it's far from my first major design. It's just the first that I announced here on Lugnet. I'm still finding my way around the new MOC pages posting method, but I see they do allow PNG, so I'll take your advice and try that (...) (17 years ago, 16-Aug-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Whoops. Sorry about the link. As for the bmp files, I used them because they looked better than jpg files. However MOC pages doesn't allow them anymore anyway, so my latest design, and all my future designs will not be in bmp format. Reloading (...) (17 years ago, 16-Aug-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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