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Oops! Sorry, Fredrik, I forgot to mention you - I've been good up to this point, but it seems I skipped over appropriate crediting this morning. Anyhoo, the Willy's MB is borrowed heavily from Fredrik's design, detailed in other posts in this (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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(...) Me too. I only have two, in black, and I have to admit that I fid it indispensible for minifig designing- things like heavy weapons a la _Aliens_, angel wings, duel katana holders, etc etc etc. It's a pain to have to keep swapping them out for (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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(...) I was inspired by it, as well. Shaun pointed me to the file after our first BrikWars game, when I couldn't stop slavering over his Jeep. As a Jeep owner, I found it to be especially cool. So, of course, I went and made some further adaptions (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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(...) All very slick. (...) Arg. I really wish they'd bring this backpack piece back! :-, Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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(...) I'm happy to hear that you were inspired by it! That's why I post models on the web (and LUGNET), in the first place! I didn't add the tools myself because I found them a bit too large (and many weren't available in LDraw). I thought about (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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aw, man, i love it when we get a .dat file (to see the making of a great model so i can make some at home). i particularly like the way you used the hinged plates to effect the fenders of the jeep, fredrik. your original model is an excellent basic (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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All, To pass a couple of hours, and to use up some of my many extra wheel hubs, I decided to construct a LEGO abacus: (URL) Harshbarger / eric@ericharshbarger.org / www.ericharshbarger.org "Oh please, if people are going to start telling the truth (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build) !
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(...) You can find the specs at: (URL) mostly. I didn't include all the minifig tools.) Fredrik (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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(...) That jeep looks familiar: (URL) I modeled it after a Vietnam era jeep, not a WWII one. But they are quite similar! Also, I don't care much for minifig scale, so I didn't model it for the minifigs. But it appears to work pretty well anyway. (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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hey shaun, i'm a fan of wwii models so i particularly like your jeep and half-track...terrific recreations!! is there any chance you know the approximate piece count for the jeep? it doesn't look like you used a lot of parts but the model is very (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: MOC: Starship "Suffren" Fighter Module; Basic Page Now Up
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I LOVE your new "snub" fighters with their little docking module. That is a very elegant solution for a destoyer-size capital ship that doesn't have the luxury of a landing bay. One technical concern: It appears that the whole module serves as an (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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(...) Yup. One lamp reflector is slid down the neck in bowl fashion, then a brick, then the other lamp reflector sits facing down atop the brick stud. The feather is poked into a hole in that stud. %(|:^|) ;^) -Suz. (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) These guys are really nice. Great use of the Naboo Guard torso and the Knight's Kingdom torso- I had written the latter of as only being good for heavily armored troops, so I'm impressed by how lightly-armored the bald Ranger looks. And the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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Hi All, I just loaded a whole cartload of new pics onto (URL) . Included are pics of the following: Sd.kfz 222 German Armored Car (North Africa) and crew Sd.fkz 251 German Halftrack (North Africa) and crew, with Howitzer Willys MB Jeep (North (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build) !
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(...) The URL for everything BrikWars is: (URL) there and read all about it. FUT lugnet.fun.gaming. eric (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.gaming)
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...The fighters are excellent. I like the vertical design and may incorporate some of that idea into my designs :-) (...) ...you can go back to ignoring me now... wubwub stephen f roberts wamalug guy ((URL) #160 (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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(...) ...Yea... Ive had a mention of that. I'm not sure what's happening, since it wurks for me and all the files seem to be intact and all. I reloaded everything again so maybe it will fix it. I also included all the papers zipped up in one file (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.build)
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Mike: Thanks. Actually, I plan to make the building in 3 seperate chunks that can be stacked together. This will also help me move it around. My Empire State Building is all one big chunk, and at almost 6 feet, it's pretty darn hard to move it when (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | New MOC from Brikwars: Dragoon MK2 and Rampage
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Hello all. I've updated my page to include the model pages for the two MOC's that I made for the Inaugural Ohio BrikWars event. The Dragoon MK2 is a 4 legged spider-mech inspired by the Dragoon from the Starcraft game. The Rampage is a heavy assault (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.space)
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Hi everyone, Well, I finally have a mini-page up for _Suffren_. It contains much backstory, so page down to the bottom half if you need either the links for the old command module shots or the thumbnails/image links to the "new stuff" and don't (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build) !
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