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(...) The car, for those of you old enough to remember French spy movies is a Citroen - I forget the model designation. It had turn signals up on the top of the body and adjustable ride height. It was the ultimate gangster vehicle since it stuck to (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Gianluca Morelli's models
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Simply stunning. Beautiful models. Bravo!!! later, James Mathis (...) minifig? (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(URL) are excellent! I especially like this car: (URL) chance of building instructions so I can try to modify it to fit a minifig? The detail on the train cars is nice as well. They look very realistic with all that corrugation. Keep up the good (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: part search
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(...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Paint
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I went by the ol' art supply store last night and got some. They work pretty well, though you have to have a steady hand because the tip isn't exactly fine point. Here's a pic of the ones I did last night: (URL) forgive the crappy webcam image. I'm (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | Re: VTOLs and Helicopters
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(...) Almost all helicopter from Kamov (former USSR) are of that type. Selçuk (...) (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Marauder
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The Marauder is based on the Macross Zentraedi Officer's Battle Pod. Here's a nice pic with some good detail. (URL) a joint at the hip, a short upper leg, and then a joint at the "knee" before the leg comes forward in a long sweep to the ankle. HTH. (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: VTOLs and Helicopters
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(...) counter the torque of the main rotor. This design is (I believe) more popular among Russian designs than any others. Popular helicopter rotor systems include a primary rotor with a tail rotor, two primary rotors on opposite sides of the VTOL (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.build)
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In lugnet.build, Carlo Ottolina was looking for white pieces: (...) references, but at least they're better than nothing (...) Steve (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.build)
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Another question about the Marauder. I've found some images, and I know that there are joints at the feet and hips. Is there a joint in between the points and if so, does anyone have an idea of how much articulation is in that joint? Thanks in (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) We're still goin now (9:40 CST). We will stay that way for probably a few hours I would assume :) Come by and join us! -Tim (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build.mecha)
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I'm trying to find two particular parts to complete a model. (URL) can I find these parts in *white*? TIA Carlo. (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.build)
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You may get many specific camera recommendations from users here, but if you don't mind doing some research, here's what I suggest: Go to ActiveBuyersGuide.com: (URL) have a wonderful wizard that will allow you to put in needed features (price (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.castle)
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Join AIM chat room "SLego" now! my nickname is "sandlimp" send me a message if any problems. ~Mark (25 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build.mecha)
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To me, it looks a lot more like an autogyro that a VTOL (an autogyro is a top-rotored aircraft with a exterior engines that don't power the rotors and no (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.build)
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One of the latest additions to my website was a pair of VTOLs, the "Thunder" and the "Donar." If you take a look at the Donar, you'll see that I included an attempt at a contra-rotating lift system. Has anyone managed a good looking and FUNCTIONAL (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Marvy-Uchida brad marker paints are great, I hear. I haven't gotten a chance to try it myself, but Craigo has a bunch of tips and techniques on his page: (URL) I'm going to hunt up some good marker-paints and then get to work on those Willas! (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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Ok, I've searched through the posts, and near as I can tell, no one has asked this yet. What kind of paint do you guys suggest for making custom minifig heads? I'd love to make one of myself, but I want it to look good, and unfortunately model paint (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | Re: Excelent Mecha Ideas
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Yep... that's a good site. I've enjoyed it for a long time. I never thought to mention it here, though. Thanks for posting it. While you guys are there, be sure to check out the Hajime Katoki gallery. Beautiful. ~Mark (...) web, (...) caught my (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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I found this while I was looking for a community manga comic on the web, entitled mecha hunter or sothing like that... I ran a search for 'mecha hunter' and a number of gundam/macross links came up- but this onw caught my eye: (URL) . It has (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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