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(...) Ahem... Yes, well, I can see that that might be a problem... I did actually build about 60% of that "booster pack", and it stands up just fine... but It kinda grew a little bit due to aesthetic considerations during the LCADing process... (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jun-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Actually I have built the "Ryu" mech from the LCad instructions on Karim's site, it is about 95% complete and will stand on it's own (with some careful balancing) as long as the booster "backpack" is not attached.I have made some changes to the (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jun-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Jeff Elliott <jeffe@telepres.com> wrote in message news:FvLBLq.7Lu@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) tower, (...) Great! (...) upper (...) figured (...) the (...) You're telling me. I need approx. 5000 bricks for a project I'm working on... Oh well, I (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jun-00, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Tiny motorized car
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(...) I've found that when it comes to adding steering to very small vehicles, it's easiest to do articulated steering. It's simply easier to make a small vehicle that bends in the middle than one with regular rack-and-pinion steering. Fredrik (24 years ago, 5-Jun-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.build)
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(...) Nope, this is just a nod to Mike Rayhawk's mention of just such a fellow. (...) Thanks. I was aiming for chickens, but they came out ducks :) Jeff (24 years ago, 5-Jun-00, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.castle)
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(...) bit unclear...did he somehow attract remoras?), but I love the chickens, or ducks if you prefer to keep 'em in black. Mmmm. The whole layout is really very nice. The landscape lends itself well to photography. Other than that, no real notes (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jun-00, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Your battlefield pics on Brickshelf look great. I love the village. (...) You can just hang one of those short brown ladders off the side. You could attach a rope to the bottom of the ladder so defenders could haul it up when the tower was (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jun-00, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.castle)
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Can you send me the .dat file of the mecha, it's okay if you can't or don't want to? I just wanna have a sneak peek! BTW The pilot of my new mecha can actually pop his head up underneath the mecha's head, ala _Patlabor_! (...) about (...) a (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jun-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Technic train truss bridge
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In lugnet.build, James Powell writes: I LOVE it when James slips up, it's so infrequent! (...) It's very "train" indeed (1)... but not at all a trestle. It's a truss bridge, a through truss to be precise. Trestles typically don't have clear spans of (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jun-00, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Sounds cool... Yes you are right about the difficulty of building smaller mecha... with larger mecha, you know in the back of your mind that you can always get a *little* bit larger... and technic joints get easier to build the bigger they (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jun-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Here are pics: (URL) you can see, the entire front half is entirely aesthetics (ie, unnecessary for function). I'm not that happy with the looks of the car, and it's awefully slow, but I think it's pretty cool that the motor fits in such a (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jun-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.build)
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Yeah, I asked you to make more smaller mecha. While were're on the subject of mecha: a) I have just completed 80% of my new Rapid Response Mecha that is about twice the size of my current mecha, it's going to have a white and red paint scheme, b) (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jun-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) It does call out to me as "train" trestle (North American, but still...) It has all the right bits to be what you are saying it is, and it is elegent. James P (24 years ago, 4-Jun-00, to lugnet.build)
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(...) As soon as I can get some spare time to set up the renders and compile them. It was designed in response to someone's (maybe yours??) request for more medium-sized mecha at Pallas Spaceworks... It is about the same height as the Mustang (UMA (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jun-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Wow, I love that Throwbot Mecha, it has a squat, utilitarian, military, feeling. (...) her (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jun-00, to lugnet.build)
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It just occured to us that we never posted about the bridge we made. It's the techinic train truss bridge, 8 track lengths that was used in the Manassas train show. We have some pictures of it, and we're pretty pleased with the design of it and it's (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jun-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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I went trigger-happy and posted over 100 pictures of this city to my Brickshelf gallery: (URL) are going to finish the basement in a few weeks and I wanted to document the city before everything gets taken down during "the big quake." Enjoy well, (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jun-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: LEGO-Mechcommander 1st of June update
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Silly man... you don't get bonus points for including something that -should- be there in the first place. You would get bonus points for adding an incredibly-large-unb...anced-gun, or perhaps a few unnecessarily-big-ra...-missiles. ;^) ~Mark (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jun-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Yep, leg articulation. Just for you. I knew you would love it ;) No bonus points? Primus BuS, ComStar (24 years ago, 4-Jun-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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[ forgot to post this to lugnet.build, oops ] I've added some more MOCs to my home page over the last 2 months but never announced the additions. They are at (URL) new models are: - Modular Space System: A modular space vehicle system - Misc Sci-Fi (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jun-00, to lugnet.build)
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