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I finally got round to making a bit of room and posting some of the pics of some of my more recent work. If you surf my site, at the bottom of the buildings page you'll see my rural station. This blue/white station is intended to capture what a (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Stairs
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(...) I have a design at: (URL) have done a few variations on this, with different types of bricks. But since you say tou son't want the open below look, maybe this is of no help to you... Rob (26 years ago, 28-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Stairs
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(...) concluded (...) Well, if they're not necessary, they might be required if one wants a "solid stair" look. Castles that use "stone" staircases most certainly can benefit by this, unless it's a wooden staircase in which case it's the wrong (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Brand New Rigs at Sixby Fire Tech
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(...) Paul, the shoelaces are almost too easy to make, for the record, here is how to do it: The supply lines are made from 5/16" wide shoelaces while the attack lines are made from 3/16" shoelace. The supply lines are easier to make. Just take a (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Catalogs (was Technic 99)
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Thanks, Steve, very lucid and helpful replies. -- -Steven | Smile, Mickey's Watching | TDC TTAguy Think "Up" - "Down" will take care of itself (26 years ago, 4-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Stairs
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(...) I thought so too, but several frustrated hours (and designs) later, I concluded they were. This is mostly because I was trying for a solid spiral, not an open-below (I did play with one or two designs, but Katrine's is cleaner). The open-below (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Catalogs (was Technic 99)
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(...) Doh! 4. Online catalogs can be found at (URL). All specific geographic regions are available for viewing. The N.A. catalog should include all currently-available sets, even the S@H-exclusive ones Recently, this catalog has been very timely, (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Catalogs (was Technic 99)
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(...) Good list, good descriptions, but I only counted 3. the three you did were FAQ quality answers, though. (26 years ago, 4-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Catalogs (was Technic 99)
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(...) (IMO) there is no definitive "LEGO Catalog". In North America, there are four different flavors of catalogs, with different purposes and levels of completeness: 1. In-box catalogs. There are basically two different versions of these: the small (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Stairs
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(...) I like your design, but I don't think the tiles are neccessary. You can see one of Katrine's staircases at <URL:(URL). The whole building can be found at <URL:(URL). Other examples: <URL:(URL) <URL:(URL) Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Brand New Rigs at Sixby Fire Tech
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(...) Pretty cool, hard to believe that you can keep topping yourself each time you build something new. The walk though pump are of the pumper is pretty realistic. Just how hard are those shoelace hoses to make? Purists please take cover. (26 years ago, 4-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Brand New Rigs at Sixby Fire Tech
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I do read LUGNET groups all the time, but I'm always afraid my posts will get messed up somehow, so I usually only post if I've got something new built, and such is the case now. I'm not even sure if I've got this set up correctly yet. I have added (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Catalogs (was Technic 99)
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('k, I'm pretty new to lugnet and rtl, pls forgive this q that's likely to be frequent) From whence does one get a catalogue? Do you mean the 8-16page booklet that's inside the sets, or is there a "real" catalog to be gotten from TLG? -- -Steven | (...) (26 years ago, 3-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Action Toys
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(...) For me this issue is mainly about giving gifts to children. If *I* am looking for parts for a MOC I will probably never leave the realm of technic. If I am, on the other hand, looking for a gift for a younger child I would like (and in the (...) (26 years ago, 3-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Smooth Plates
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(...) in white. I'm sure others would be interested in the roadplate and the two straight rails. Also the inverted slope windscreens. Currently on offer at: www.auczilla.com/lego/ix/ there are 1 x 6 tiles in grey and black and 1 x 8 tiles in grey, (...) (26 years ago, 3-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Smooth Plates
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(...) (26 years ago, 3-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Smooth Plates
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(...) I would say this is a nice set to get 2 1x8 red tiles: (URL) (26 years ago, 3-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Parts Storage -- a nice carrying/storage case
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Pretty nice, picked one up today for my Mindstorms, too bad the large tires won't fit in there... -- ( Ickna / Nick H. ) ( (URL) ) ( Ickna@-nospam-aol.com ) ( Remove -nospam- to send ) You're not really surfing the information superhighway, you sit (...) (26 years ago, 2-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Smooth Plates
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <368D93CF.3B9E29E2@c...AM.com>... (...) The Technic forklift 8248 has 4 8x1 black tiles, and is fairly cheap for a Technic set. So if you're into Technic 3 of these would do it. Moz (26 years ago, 2-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) express and ANWB Breakdown (Both of which Nik built today and they go together pretty good) but those are out of production and very expensive. Doesn't the little eXtreme team airboat use a few? DO they HAVE to be 1x6, or would more 1x4s work. (...) (26 years ago, 2-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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