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(...) Could this qualify for a CLSotW nomination? Assuming it hasn't won one previously, of course... Steve (26 years ago, 5-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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Steve Bliss wrote (...) There is a HTML and it is... (URL) homepage is a wicked way to spend some time reading. A lot of neat stuff, ideas and history. And here it is... (URL) (26 years ago, 5-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I got this when it first surfaced. Highly recommended. I'd say it has saved me 30% of my fiddle time when doing mechanisms. Since I'm not mechanical, that's pretty significant. (26 years ago, 5-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Thanks, Steve. Very true, especially in white... I have to tell you that those parts gave me fits, though, as the whole assembly is rather fragile until you get plates on both the top and bottom of the plate like section that sticks out of the (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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A reference was given in lugnet.robotics to a paper called "The Art of LEGO Design". To me, it sounded like an architecture piece--how to design asthetically pleasing models. Which would have been a pretty cool article, but I was wrong. This article (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) (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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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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('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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(...) 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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(...) 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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