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I got a note offline asking about how I do the inset doors on my box cars. They were clear on how to start an offset using 1x2 tiles with center stud, but unclear on how to tie the door back in at the top. here's what I said in response: There are a (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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Joseph Garlicki wrote in message <369A4873.695C@pitt.edu>... (...) Thoroughly impressive! I wish I had more Lego now... Steve ---...--- Why not visit Llegogogoch? (URL) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) A technic beam has the little rods on the bottom, just like any other 1x plate or brick. If you turn the side-stud brick sideways, with the side stud facing up, you can attach it to the bottom of the technic beam so that the little rod goes (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I have a couple of those too (because I bought all the LEGO of a friend whose brother is two years older than me, so he had older LEGO :), but they're so hard to find in my messy organization scheme, that I rarely use them. --Bram Bram (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Beautiful work. This was my first visit to your page. I really like the helicopter. Bob Fay (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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Nice! (...) ++Lar (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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Hello all, I have a new web page up featuring a few of my Lego creations. The most interesting thing there is my Gothic Cathedral II which was over 1 ft high and over 2 1/2 ft long. Some other creations are there as well. My Lego page can be found (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: The virtues of the 1x1 with side stud (was Re: MSP Fest?
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(...) Well, there is the 1x1 brick with 4 side studs. But at times, it would be better to not have the excess studs. And the fact I only have _2_ of them really limits their use. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: The virtues of the 1x1 with side stud (was Re: MSP Fest?
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(...) Can you expand on that a bit? Do you mean by turning the beam sideways?? (...) This is a fascinating topic in its own right. I feel that some wise fundamental decisions early on (actually not even TLG decisions, unless there was a dimension (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: The virtues of the 1x1 with side stud (was Re: MSP Fest?
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(...) course (...) Actually, because the side-stud brick has a hole in the stud, you could center it under a hole on another size technic beam, but it would leave 1/2 brick gaps in your construction somewhere... (...) Th enumber of ways you can (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: The virtues of the 1x1 with side stud (was Re: MSP Fest?
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You're right about these youngsters having it good. I remember back around 73' or 74' having to make make due with just bricks and wheels w/a few windows and doors. Now there's more wheels in my wheel box of different sizes than I had wheels all (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | The virtues of the 1x1 with side stud (was Re: MSP Fest?
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(...) Not in just two studs. If you use two technic bricks separated by 2 plates you do it, but in three instead of two. Everybody knows that one, of course. But the one you just pointed out is so VERY cool. Of course for best effect you need to use (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: MSP Fest?
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(...) If you put a technic brick on top instead of a plate, you have two studs in a vertical orientation exactly the right distance apart to place a 2 x 1 plate *vertically*. I can't think of any other way to have the same distance betwwn verical (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) These are some of the most useful bricks out there for direction changes. I must have 500 of them and I am always buying more because I run out. They have two studs and two holes. One stud is on top, one on the side, inset so that it is two (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.build)
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I have changed the Sixby Fire Tech site a bit. I have grouped the apparatus according to their type to streamline the main page. I have also created a section called - About Sixby Fire Tech, that now contains the Firefighting Terms, LDraw (...) (26 years ago, 7-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Do these elements exist in green? If you have some will you sell?
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I'm doing an SW-xxxx (probably a 1500 because it won't have top rounded windows) and I decided to do it in C&NW colors because yellow and green aren't used much in existing Train models. But I've discovered that I'm short (or have, but don't know (...) (26 years ago, 7-Jan-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains)
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| | The Gantry Mill on the Inside
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The Gantry Mill has been torn down and the major components are shown on four pages at my site. Click on "The Gantry Mill on the Inside". Sorry no commentary yet. -- Bob Fay rfay@we.mediaone.net (URL) (26 years ago, 5-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Info on Gears and Building
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(...) Already (deservedly) so, February 15-21, 1998 Fred's World Fred G. Martin, M.I.T. Media Lab -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 5-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) cool lego site of the week -- -Steven | Smile, Mickey's Watching | TDC TTAguy Think "Up" - "Down" will take care of itself (26 years ago, 5-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) CLSotW? (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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