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(...) I nevcer noticed this with the ones that came in my 8880 or mindstorms - that's all the newer technic I have, tho. :) I do find that worm gears nowadays slide on axles as if they were worm gears. I had one worm gear from before the Dark Ages, (...) (26 years ago, 17-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Initial building of 5571 trailer
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Barry McFarland wrote in message ... (...) I used about a gallon of yellow 1xn for my one. And pnoumatics on the jockey wheels, wich both worked and looked fairly good IMO. I agree with Terry on the pneumatic tubing for brake lines - eiter that or (...) (26 years ago, 17-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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Robert G. Carney, Jr.'s castle page is this week's Cool LEGO Site of the Week pick. If you haven't seen these yet, these are a MUST SEE! (I've called web pages "must see" before, but these reach a new level!) (URL) is the CLSotW review-text: Once (...) (26 years ago, 17-Jan-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: Initial building of 5571 trailer
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(...) My, my, that is going to be pretty big. Have you considered using pneumaitic tubing for the brake lines? It comes in a nice gray color and is very flexible. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 17-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: New Space Ship added to site, check it out!
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(...) Hmmm.... Well, I know I have two of the things. And I know at least one of them was from a set purchased within the last year. I will try to figure out which one. (set, that is) -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 17-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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Well I did a proof of concept layout tonight for the trailer for 5571 Monster Big Rig. Though I initially was looking to use 1x6 and 1x8 black bricks, 1x4's actually work very well and are much more common. If you have any black 1x4's for sale or (...) (26 years ago, 17-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: New Space Ship added to site, check it out!
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Also sprach Terry K: : Someone mentioned that they were available in a Roboforce set, but I am not : sure which one. I don't think so ... I am complete in these, and I don't remember one ... although the 2154 Robomaster has a ton of 1x1 w/ one side (...) (26 years ago, 17-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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Here's the train I had running around our Christmas tree: (URL) let me know what you think! --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@JUNO.com ---...---oooo----(_)...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (26 years ago, 16-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Customized pieces (was: Re: The virtues of the 1x1 with side stud)
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(warning: topic drift, note followups) (...) Halfway within the realm of possibility: this would be a pretty good TLG sponsored contest/prize. Design the best new piece and they'll make it for you. Contest submissions could include a written (...) (26 years ago, 16-Jan-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Terry's Apache and black pieces (was Re: New Space Ship..)
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(...) I keep saying to myself that I need to invest in some fill lights and spectrum corrective filters for the camera.(1) Which would be useful for digital photography as well. Controlled lighting is the key to getting consistently good pictures. (...) (26 years ago, 16-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Terry's Apache and black pieces (was Re: New Space Ship..)
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(...) "lugnet.display.photography") (...) oops! right you are, sorry about that. ..jg (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Terry's Apache and black pieces (was Re: New Space Ship..)
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(...) Quiet! You'll get Todd going (again). Newsgroups everywhere! Besides, there's already lugnet.publish. Its charter includes photography techniques. Steve (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Update on Virtual Plans
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(...) Right. It was easier for my brain to set up a spreadsheet and try each combination of beam-length and stud-pitch than to work out which beams are the right length to make up the hypotenuse(sp?) of a pythagorean triangle. Note: actually, you (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Terry's Apache and black pieces (was Re: New Space Ship..)
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(...) --snipped-- (...) tom's hit the nail on the head here. just the right shutter speeds, aperatures, and additional well-placed lighting could probably bring out the best of a black model, though this can be a pain for someone that just wants to (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) transmission[1]), in red. On the new kind, though, the round recess in the fingers get their edges bent out when the mating round raised is slid past when disassembling. The same thing happens, slightly less so, with the 4-wide hinged roof (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Terry's Apache and black pieces (was Re: New Space Ship..)
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(...) Yet another reason to get a digital camera. I take pics of black models with both the flash on and off, at slightly different angles, and take WAY too many pics, then look at them on my laptop to decide which to keep, throwing out over half of (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Terry's Apache and black pieces (was Re: New Space Ship..)
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(...) you know, it's funny how that works out. when i disassembled the majority of my sets a few years ago and sorted the pieces into colors, the black pieces were the most abundant. and of the smaller plates and bricks, the black pieces had the (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Update on Virtual Plans
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(...) True, this is because it makes a phytagorean trinagle, right, with 6-8-10 sides. (A multiple of 3-4-5.) I've also used this fact to make a modular tower suitable for a creeping crane (that's the correct term, right?). So far, only the tower is (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: New Space Ship added to site, check it out!
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(...) Thanks, I got the idea of using a big mirror from those car shows where they put mirrors underneath to show off detail. The clouds were an unexpected bonus. :-) To bad most of the pictures turned out so bad. (...) Well yeah, when was the last (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: New Space Ship added to site, check it out!
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(...) Someone mentioned that they were available in a Roboforce set, but I am not sure which one. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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