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(...) Hmm, how about the SEV2 vs the Pallas Spaceworks MI-88 Lightfoot? (URL) (26 years ago, 29-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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(...) Depends on how hard you work at it. The finalist in <insert name of building contest> made a *huge* carousel, with the canopy made of red roof bricks. Very cool. There's a picture in the 1999 retail catalog that I got from CA last week. It's (...) (26 years ago, 29-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Fairly difficult to do with Lego, at least on a large scale. You might want to check out Ed Boxer's Crown Cathedral: ((URL) not quite what you're looking for, but I suspect it's about the closest you'll get from "system" lego. (26 years ago, 29-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I built one once. Have a look at <URL:(URL) Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: Jacob.Sparre.Andersen@risoe.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- LEGO: MOC+++c TO+++(6543) TC+++(8880) AQ+++ BV-- #++ S LS++ A-/+ YB72m (26 years ago, 29-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Hmm. For one-to-one combat, better break out the heavy artillery fighter. That one looks like a match. :) -Tom McD. (26 years ago, 29-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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(...) If you send me the files I'll see what I can do. Tim (26 years ago, 28-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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I want to build a model of a building with a large, central (circular) dome. Does anyone have any experience and/or pointers???? -- Jeff Hensley hensley@utulsa.edu (26 years ago, 28-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Yes. (...) Good point. (...) What about a squad of light fighters attacking, with the Heavy Artillery Fighter providing cover fire? (I have a feeling that would be a *huge* file) Actually, just an animation of the heavy fighter going through (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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(...) with (...) Do you have Ldraw versions of all of these? Tim (26 years ago, 28-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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(...) I assume you mean the Heavy Artillery Fighter? It would be a bit tricky fo it to win a fight against a hovertank armed with anti aircraft guns. It has only one big gun and that can't point down :) Your ship seems to be more of a long range (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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(...) I don't know. They're both black, so that might look sort of funny. You can see the ice planet fighter at (URL) ahead and decide for yourself if it would look good.[1] --Bram 1) And if it does... who will win? :) Bram Lambrecht / o o \ (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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(...) Don't forget the 4x4 round brick with side holes! Here's some others I'd love to see in a rounded parts pack: - 6x6 rounded-corner plate (fits with the 4x4 quarter-round brick) - 3x3 rounded-corner plate (new for Star Wars, I think) (fits with (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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You're right. When you try stacking those macaroni bricks, they become very unstable. I usually use only 3 or 4 on top of each other, and then a curved plate on top of that (sort of an overhang). The only stability with these is if you make a light (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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Great Job Sean!!!! I love your city! I especially like your Art Deco and Beaux Arts building styles. Awesome! Keep up the good work, and keep them posting! Gary Istok (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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Bram Lambrecht wrote in message <19990127.204248.509...no.com>... (...) I'm still sorting out some sort of script for the hover tank, perhaps we could have them fighting each other. Would the hovertank and an Iceplanet fighter look strange (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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All this animation talk is making me very jealous :) Anyone offer to do my Ice Planet fighter with the turning turret that tilts up and down? (Thanks to John Van, the model will soon have a hose in the right place too!) --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: My first Original Train Locomotive Creation (age 9 or 10)
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(...) -Tom McD. "...and it's got a fresh new lemon scent!" (26 years ago, 28-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) recent (...) One detail I like particularly is the signal lights. One small question: would it be possible to have a light come in from another in addition to above when you shoot? It doesn't have to be a very strong light. IMO, the darker (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) That would be okay. I made the rod white only because that's the piece I used when I actually built the model. (...) No. I made sure of that on the real model. It's because I used 1x1 cone emitters for the rear turret. If they were 1x1 rounds (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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Master Modeler James as usual does not announce new stuff very well. ;-) Follow his link and check out his SLAG CAR! Very cool. Nice use of inversion, the entire car body is inverted but the slag bucket is not. (URL) drop center flat is also (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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Wow! Very impressive! I love the relief on the face of the mall building. And the flags are a very nice touch. You must have quite a bit of space to work with (and plently of bricks). A superb effort indeed. -- Michael Hopkins Visit my lego page at: (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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Tom McDonald wrote in message ... (...) would (...) with (...) if (...) Of course, that's kind of what I had in mind, it is your model after all. I've made a start on it. I broke the model up into subparts so that I can manipulate and turn them (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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All: Hello! I have a whole TON of announcements about changes to my site! I've added a whole ton of stuff in the last 2 weeks. A list of the most recent changes are at (URL) Here's a brief summary: - I just put up about 40 new pictures of my city (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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During Christmas Break my mom dug up some photographs of when I was 9 or 10 years old. To my surprise one photograph showed the first train locomotive I built. My only LEGO train set at that time (approx. 1979 or 1980) was the first blue track cargo (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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During Christmas Break my mom dug up some photographs of when I was 9 or 10 years old. To my surprise one photograph showed the first train locomotive I built. My only LEGO train set at that time (approx. 1979 or 1980) was the first blue track cargo (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) Yes, and they'd make for great door edges, allowing for easily opening flush-mounted doors without large gaps. Right now, I'm shaving some 1x2 and 1x3 bricks for this purpose, by beveling a corner so that it's roughly like 1/4 of a 1x1 round (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Sure, go ahead. Do you mind if I use a copy on my site? -Tom McD. (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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(...) I used to do the odd povray animation and am just getting back into it with lego models, This would make a great little project for me to practice on if you don't mind. Tim (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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(...) Thanks! Me too. If anyone cares to do an animation, I'd love to see it, as it would take me several months. I'm not povray camera savvy either. -Tom McD. (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: SEV2
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(...) Right. Symmetrical yes, but all the base pieces are rotated 45 degrees around their respective y-axes. With respect to the model, the picture shows the turret rotated 45 degrees. It was much faster to design the tank that way to get the same (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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(...) I just thought of these. They are great to make rounded corners, but the structural soundness of the model is less than with overlapping 1x2's. They should make a 1x2 with a rounded-off end, sort of like a 1x1 with half of a 'macaroni' (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) been trying deal with that problem for a while. Hey! Your tank is asymmetric! Well, not exactly. It's more like the studs on the main flat surface aren't aligned normal to the fore-aft axis, right? Steve (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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(...) I'll second that. In fact, I'd have to say it's one of the coolest space-type models I've seen. I'd love to see an animation. :) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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(...) Thanx. Coming up with something new and cool in the hovertank department is a well-trodden path. -Tom McD. (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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(...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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Come check out (and download the .dat file) of the new hovertank at my site. It's the latest from Peregrin-Westar Intergalactic. -Tom McD. (URL) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Will a 1x4/1x2 bracket, frequently used as foundations for front/rear bumpers in town vehicles work? Gary GaryLouie@EarthLink.Net (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Do you mean simple steering, or something ever more advanced? You can probably achieve steering by articulating the body, between the two pairs of legs. Fredrik (26 years ago, 7-Nov-98, to lugnet.build)
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has anyone made a four legged walker that can walk round corners yet? I have been experimenting with my cats, to see how they do it, but is looks incredibly compex. I even had my girlfriend wallking up and down the floor, to see how two legged (...) (26 years ago, 6-Nov-98, to lugnet.build)
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Hi all, Last week I was thinking about ways to get convincing Gothic tracery without making a huge window. I hit upon the idea to rotate the wall plane 90 degrees and then use 1xn plates to create the tracery. The idea worked out very well, but it (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Yes, 2 softer ones and this 1 stiffer type. (...) I don't quite remember how 8858 was different. The 8865 system would make sense, as it will allow for any large-enough-diameter tire, rather than the 8880 specialty - which is of course not (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Yep! But the other shock cylinders in the set, are they of the softer kind? So there's two kinds of shock suspenders in the set? (...) No, there is one in the 8417 set as well. (URL) also looks like the 8448, which is due this year, has the (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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In 8428/32 (Cool Car/Turbo Command) there is a single small shock absorber in the suspension-lowering 'toggle switch' mechanism. Its grey part is actually dark grey, and the spring has fewer windings (~4 instead of ~6) and is much stiffer. Is this (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I could see that. Also, the smoothness of the 5H bricks (fewer inter-brick lines) would increase the asthetic appeal of skyscraper models. My big problem with 5H bricks is when they give the illusion of solid construction. Without adequate (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Yes. (...) I've often thought that those taller bricks would be cool to use in big structures, like some of the big skyscraper/office building types. That, IMO, neither limits creativity nor violates integrity (or purism). It only does so when (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Robert G. Carney, Jr.'s castles!
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Jeff Stembel wrote in message ... (...) <snip my own misinformation on Conway Castle> (...) castle (...) That is what I get spouting off on interesting but half remembered topics. I told my psuedo-Welsh friend about Bob's castles and he reminded me (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Completely agreed. Absolutely incredible. Next question - any guesses as to *how much* Lego this gentleman has to work with? I'm not a castle- head, so I couldn't begin to guess... -Tim (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Yeah, it has a suspension bridge and a railroad bridge, both of which have towers made to look like Castle turrets. Very Cool! When I get home, I'll hafta look for the guide book I bought When I was there a couple years ago. :) Jeff (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I too like Conwy better. Isn't it the one with the suspension bridge very close by. Everytime I see Caernarvon Castle, I think of Prince Charles 1969 investiture, where Queen Elizabeth II had a "bad fashion day". (No offense to the Windsors, (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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I found an application where two 1x2x5 bricks worked much better than 5 1x4 bricks. I was building a framework with Technic beams (basically the same thing I posted to lugnet.cad.dat the other day). I was inserting stacks of 1x4 bricks between the (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Conwy and Caernarvon are two different castles. Caernarvon is where Prince Charles' ceremony to become Prince of Whales was held. It has Octagonal Towers, is sorta curved in overall shape, and I believe it is the royal castle in Whales. (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Whoa, Nelly!! These are some of the best Lego castles I've ever seen! I've been to a number of the castles he built, and the detail is amazing! I'm sooooo jealous! Jeff P.S. Sorry for the exclaimation marks, but I had to express my admiration. (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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Wow! I'm not into castles, but these are great. They're minifig scale too! (26 years ago, 18-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Yes. :) -Tom McD. (26 years ago, 18-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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Terry K wrote in message <36a2c7c5.13034694@l...et.com>... (...) <radiotitan@yanospamhoo.com> (...) pages (...) I think the one called Conway Castle is also known as Caernarvon. During the Welsh rebellion, the English (Normans maybe?) built a bunch (...) (26 years ago, 18-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Which Welsh castle? The Rhuddlan Castle or the Harlech Castle? -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 18-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) These are simply great! I liked the welsh castle the best. -Tom McD. (wishing he had that many and varied grey pieces :) (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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(...) You are speaking of the 1x1 brick w/ 4 side studs, yes? They come as part of a decorative assembly in several of the ninja sets - 1 of those, 2 'trash can lids', and a 2x2x2 cone brick, all in dark grey, that make a decorative thingie. (26 years ago, 17-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Hmm.. I have 6 in red. Any guesses as to which set it's from? before 85, I think, cuz that was approximately when I got them. Jasper (26 years ago, 17-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) You mean Tyco and Lego are compatible? *drool* why can't we get that here? anyway: Lego also makes.. or ahs made, at least, 2*2/1*4 hinges of 1 brick high. 375 comes with 8 yellow ones, and some other castle sets come wih grey ones... I've (...) (26 years ago, 17-Jan-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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| | Initial building of 5571 trailer
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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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| | hinges and bevel gears, was Re: 60 degree problem
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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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(...) Ya, Ya, Ya... I was typing fast and working from memory. You're right. I was close enough, though. ++Lar (in Walnut IA!) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: gender changers?
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(...) them (...) name) a (...) and also (...) found (...) Tyco made the 2x2 flat with studs on both sides. I have a few, they are cool pieces. Tyco also made some 2x2 hinges that are 1 brick high (I think, don't have them here with me). They can (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: 60 degree problem
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(...) Well, I buy my macaroni at the grocery store. If you meant the quarter- cirlce bricks, try just about any Model Team set, especially 5571 Monster Big Rig (which had about 40 of them, 30 in black). Rob +---...---+ | Rob Farver - rfarver@rcn.com (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Other than AucZILLA, the January 1999 s&h catalog shows only 2 sets (as far as I can discern): 7110 Landspeeder, 2 pcs gray (not available yet) 4565 Freight and Crane Railway, 8 pcs white, 8 pcs blue I would love to be wrong, and there were (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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From whence can one obtain the pasta, umm I mean spaghetti, oh bother - macaroni (yea that's the ticket)? -- Steven | svore at mindspring .com | kf4fbk | TC++MS++#15LS+M+HalYB64m (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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and then Steven learned more about Acuzilla and it's part naming, and life was much better... 1x2 Plates w/ 2 End Hinge Fingers (URL) Plates w/ 3 End Hinge Fingers (URL) I'm a freakin' genius now, eh? :-) -- -Steven | Smile, Mickey's Watching | TDC (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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I have put new lighter pictures on the site and changed the link color on the 3-2B page. Thanks for all of the kind words everyone, it is much appreciated. More to come soon! Pat Justison (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Thanks Bram! Voila: new space landing gear. Worth a look for all those interested in a new design. -Tom McD. (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Where can I get some of the 1x1x1 bricks with four side studs to build these? (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) (macaroni) (...) That's amazing! For anyone who didn't understand Rob, I've posted the foot to lugnet.cad.dat. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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Joe, Great job on Cathedral II!!! I really like it. I can't wait until Cathedral III. You did something that I try to avoid, namely the Chevet (curved east end of French cathedrals). There are a lot of logistic problems in building one, as I am sure (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Has anyone used the large arch pieces to reinforce large structures? Especially the 1x12x3 full-arch. It seems like placing a few of those elements across two 'walls' of the beam-girders Terry has described above would be a decent start on a (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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(...) What really bites is if the majority of your Lego collection is black, as mine is... I just rationalize it by saying that it adds to the "mystique" of the model. (...) That's a photo? Nah, it's a rendering, right? That's *really* a photo? Nice (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I have two of these also (in red) from an Expert Builder (?) helicopter which I bought form a friend along with the rest of his LEGO. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) This is true. My two copies of 8846 Tow Truck has these. They tended to break pretty easily, so it's a nice thing they were substituted. (URL) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) This looked (sounded?) interesting to me so I just spent a few minutes digging up a few of these plate hinges and some 2x2 plates, and a few various other things and found a couple things that may interest you. Take your original base (3 (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I can sympathize with Patrick. Taking pictures of black models sucks. Getting sufficient light to capture detail, without being too harsh is frustrating. And it seems no amount of gamma tweaking or contrast/brightness adjustments does any (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Isn't it, though? Those are like brilliance in small doses. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Try 4275 and 4276. I believe this is what your ascii art is. Also look at 4531. Larry is probably talking about 2429 and 2430 - closed, these form a 2x2, open they form a 1x4. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Bingo! I'm not going nuts.[1] Thanks for the follow-up. I'll let you & Todd battle out the subtlies of "hinge" vs. "plate w/hinge fingers" :-) 1 - at least, not as far as Lego naming goes :-) -- Steven | svore at mindspring .com | kf4fbk | (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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