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(...) I have both Gryphon Bricks and LEGO CAD, but both are limited. Russell (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
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Wow. Thanks for all the great advice everyone! I'm already starting on some of your advice and trying to build the alternative models, or improving on current models. I think my biggest problem was that I don't like tearing things down once they're (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
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Hi Folks: ) I keep seeing Ldraw and POV references, along with some awesome art. Do either of these work on Macintoshes or does someone know of a good Mac program available? I can't seem to find it myself. Thanks! John (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
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Wow Rob, I love that Brown Tower! It reminds me of a medieval monstrance (a large towered reliquery (found mostly in European Cathedral treasuries) that had strong Gothic influences, and usually contained saintly relics). It really looks frightfully (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
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Wow, good explanation Tom! All I want to add is that Anne, I use your method of construction for most of my new LEGO buildings. I call it prototyping. I build one wall (and then rebuild ... rebuild ... rebuild) until I get it the way I want it to (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Welcome to the obsessio....er, hobby. Lego building as an adult can be very rewarding. (...) I enjoy building the sets too. I think you can learn a lot by building the sets. Something I'm just starting to try is building the sets just by (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
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I fully understand what John is saying!!!! I can easily visualize a complex architectural wonder on a piece of paper, but have a very hard time getting perspective down in a sketched scene. I used to be an Mechanical Engineer, and always had (...) (26 years ago, 7-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Thanks! As a matter of fact, I'm looking into making an updated version of the white classical racer right now. The new version will be a little bit bigger and have an inline 6 piston engine rather than 4. Otherwise it will basically have the (...) (26 years ago, 7-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
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how big is the base of the cauldren (in studs)? (26 years ago, 7-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
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On Thu, 4 Mar 1999 15:02:40 GMT, jonathan wilson uttered the following profundities... (...) The big castle does. 'Tis an old Fabuland piece. (26 years ago, 7-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
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On Sat, 6 Mar 1999 04:29:02 GMT, Terry K uttered the following profundities... (...) Something about black buildings in general. There was a documentary on recently about the Taj Mahal and what it was alleged to truly symbolise. Not a mausoleum, but (...) (26 years ago, 7-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
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Good tips. I can't emphasise enough the power of doing design studies. Bits and pieces that you can work from after you're happy. In fact, building, then copying and improving with the other one in front of you, if you have enough pieces, is a GREAT (...) (26 years ago, 6-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
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Hi Anne, I have a few suggestions for you. 1. Start small. Leave the 2 foot long masterpiece till later and build smaller simpler things for now. They can be small versions of the whatever-it-is you want to build 2 feet long <g>. 2. Know what you're (...) (26 years ago, 6-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) have a "moving" counter weight, having been designed for the weight of the cam and nothing more. The idea of the mobile Counterweight is to be able to move it so you can use the torque(?) provided by the weight in different ways, further out (...) (26 years ago, 6-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
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Hi Anne, and welcome to the hobby! Others have posted some good ideas. Here's my two cents. Remember that old joke: "How do you get to Carnegie Hall?" "Practice, Practice, Practice" Well, it applies here. To be a better builder, you need to build. I (...) (26 years ago, 6-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
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On Wed, 3 Mar 1999 10:19:47 GMT, Fredrik Glöckner uttered the following profundities... (...) (26 years ago, 6-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
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Tom's tips are great. I suggest starting slowly. Like drawing still life, start with simple, manageable projects. Build one room houses, simple trucks and planes. Things no bigger than 2 handfulls. My father taught me to build with wood by making me (...) (26 years ago, 6-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) There is something oddly compelling about a black pyramid - it just sits there and demands to be stared at. That brown tower is bizarre - not the design so much as just seeing it all in brown. That much brown seems to be unnatural somehow. :-) (...) (26 years ago, 6-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Interesting. We are exposed to 2 dimensional imagery every day that most people interpret as realistic: Television, color photography, movies, and even the images that are formed on the retina of our own eyes are two dimensional. Even if the (...) (26 years ago, 6-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
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