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(...) Nice. Me likes it very mucho. Terry (22 years ago, 21-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, FTX)
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(URL) For those of you who have long wondered where Fleebnorks come from... (22 years ago, 20-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.technic.bionicle, FTX) !
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(...) Tom, I'm 100% with Allister. That engine design is going to become mine soon. :-) Very cool job with that, unorthodox and schmoove. -Chris (22 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) I love the design. I also like how you managed to fit that MiniFig in there. ^^ Nice job. (22 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, FTX)
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(URL) I wasn't planning to make an entry for this contest, but the guns I had in mind wouldn't attach correctly to the radar dishes. *sigh* Anyways, building it as small as I possibly could was an interesting challenge, especially since I didn't (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.technic.bionicle, FTX)
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(...) Thanks. I hadn't planned on it, but it might make for some interesting LDraw scenes to render. (...) After the engine front assembly had been completed, the rest of the design screamed "curves". (...) I didn't actually borrow that, but I was (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) That's not it, because you're absolutely right: it isn't sturdy. In fact the dome piece falls right off, if your palm tree pieces are anything like mine. I thought I'd found the perfect answer with that trick, too, but alas, no. The width of (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, FTX)
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In lugnet.build, Adrian Drake wrote: <snip> (...) Well, that design is a lot more efficient and nice looking than what I came up with. One of the problems I have with building is that I am not really a visual-type thinker. It's a good exercise for (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.build)
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Here is the assembly I found for this engine configuration : (URL) The main problem with this configuration is that it's not sturdy at all... and I didn't try to solve this issue yet. But I like very much the "perfect fit" of itly. Cheers, JP. (22 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, FTX)
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This ship is sweet! The domed ball joint thingy looks really cool attached to the engines. Cool idea for a headrest. The binoculars on the back also give a cool touch to the ship. Awesome stuff! -Stefan- (22 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, FTX)
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Tom, That's really nice! Any chance of some exploded views / building instructions, for those of us whose brains are too weak to work out the details? I really like the cockpit with the curved opening that echos the curvy-ness of the front of the (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) Well, I can't look at .ldr/.dat files at work, so I have no idea what your model looks like right now (how about a pic and toss it on brickshelf?) but I can show you what I did when I built a spiral staircase for one of my Moonbase modules (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.build)
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I posted this message to lugnet.cad.dat.ideas because it had an attached .dat file. However, I was looking for comments and help in this group, so I am reposting it here along with a link to the message in the lugnet.cad.dat.ideas: (URL) been (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Like Tom says, experiment with it. Try and find new ways to do it. Between he and I, we have two solid ways of making those two pieces fit together, and I'm willing to bet that someone will come up with some other surprise technique to make it (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) Snotacular. -Tim (22 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) Did you mean asnotishing? JP. (22 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) I have a feeling I won't hear that word on TV anytime soon ;-) (...) By all means. I'd love to see how you work it out. -Tom McD. (URL) (22 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) That thing is snotalicious! Lot's o' fun in a small package. The 'why didn't I think of that' award goes to the large ball joint thing on the end of the star wars engine. Genius. That idea is going to be STOLEN. Allister (22 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for the compliment. (...) It was a requirement :-) (...) Ryan's assembly is a way that he worked out, and yes he did name it after me (whatta guy :) although I'll let him comment on his own experimentation process. The way he figured (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, FTX)
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Tom this small ship is perfect! Great use of rounded bricks to build the cockpit, the inside detailing is awesome, pure goodness. What a wonderfull way to use that 2x6x1 arch! At first sight I thought the canopy would not open, but it does! Wow! How (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, FTX)
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