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(...) ... (...) ... While not exactly what Patrick describes, I've built several towers mostly from 2x4 bricks, with an outer diameter of 8x8 and a 4x4 opening in the center. My application was to support half scale train signs about six or so feet (...) (21 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Andreas, Our house had a huge stack of old National Geographics when we moved in, and I was leafing through one from the 1960's which mentioned the World's Fair in Belgium, and showed a street scene much like your house, with four and five (...) (21 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) SNIP (...) Andreas, This building is spectacular! I really enjoy seeing these detailed scenes, where builders include details of the streets, plazas, etc. The only problem is that each one I see inspires me to build my next town MOC at a (...) (21 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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Hi Jonathan, (...) No, here you are wrong. It is the old dark grey color. May be, it was a little to much sun, when I took these photos. But I use the new color as well. For me, that is no problem. Andreas Böker (abhf) (21 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) I did enjoy it, you captured the ornate details on the facade well. Pity LEGO doesn't make terracotta roof tiles, the red looks too new, but what can we do :^) Plus LEGO has enough colours already (or so I'm told). I would have gone for a (...) (21 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) You should have used Clikits for these :-) No, honnestly, they are nice. With friendly greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (21 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) Hello! This is wonderful! I love all the details in the building and surrounding scene as well. Love the fence around the park. Really like the trams as well. Looks like you used the new dark grey color on the roof of the trams and it works (...) (21 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) A very nice kick off to the holidays it is, as well as your reindeer ornaments. I would think this MOC would be worth the needed tweaking to get it to be more stable so you could use it again next year, of course, who would be willing to put (...) (21 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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Hi Larry, thanks for your reply and your compliments. (...) The tram is built after a plan and should be a little shorter rather then smaller. But this a good compromise, in my opinion. (...) The building is tan and light-yellow coloured, The tiles (...) (21 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Andreas Böker wrote: (another jawdropper) Wow, that's cool... the front is very ornate, really captures the real thing nicely. And those trams are great, even if they are a trifle (ahem) wide. :) Are those tiles white or tan? (...) (21 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) C'est magnifique. I'm jealous of your foliage parts. A Lego wreath is much better than a questionably-smelling real one. Being a sucker for pretty, ridiculouly fragile things as I am, I just can't get enough of this. Happy Holidays, Kevin (21 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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my christmas holidays have officially started and i can tell because there's a long list of things i should be doing and instead i'm building with lego! this is the fastest moc i've created and only my 2nd non-building moc. i've got christmas music (...) (21 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.build, FTX) !
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at our december parlugment meeting we had the honour of presenting a member with a small moc after having picked names for a secret santa gift (thanks to fellow member norbert black for this idea). members who participated put their names and (...) (21 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.build, FTX) !!
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(...) snippage of big pics (...) I really did :^) As other have mentioned the arches and the turrets/roof. Great rendition of an interesting existing building. One meaty MOC ! pete.w (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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Greetings, I hate broken links and I've been guilty of having a broken link to my build.military MOC pages for a while. Well I've moved my site finally, and it's fixed! Thanks to the curator! Marc Cook's Military MOCS - home of the Lego UHC (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.ca)
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SNIPPY (...) Hi Larry, heh, I get it: ABS-ton. Thanks for pointing it out... I hadn't noticed it before. Wonder if it was intentional... BTW, to all those whore still following this thread, a similar one had cropped up here 6 months back. It still (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) I've always wondered about building a tower using just 4 2X4 bricks per level arranged in a way that there's a 2X2 opening in the center that would serve as a shaft as you go upward. Once the tower reaches its final height, top it off with a (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.build)
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(...) (URL) think this might be the first mention of Abston(1), but I'm not sure. (URL) Somewhere on this site is a very touching story about a cat and lego. I read it (...) Yup, it's a great story all right. 1 - the name is a pun in case you (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.build)
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SNIP This link has been up on the brickshelf main page for a while now. wonder if anyone has noticed it: (URL) on this site is a very touching story about a cat and lego. I read it for the first time long before it showed up on brickshelf, but I (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.build)
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I'm working on a module for the Great Ball Contraption, but this involves having a lot of stuff elevated way up off the plate. At the same time, I don't have a ton of bricks -- I'm a newbie to the AFOL world. So, I need to build some supporting (...) (21 years ago, 18-Dec-04, to lugnet.build)
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