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(...) I was just watching Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (one of *My* faviorite movies) last night. Weird, but great! Though I'll have to say the beach MOC was my fav... God Bless, Nathan (21 years ago, 20-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Two Vignettes and a Funeral
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(...) Thanks. Hadn't thought about the transblue. Not sure if I have enough transblue bricks or any transblue slopes. (...) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade! (...) Any suggestions on how to make it less static? Steve (21 years ago, 19-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: U.S.S. Vignette (New Room)
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Decided that three vignettes weren't enough for today, so I added a new room to my submarine: The Bunk Room, where the sailors can catch up on their 'Z's, in tiny cramped beds. (URL) The whole boat (yes I said boat, submarines are technically boats, (...) (21 years ago, 19-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Two Vignettes and a Funeral
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Very nice! The sun bathing one is my favorite! In fact, I had nearly the very same idea for a Joe Vig vignette! I think the wave might look better if it had some transparent blue and white pieces in it, but the shape itself looks good. The Floor Is (...) (21 years ago, 19-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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Hey all, Spent the morning making three vignettes: This one is from a scene in my favorite movie, which I was watching while I was building. Its called "The Floor is On Fire:" (URL) second one illustrates the dangers of setting up sun-bathing camp (...) (21 years ago, 19-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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Well I have given Lego Digital Designer a try and build a virtual lighthouse. Personally I found the tool somewhat frustrating at times. I used the 2005 Factory brickset which is quite limiting... but that just adds to the fun. I modeled my (...) (21 years ago, 19-Mar-05, to lugnet.build)
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| | How to do Long Wheelbase 4-Wheel Wagons with Turning Wheels
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I have some long wheelbase wagons (8x32) with four wheels, which turn on the curves. Here's a new pic of how it's done: (URL) This is the wagon the right way up: (URL) On the lower wagon in the underside picture, which goes last in the train, the (...) (21 years ago, 19-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Re: A small car
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(...) I agree--I grew up thinking all cars should be four wide, but six is where it's at if you want it to be more detailed. (...) I think this is the key--it's the illusion or pinching of shapes to make them look different than what they really (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.build)
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The palace stairwell used in the (URL) Theed Palace Chamber> has been deconstructed to show details that were obscured by the palace walls. (URL) Front view (URL) Top view (URL) More pics on (URL) gallery> when moderated. AC (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Re: Octagonal building technique: help!
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I used the parts linked above to make some octagonal towers in a large castle MOC I built recently. At the bottom, I attached two opposite sides (parallel) to the supporting pieces below the tower, and then let the other 6 sides "float", just (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.build)
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(...) It's a solid first attempt. I'd recommend using tiles on some of the studded surfaces if possible. Spoilers are tough. I haven't come up with a satisfactory solution beyond the big racing type spoiler found on my Mustang. For detail, I think (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Removing dots from baseplates
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"Mike Kollross" <kollross@nospamcomp...art.ab.ca> wrote in message news:ID9o14.1ztJ@lugnet.com... (...) Haven't done the soccer filed baseplates, but I've used Nevr-dull ((URL) with success on all other projects of this nature... -Rob (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.parts.mod)
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I know this is a bizarre request but has anyone had any luck with removing the white dots from certain baseplates? I have a quantity of the 48x48 green baseplates with soccer field dots and I want remove the dots. I was thinking laquer thinner but (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Octagonal building technique: help!
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(...) On that note, there's a few particular sizes of 45 degrees that work well enough within Lego tolerances. Like, a 45 degree wall of length 7, 17, 24, 33, or 41 will all join up with the hinges Ondrew mentioned, and be pretty darn close to (...) (21 years ago, 12-Mar-05, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Octagonal building technique: help!
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(...) unfortunently the faset brick isin't very usefull past using it with another faset part. the easyist way to acheive the octagonal look is to use hinge bricks or plates and angle the walls. here's the parts that will be most usefull: (2 URLs) (...) (21 years ago, 12-Mar-05, to lugnet.build)
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I am in the process of creating a building that has eight sides. Four of them were easy to create as they are either perpendicular or parallel to each other. The problem is with the other four sides. I tried using a "Brick 3x3 Facet" to go across (...) (21 years ago, 12-Mar-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Civil Lego Design
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(...) Let me say thanks to Rich for the referal :-) Complicated road designs are something I'm just starting to break into (it's getting all the tile). My last MOC ((URL) was my first try at a merge. Granted, I live in an area (Southern Cal.) with (...) (21 years ago, 11-Mar-05, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: wanted: water fall ideas.......please
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Here's a picture of my snotifall: (URL) sure there's more pictures out there somewhere. I haven't managed to post any myself. The basic construction is a backing of blue plates, with smaller blue plates staggered around to increase texture, and then (...) (21 years ago, 7-Mar-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Sizing for to-scale large vehicles??
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(...) Hello I really have now idea about us messuarements, but my guess ended up with 68.8x24s wheels from the black cat or 5563. Since alot of people have used those for 1/16 scaled models before. (1/15) Your calculations seem slight out focus 94 (...) (21 years ago, 7-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: Sizing for to-scale large vehicles??
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(...) Keith, I've checked the calculations: Length: 40ft * 304.8mm/ft / 16 / 8mm/stud = 95.25 studs Width: 102" * 25.4mm/in / 16 / 8mm/stud = 20.24 studs Height: 118.5" over roof hatch * 25.4mm/in / 16 / 3.2mm/plate = 59 plates high off the ground (...) (21 years ago, 7-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.build)
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