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(2 URLs) Build your own...> AC (21 years ago, 22-May-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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"Bruce Hietbrink" <bnh@chem.ucla.edu> wrote in message news:IGt2wt.wzI@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) LEGO (...) flimsy, (...) sturdier if (...) dream. (...) (URL) (...) up. (...) Playing around with this, I came up with these two fences. (URL) red (...) (21 years ago, 21-May-05, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I used the grill for the overpass on my station - not a fence, but looks quite good. (URL) And it would be very easy to smash through from the inside, but that may not be what you want. ROSCO (21 years ago, 20-May-05, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Is this the piece you're referring to: (URL) call it a "train signal mast", it's more than 8 studs long, and yes, you'll have a hard time getting a large quantity of those! -Bryan (21 years ago, 20-May-05, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Ah yes, the one piece that always comes up in the "wouldn't it be great if LEGO made this piece?" discussions. :) Yes, this fence is actually pretty flimsy, with those fence pieces held by only one stud. It would be so much sturdier if there (...) (21 years ago, 20-May-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) I did some playing around but was never able to get anything that was quite 'right'. Granted I never tried the string-nets, though. (...) We used those for the "netting" you often see around construction yards for NELUG's Quarry project: (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 20-May-05, to lugnet.build)
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(...) That looks nice. Though those connector bricks are kinda expensive on Brickbay. I mean Bricklink. :) Not as expensive as 8x8 grids, though. I wonder if a part (preferably a plate or tile) exists that "reverses" the stud and hole, and allows (...) (21 years ago, 20-May-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) That is how I do it. But, I don't make them that high. (...) Remove the 1x1x5 column and use a combination of 1x1x1 bricks and 1x1 plates & it would work. Jonathan (21 years ago, 20-May-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) I feel certain that I've seen someone use the 8x8 plates with grills: (URL) I thought it might be in Keith Goldman's Iron Reich models, but don't see anything. Wait a minute ... ... opens ldraw ... ... 20 minutes later ... How about using (...) (21 years ago, 20-May-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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Both of those are good ideas. I was kind of hoping of making something that a tank/truck could "bust through". The net would be better for that, but the grill looks a bit better. I also thought of using a bunch of these: (URL) I don't know how you'd (...) (21 years ago, 20-May-05, to lugnet.build)
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