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I need help. To not end up with a five by five feet building, I decided to reduce the scale of my building so the windows is a 1 x 2 trans clear brick. I must use a SNOT technic to respect the apperance of my building. My problem is that I was (...) (20 years ago, 6-Aug-06, to lugnet.build)
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| | Dirty Bricks '06 - Contest, Lego prizes and a bag of chips!
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Well, the time has come again to have a nice friendly competition... There are contests that showcase a builder's skill. There are contests that showcase a builder's creativity. There are even contests that showcase a builder's sense of humour. This (...) (20 years ago, 1-Aug-06, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.build, lugnet.underground, FTX) !
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| | Valorum's Demise
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Inside the (URL) Galactic Senate> building, the debating rotunda accomodates more than a thousand senators who represent the member worlds. In this particular occassion, the vote of no confidence started by Queen Amidala through the prodding of (...) (20 years ago, 27-Jul-06, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Re: The Brick Testament - The Teachings of Jesus
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--SNIP== (...) Not quite true. You could fit two minifigs in a car very slightly smaller than six wide (big maybe 5.5 wide, more easy 5.8 wide) but for all practical purposes six wide is the smallest. Tim (20 years ago, 20-Jul-06, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: The Brick Testament - The Teachings of Jesus
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(...) Tim, even at 6' that proportional waist size would make John Candy look like an Olsen twin. But you're right, there's no reason to even pretend you can truly build in minifig 'scale.' (As to the comment you made about two 200 pound people (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jul-06, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | The "Caped" Penguin
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And why do I call it that, you might ask? You will see... This is a quick build I did the other day while trying to figure out what to do with 2 old red plastic capes I got from a lot from Value Village. I discovered that they could make a decent (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jul-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: The Brick Testament - The Teachings of Jesus
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(...) That's kind of a startling image, to think that all my LEGO characters, from Adam & Eve to Jesus to GW Bush have all had John Candy proportions, but in some ways it seems right too. Actually, the strange thing about the minifig's girth is that (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-06, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: The Brick Testament - The Teachings of Jesus
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--SNIP-- (...) Here is where you get into the fat minifigs vs short minifigs debate. I like to assume my figs are about six foot tall and built like John Candy. As such 5 studs = 6'. Of course I build most of my cars four-wide but I freely admit (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-06, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: The Brick Testament - The Teachings of Jesus
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(...) Of course you can trust me--I'm from the government. What? OK then, here's a picture as proof. (URL) (...) Oh, but it's a topic that I find endlessly fascinating. It all boils down to two things: The fact that the dimensions on a minifig are (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-06, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Bank Vault
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Security cam view of bank vault (3 URLs) Only problem now is building a bank for it! :( AC (20 years ago, 10-Jul-06, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Two New Lego Landmarks MOC's
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I recently added two new LEGO Landmarks to my collection. Hope you enjoy. Feedback is always appreciated. Arthur Roman Coliseum (URL) The White House (URL) (20 years ago, 2-Jul-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build) !!
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| | Wildwoods Doo Wop Motel
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The summer weekends spent along the Jersey shore have been a constant getaway for my family when the kids were younger. We'd essentially drive down to the Wildwoods and stay at (URL) various motels> that lined up the beach. These motels had the (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jun-06, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | LDD to LDRAW Conversion Fixes
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I've been tinkering with the "ldraw.xml" file in LEGO Digital Designer (LDD), and have come up with the following list of fixes for good LDD/LDRAW conversion. In case you hadn't already discovered, if you append ".ldr" to the end of the file name (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jun-06, to lugnet.cad.ldd, lugnet.lego, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.build) !!
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| | Come build at LEGOLAND on the Fourth of July
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To celebrate the Fourth of July: Red, White, and Boom! event at (URL) LEGOLAND California>, all park guests are invited to help (URL) SCLTC> build the world's largest US Flag made entirely from LEGO bricks. Construction gets underway at 10:00. (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 27-Jun-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.legoland.california, FTX) !
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| | Scaffolding
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Here's some scaffolding I made at the weekend. I'm mainly a spacey kind of guy, but I guess you could use this in a townie/train scenario. (2 URLs) Pete (20 years ago, 26-Jun-06, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | Re: glue LED bulb to brick
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(...) Try epoxy resin. It is a 2-part glue found at almoast any hardware store. It should do the trick. Most LEDs are slightly tapered. Are you using a T 1 3/4" (5mm), or a T1 (3mm) LED? Have you tried drilling a hole slighly smaller than the LED, (...) (20 years ago, 13-Jun-06, to lugnet.build)
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| | glue LED bulb to brick
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What glue will hold a LED bulb to a hole drilled in a brick? ABS glue from Ace Hardware does not stick to the bulb. (20 years ago, 13-Jun-06, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Crocodile : amphibian machine for adventurers
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(...) That or a tennis racket... (...) Yes, of course ... but what do you say? Just kidding, some groups are more difficult to find than other ones, I just need to practice. Eric / BaronSat (20 years ago, 9-Jun-06, to lugnet.build, lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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| | Re: Crocodile : amphibian machine for adventurers
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--SNIP-- (...) Build a larger Viking ship :D (...) Nothing wrong exactly. Just figured an adventurers model should go in .adventurers too. For future reference posting should go to .announce.moc not .announce as well as whatever else and follow-up (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jun-06, to lugnet.build, lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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| | Re: Crocodile : amphibian machine for adventurers
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(...) Hi Tim, Thanks, these damn' parts have now a place out of my stock where they slept for a long time. I wonder what I could do with the mast from the Vikings boat set now ? ;>) Sorry but I didn't get what you wrote in your PS, did I miss posted (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jun-06, to lugnet.build, lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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