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(...) Strangely enough, I started planning the project below not long before the announcement for the official sets came and soon got frustrated over not having the right hat :/ However, the new one seems just perfect! So, here is my small (...) (18 years ago, 3-Jul-07, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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Here is a time-lapse movie of the assembly of my cable-stayed bridge. The movie consists of seven hours of work condensed into a little more than two minutes. It was filmed at COSI Toledo, a children's hands-on science museum in Toledo, Ohio (USA), (...) (18 years ago, 3-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Deserted Temple
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A solitary knight on a journey to the eastern hemisphere stumbles upon a (URL) temple>. (URL) AC (18 years ago, 29-Jun-07, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Felucia Separatist Droid Forces
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Once a major holding of the Commerce Guild, Felucia was a world teeming with fungal life-forms and immense primitive plants. Near the end of the Clone Wars, Felucia was one of the key contested worlds during the Outer Rim Sieges. (URL) AC (18 years ago, 20-Jun-07, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Re: Any Good Ideas For Custom Brick Separators?
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(...) Its seems to me that one of these would do the trick: (URL) Technic pieces have got a slightly smaller hole diameter, and so it should always grab on well. Hope this helps, --Peter (18 years ago, 17-Jun-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Any Good Ideas For Custom Brick Separators?
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We all know how handy the LEGO brick separators are. I was wondering if people have modified these tools, or developed their own custom tools for removing bricks? I have heard of (but not seen) AFOLs modifying the end of separators to work on single (...) (18 years ago, 17-Jun-07, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Florence Cathedral: Santa Maria del Fiore
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Hi, Arthur. Excellent model! That downside-out building method really does allow you to capture the feel of this cathedral at this scale in a way that "normal" building would not. I'm also happy to see you've added the new outdoor photos to your (...) (18 years ago, 8-Jun-07, to lugnet.build)
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Originally intended to be an Imperial training facility as I've managed to get the trans dark panels for windows from PaB. It didn't quite pan out as I wanted it and would start over. So I've just added some doors where ramps should have been to (...) (18 years ago, 8-Jun-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Custom MLCAD Parts tree
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Have you customized how your MLCAD parts are organized? I couldn't find anyone else's custom MLCad.grp file, so I spent a bit of time on it tonight. Please feel free to adjust this and repost it. (URL) this to your MLCad folder and start the program (...) (18 years ago, 7-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Florence Cathedral: Santa Maria del Fiore
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Hi Arthur, (...) Ah yes, you did! Cutting one out of thousand or more elements is acceptable. (...) I wouldn't change the dome itself built with the red bricks. Just try to fix the white flex-axles a bit different so that they point more to the top (...) (18 years ago, 5-Jun-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) I agree. My photography skills are lacking. Once a year, in the spring, I bring in a professional photographer (Jerry Mann) to take photos. One look at my brickshelf folder and its easy to spot who took what pictures (...) Yes. I've noticed (...) (18 years ago, 5-Jun-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: Florence Cathedral: Santa Maria del Fiore
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(URL) Hi Arthur, thanks for sharing this amazing model of the Cathedral. When I first saw the thumbnails at brickshelf I thought it would be minifig-scale. But you realised to put so much details and iconic structures even in a smaller (...) (18 years ago, 5-Jun-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Florence Cathedral: Santa Maria del Fiore
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Il Duomo,the magnificent ribbed dome of the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, located in Florence Italy. (URL) I've seen this SNOT technique used often on many MOC's but have never seen it used as extensively as in this model. The technique (which (...) (18 years ago, 5-Jun-07, to lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.build.microscale) !!
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| | Sliding Puzzle 4 x 4 Module
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I really enjoyed this post about mosaic kits and a LEGO sliding puzzle design: (URL) I started working on a slightly larger sliding puzzle design which completely covers a standard square green baseplate. The image I'm using on the puzzle will have (...) (18 years ago, 1-Jun-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Attack Frigate in Felucia
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Battlefront Felucia is a Gossam-settled planet dominated by multi-colored fungi looking plants. The Republic sends troops to deploy and capture the Separatists under the able leadership of the Jedi masters. (URL) AC (18 years ago, 1-Jun-07, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Re: (was ) What TLG set (AFoL MOC) "revolutionized" your building?
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(...) A fine question! For me, two MOC's really knocked my socks off during my early days in the online AFOL world. Back in 96 and 97 I didn't realize how widespread the community was nor the scope of the projects that could be undertaken. The first (...) (18 years ago, 30-May-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: What TLG set "revolutionized" your building?
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Hey, Great question. As with many castle guys, I would have to say it was set (URL) 3739, the Dan Siskind Blacksmith Shop>. This is just such a well-designed set, and building it was a lesson in putting together a building (particularly the roof). (...) (18 years ago, 30-May-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: What TLG set "revolutionized" your building?
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Lots of great sets mentioned here. Like many here, I remember pouring over an idea book with equal parts wonder and frustration at my limited LEGO supply. As a PAB addict, I agree with many of you for whom something other than a "set" (PAB, (...) (18 years ago, 30-May-07, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: What TLG set "revolutionized" your building?
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In lugnet.build, Karl Paulsen wrote: I'm ignoring here things like Mindstorms that *are* the reason I build, and focusing on offical sets that shifted my POV. (...) I'd have to say the one that sticks out the most is the redesigned Technic Front End (...) (18 years ago, 30-May-07, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: What TLG set "revolutionized" your building?
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(...) Okay: Baah! (...) And for that I will curse the day that that set designer's mother was born:-) (...) Yes, but they also pre-dated TLG's cursed foray into juniorization as well. I mean, look at those feet! If that isn't Galidor foreshadowing, (...) (18 years ago, 30-May-07, to lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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