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Hi everyone, Here are some pics of my current town layout: (URL) have been working on this project for a couple of months now in preperation for the Town Building Contest, but I've recently realized that I am over-extending myself(1) and need to cut (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Abston Church of Christ Campanile (and status)
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(...) Plexiglas case?!? Amy, I think you've got enough clear and light blue windows to build the display case out of them... Peter (23 years ago, 2-Feb-02, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | 2nd Annual Town Building Contest opens!
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Please point your browsers to (URL) see full details of the contest. I have narrowed the focus of this years contest to traditional Town models in Minifig and Classic scales, to reduce the load on me :-) and on the voters! I am also offering a prize (...) (23 years ago, 2-Feb-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.arch) !!
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| | Abston Church of Christ Campanile (and status)
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Status of the church... Construction was completed Jan 8. I'm currently photographing it whenever I have a sunny day that happens to land on a weekend. I need sunshine because photography is otherwise problematic with such a large model in a small (...) (23 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: Brickmania goes to Brickswest!
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(...) Cool, Dan, I wish I could be there! But you should've probably posted this to lugnet.events.brickswest (follow-ups set there) Regards ROSCO (23 years ago, 31-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.trains, lugnet.events.brickswest)
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| | Brickmania goes to Brickswest!
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Hello everyone! This is an announcement to anyone concerned that I am travelling out to Brickswest next month to take part in activities there. Here is the official description of the workshop I am hosting: "Daniel Siskind, owner of Brickmania (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.trains) !
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| | Moc: Academy of Music
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I've added a new building to my town layout. Its modeled after the now demolished Academy of Music in Kalamazoo Michigan. The original was designed by Louis Sullivan himself and opened in 1883. It was torn down in 1967. My building is three stories (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc) !!
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| | Re: Cornice Idea & new brick color
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(...) funny, i thought cornice as well, but I haven't purchased any of those parts or sets to try it out. looks excellent, i'll definiately try that if i get the chance someday. somebody, should set up an ftx page (off of build.arch?) to showcase (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Cornice Idea & new brick color
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Jonathan Lopes wrote in message ... (...) you've done there. Any chance of a better-lit picture? Kevin ---...--- Craftsman Lego Kits & Custom models: (URL) Annual SYSTEM Creativity Contest: (URL) Lego parts store: (URL) Guild of Bricksmiths(TM): (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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| | Cornice Idea & new brick color
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Hello, When I first saw the new brown part in the Ewok Attack set on the back of the Speederbike, I immediately thought 'cornice'. This is what I had in mind: (URL) this folder there is also a quickie facade I through together using the new 'rust' (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Sand-Red and White House
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Lutz Uhlmann wrote in message ... (...) fix (...) Hi Lutz, Yes, a fence is the saw attachment which guides the material being cut. Lemme see if I can find a pic: (URL) fence is the object like a wall on the right hand side of the blade. That's the (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Two more detail-photos
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(...) I have put up two mor detail photos and an update to the table saw. Enjoy, Lutz (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: Sand-Red and White House
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(...) I don't really understand this, a fence ? I have made up some hand protection over the blade, what you described sounds more like a guidance for the material to be cut. The update is here: (URL) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: Sand-Red and White House
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Bruce Hietbrink wrote in message ... (...) saw. (...) Can't say I'd want to use that table saw myself. No fence! Ouch! Easy to fix though, if you replace the 1x4 tile on the right with a 1x4x1 panel or 2 1x2x1 panels. Kevin ---...--- Craftsman Lego (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: Sand-Red and White House
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(...) And we all stood around it for a long while: it is so overfull with nice small details. But maybe the best of all has been this saw. (2 URLs) Keep on bricking! (I'm looking forward for April the 14th - the date of the next fair in Muelheim) (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: Sand-Red and White House
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Good work, great with details. I order for 1600 DKK sand red bricks in December, these kind of things are expensive... WAS Sonnich www.hot.ee/sonnich/lego/ Lutz Uhlmann <lutz@el-lutzo.de> wrote in message news:GqADv5.7vz@lugnet.com... (...) just (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: Sand-Red and White House
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(...) Very good. Very good indeed. I liked the circular blade saw best. Scott A (23 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: Sand-Red and White House
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I thought it was interesting how you built some of the door detail with the studs pointing down to get the underside curves. Nice work! -Chuck (23 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: Sand-Red and White House
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Question, Before I spend to much money to order sand red, do you think it represents a faided brick well? I LOVE the coloring of that house! Josh (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: Sand-Red and White House
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(...) Wow! That's beautiful. I think my favorite little detail is the table saw. All of the detail work around the windows makes the house itself look very realistic. The color scheme is cool too. Bruce (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | RE: Sand-Red and White House
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(...) great job combining random pieces to create the kind of detail usually reserved to widgets in space models. --Bram Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu www.bldesign.org (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: Sand-Red and White House
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(...) An amazing amount of detail and thought put into this house. The color scheme is perfect, and I love the way the roof seems to curve. Great work, -Jason +---...---+ Jason Spears Michlug - (URL) Page - (URL) Store - (URL) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: Sand-Red and White House
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Lutz, Beautiful detail work. Very nice building. -Andy Lynch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lutz Uhlmann" <lutz@el-lutzo.de> (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: Sand-Red and White House
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(...) Thanks for your interest. Yes, the upper story I ran out of my snad red bricks and it was to late to order more to get the model finished for display. So the upper story has more white included. I could have build it without the tower, but (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: Sand-Red and White House
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(...) wonderfully styled and they're spaced perfectly to show off that sand red/white color combination. I'm planning a hotel in those colors for MichLUG's next train show. Amy (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: cornice
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(...) ah yes, I did see that. I like how you varied the brick color on the body of the building. I see how the roof would make you build it from the top down as well. Thanks for the link. Jonathan (23 years ago, 14-Jan-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: Abston Church of Christ completed today
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(...) contentedly! ROSCO (Hangin' out to see the Abston rail bridge!) (23 years ago, 12-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: cornice
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(...) Yes - it's another entry to the ISSC. It's just a small rural station building, and you'll see my windmill too: (URL) put this up before, but it's entered under Trains, not Town. Jason J Railton (23 years ago, 12-Jan-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: Abston Church of Christ completed today
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Hey... it's fixed!! Don't know what happened. I didn't delete any of my internet files or cookies, nor did I mess around with the refresh/reload. I read your latest post here and just checked up on your link and everything looks normal now. Oh well. (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: Abston Church of Christ completed today
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Hmmm... it's still not working right. It is deffinately your site. What seems to happen is the extreme left of each picture and the first letter of each sentence repeated and sometimes overlaped then spread across the entire page until the next (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: cornice
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(...) do you have a link to this station you mention? Thanks Jonathan (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: cornice
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(...) Me too - mainly because it's so hard to get a good selection of roof pieces. With my Brickley Station building, I re-built the roof over and over again, every time I found another dark grey slope hidden on a Star Wars model. Finally I was (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: Abston Church of Christ completed today
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I tried to look but your site seems to be... scrambled? I see strange repetitions of characters and broken pics as well as overlaps of images and letters... I used to see something similiar (but on a much smaller scale) with Eric Harshbarger's site. (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: cornice
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(...) I look forward to seeing the window sill. It's funny, I build a lot of my buildings from the top down as well. A couple of them I built 'from the windows out'. (windows were made first.) Jonathan (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: cornice
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(...) Strangely enough, you're probably right about that :) I'm currently working on building a bunch of futuristic motorcycles, with the plan to stage a race with them. Of course I'll need scenery for that. Oh no, I need a town :) Adrian -- (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: cornice
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(...) Thanks. Let's spread the tie-fighter wing mount cornice around the world! :) -chris (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: cornice
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(...) Yes it does. I only used the dk gray since I had several 1x2 bricks with technic pins in that color sitting on the layout. I think I will keep the scheme for the building. I wish that curve brick was available in an upside down version -- it (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: cornice
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(...) Thanks Lar! (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch)
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