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(...) Stefan: Glad you liked them! Yeah, the "1x2 plate with center stud" ( (URL) ) is really your best friend when doing this sort of thing. And other tricks...like the very top of the Empire State Building: I have a 1x2 brick set atop a 1x1 brick, (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) Hey Amy, Yeah, I wouldn't take what the Slashdotters and the like have to say as anything even remotely disturbing. I think they may be picking on the subject and your dedication to your pet, which are things that high-flying twenty-somethings (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) LOL! :) Yeah, these buildings are a vast departure from my 5-foot-tall skyscrapers and whatnot... probably better too, because it saves me a lot of money and they're quick to build! :) Glad you liked them. Sean (22 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) That's my favorite, too. The Citigroup building didn't look like much of anything until I started adding the subterrania, and now I love the way it came out. It works well, since the recessed plaza under the tower butts up against the subway (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) I actually spent a little time working on a Chrysler Building at this scale, but I gave up after fighting with the tiny scale that I was working at. But you've given me a reason to give it another shot, so I'll let you know if anything comes (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.arch)
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Thanks, Scott. I don't really care what people say about it or me, since even those who find it as a result of some disparaging post seem to enjoy it, judging by the email I get. You'll note I've quoted a few of the more amusing comments on the FAQ (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.arch)
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Amy & All, (...) various forums and what not, this is one of the reasons I don't really do any outside of LUGNET and MichLUG of course. : ) I just want to say your all of your work, especially this project, is simply awesome, it is a beautiful (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.arch)
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Very cool. I like the detail you've managed to put into them at this small a scale. The underground detail completes the models, IMO. Nice. -Stefan- (22 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Abston Church of Christ
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Well, it's been up for a month and a half and is handling the traffic okay, so I thought I might risk an announcement... The Abston Church of Christ is back online. I've added some "...for dummies" style explanations about minifigs and other stuff (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.announce.moc) !
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Sean Kenney wrote: > All: > > Hi there, everyone! Over the weekend I made some super-tiny scale New York > City landmarks. Each is no more than a few inches tall... I made the > CitiGroup Center, the Empire State Building, the UN, and the Woolworth (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) Yay...buildings in a scale I can recreate! (...) Citigroup Center before...and it has always fascinated me. (...) Very nice...fits in well with your others. (...) the other lanscaping details. (...) -Kevin (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.arch)
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Sean, All very cool. I think my favorite little detail is how you put the road and the subway into the first one. It reminded me of some of those cutaway diagrams by that guy who does the "Amazing Cross Sections" books that show you the building (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) Sliiiick. The views from below remind me (colorscheme-wise) of an old Atari 2600 game. Probably Superman or Spiderman, with 2 color skyscrapers you fly by/climb (whichever game it was, heh). Also: what is the red tower/object/eh? to the left (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) Greg... here's my version of the Chrysler: (URL) to Mr. Kenney: excellent work!!! (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) (snip) (...) Awesome buildings! I'd like to be the first to request my favorite NYC skyscraper: the Chrysler Building! -Greg "Fox" Cook (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | BrickTopia Star Wars Museum
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This is a giant, new sky-scraper in BrickTopia, built in a Star Wars "Coruscant" theme. Here are the raw BrickShelf photos: (normal resolution photos) (URL) resolution photos) (URL) is the web site with descriptions: (URL) main BrickTopia web site (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build.arch) !
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All: Hi there, everyone! Over the weekend I made some super-tiny scale New York City landmarks. Each is no more than a few inches tall... I made the CitiGroup Center, the Empire State Building, the UN, and the Woolworth Building. The Citigroup (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.arch)
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I have building up my Town layout a lot lately and am planning to construct a building with an outdoor sidewalk market. Since I am much better at COPYING ideas from what others have built, the logical thing to do is to ask here if anyone has done (...) (22 years ago, 15-Dec-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch)
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In lugnet.general, Tom Reed writes: <snipped info about the new sets> (...) Thanks Tom for posting the info and pics of the new Adventurers sets. I had a chance to drool over them (except for 4717) at TRU yesterday. I'm glad I was just window (...) (22 years ago, 15-Dec-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.org.us.richlug, lugnet.animation)
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| | Re: Some more mutilation concepts
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Very cool idea. I would love to see some ABS examples! (22 years ago, 13-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Some more mutilation concepts
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The Brick-brick mutilation is based on a repetitive masonry pattern on the side of a 1x4 brick. The 1x4's can either be staggered (crossing lines when stacked) or vertically stacked. If staggered then a 1x2 is needed as well for the ends. Also if (...) (22 years ago, 13-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.arch)
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Many of you have probably seen this in the pictures from the NWBrickCon layout. Here's you chance to check it out in lots of detail! (URL) interior is rather empty except for sliding elevator doors. The blue tint you see in the photos of the (...) (22 years ago, 7-Dec-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch) !!
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| | Re: two historic facades
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(...) ITTTAPG! (I think that they are pretty good!) I love the arch detail on the fire station, and the ornate detailing on the old bank captures gold rush extravagance. NB: There has been some discussion about how slow Brickshelf is of late. Your (...) (22 years ago, 1-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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(...) connectors to put snotwise detail on vertical surfaces. Just gorgeous. In terms of images, I definitely favour smaller files and faster load times in my own images, aiming for a 50k max (alright, maybe a 60k absolute max) and I keep upping the (...) (22 years ago, 1-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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I have finally got around to putting up some images of two historic facades I have done recently: (URL) in a magnificent display of patience waited until the brickshelf folder was moderated before posting this message, so no need to post deep links (...) (22 years ago, 1-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town) !!
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| | MOC: Miniscale Moonbase Mod - Student Union Building
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Stardate 112802 Starfleet Environmental Design Office of the Commander Tw0nCo Enterprises is pleased to announce the design approval of the new Boothby Student Union building. This facility is expected to become a focal point of daily student life (...) (22 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, lugnet.build.arch)
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| | MichLTC train/town display at local NMRC show, Livonia MI
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The Michigan Lego Train Club displayed in Livonia this past Sunday. While this was an extremely small layout for us because of limited setup time, I think we had a very strong display with a lot of great detail. Many of the buildings have already (...) (22 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | Re: Mountain/Quarry (and more on church)
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(...) That tank truck (water?) looks nice too. (...) ROSCO (22 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) Here are a few more pics I found by just iterating the numbers on Peter's images.. (you may find some dead spots but just keep iterating. there's lots to see besides just my stuff. In particular, take a gander at Tony's neato streetlights, (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: Honey, I shrunk the Chateau!
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(...) lol I didn't think of it that way-- another way to console myself for tearing her apart-- thanks:-) (...) Thanks. I was hoping it would inspire folks to build one or something like it and send it to either the NGLTC or the NELUG or both for (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town)
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Hey John, This looks really nice. It preserves all of the key features of the original, but in addition to freeing up space it will also free up a lot of elements (all those windows, railings, blue slopes, etc) for future projects. Oh, btw, I really (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town)
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(...) Hi John, My apologies for the deliquency in noticing this. (I've actually had to do 'work' at work the past few days). Very nice. Looks to me like a Mayoral Mansion for a city. Any plans to put a cityesque landsacape around it? What parts are (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town)
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(...) Thanks John .like tim said I have seen your Brickshelf folder many atime and I'm allways inspired!.As for my latest it's by far my most detailed building I done and the colors are great to work with (as is the dk red/lt grey blg .I'm in the (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town)
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(...) Thanks for the kind words, Tim! I hope to post up a few more buildings this week. -John (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town)
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(...) Oooh, sharp building, Chris! Nicely detailed; plenty of good architectual angling, and good coloration, too. You will have to join the Ashcan school of LEGO town builders I am forming with Jonathan:-) -John (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town)
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"John" <John@TCLTC.org> wrote in message news:H5qJzp.GwD@lugnet.com... (...) trees (...) I (...) pics. John: I also like how you have modified the front stairs. Overall, the Chateau now looks like an elegant in town home rather than a country (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town)
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In lugnet.build.arch, John Neal writes: Very nice work John. In future please consider setting FUT just one group though... .trains.org for example ought to be confined to the mechanics and logistics and theory of organizations. Your post would be (...) (22 years ago, 17-Nov-02, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town)
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(...) John it came out great!I still love the way the pillers came out in your building.I liked it so much I incorporated pillers into one of my latest blocks (URL) using my fav. color to build with right now(tan and dark gray).Chris MichLTC (22 years ago, 17-Nov-02, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town)
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(...) Thank you, Richard. Actually, I could have, but I have forsaken cyprus trees because I prefer to build my own trees instead. I do have four trees that I plan to "plant" in front of the chateau; I just didn't include them in the pics. Pics of (...) (22 years ago, 17-Nov-02, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town)
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(...) Very impressive John. I especially liked the use on the tree's on the origional version, they seemed to add a sense of grand scale. Its a shame that you could not fit those at the front of the new version. Richard (22 years ago, 17-Nov-02, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town)
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