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"Josh Baakko" <shi_web@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:G7H6pH.Bs5@lugnet.com... (...) tipping (...) technic (...) i'm (...) Well, it just seems to balance! The cord does actually go through the two holes in the fence piece underneath. I have a (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) I have a question about the window cleaner. How do you keep it from tipping towards or away from the building? Its seems like having the one cable on each side wouldn't cancel out tipping problems. I have a simalar, larger version, with 2 (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.build.arch)
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Lawrence, Keep up the good work. Your plaza and train station will be excellent when you finish them. J.T. "lawrence wilkes" <lawrence@thewilkesf...rve.co.uk> wrote in message news:G7FHn3.CsD@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.build.arch)
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"Huw Millington" <hmillington@cix.co.uk> wrote in message news:G7Fn1H.570@lugnet.com... (...) No the fans dont work The window cleaning craddle goes up and down though. A micromotor sits in the winding gear I gave up trying to think of a way to (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.build.arch)
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Looks good. lawrence wilkes <lawrence@thewilkesf...rve.co.uk> wrote in message news:G7FHn3.CsD@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.build.arch)
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"lawrence wilkes" <lawrence@thewilkesf...rve.co.uk> wrote in message news:G7FHn3.CsD@lugnet.com... (...) fittings inside? Huw (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.build.arch)
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Another bulk window creation Metro Plaza continues to develop with this new corporate office block Nothing too fancy - then neither are office blocks! (URL) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.build.arch)
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"D M Garcia" <dmglego@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:G6CHn6.HGo@lugnet.com... (...) I almost finished a micro MCM once, but I used the Divers top corner corridor wall piece for the front. I need that in trans antifreeze, and need a way of (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.space)
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Glad you found it and glad you like it. I don't know why the URL now needs the caps. I need to investigate that. I never changed the page title. The building is (was) 5'7" tall. It was destroyed during the taping of the show. (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.general)
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Aaah, there it is. Nice! How tall is it, exactly? (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.general)
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(...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.general)
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I'm still getting problems from (URL) getting: Error 404 Not found Powered by Zeus Web Server (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.general)
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congrats on this Rick... I'll try to catch it. Don't suppose you ever rounded up the spare 1x1 greens from that project [grin]... I'm still horribly low after Mona Lego. eric (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.general)
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It can now be revealled that the show "The Kujawa Tower" was commissioned for is called "Lizzie McGuire" which premieres on the Disney channel Friday night (tonight) at 6pm in Los Angeles. The episode featuring my tower will air on February 16, (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.general)
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Announcing the first annual Town building contest! Go here for details: (URL) must be in by Feb 15th. Kevin ---...--- Victorian House: Limited edition kit (URL) Kits & Custom Lego models: (URL) store: (URL) auctions: (URL) Lego Web page: (URL) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.boats, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general) !!
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(...) <SNIP> (...) Exactly - after I went to Legoland Windsor, I came home with stars in my eyes, and a burning desire to get ahold of tens of thousands of tan bricks... (...) Yeah, I figured you used something like 336 of the little windows in that (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Yah, it's a replica of the Brown County Historical Society building in New Ulm, MN (a small Germanesque community). It uses hundreds of the 1x2 tiles w/ top center stud to achieve some subtle detailing. One of these days I'll get some digital (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains.org)
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Not much more to say than the subject: (URL) (24 years ago, 3-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) days. I have to give some credit to (blame;) Steve Demlow, who built a beautiful replica (Steve, care to chime in?:-) of a building last year (but hasn't posted pics). After seeing that and after having visited Miniland, I have become very (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains.org)
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Hi John, Great work! I laughed when I saw it - it reminded me of a building I threw together in November: (URL) kind of architecture, only you've got me completely outclassed :) Brilliant work - I hope you don't mind if I steal a few pages from your (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) I did no such thing! Killing Lugnet would cut off half of my web-surfing. I was wondering about what happened, though. I hit Post and the browser appeared to do nothing for like 5 minutes. Having suffered from multiple post syndrome in the (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Well, I would not say it isn't train related too quickly. I think this building would serve very well as a train company head office, or with some modifications, as the main facade for a grand 19th century railway terminus. Greetings, M. (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) structures, I am very pleased that John has built a very inspiring beautiful building. I think that with more bulk sales items available (like WINDOWS!), we will be seeing more train folks building large "town" structures. If my town can have (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Too bad- they were 6.98 (CDN) at wally world here- but they are all gone now. I got only about 25 more- I had to leave _some_ behind, went back to try and get more today, but they were all gone :( (I have ~60 of them, and would like (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Seems like you killed, indeed - you killed lugnet!!!! j/k... this is probably the search thing gone wrong again. Anyway, whenever you see this, I'd betcha John got the slopes from <set:5938 Oasis Ambush>. It has a bunch of them for $8 or less! (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Well, got about 100 from Brickbayers, and the rest from 50 copies of the Oasis Ambush ( (URL) ) Don't have to kill to get them-- well, maybe your *bank* account;-) -John (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) They are also found in (URL) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Maybe he did like Troy C. did and bought about a million of the 5938 Oasis Ambush set (see (URL) to see what I did with them) Adrian -- www.brickfrenzy.com (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Where did you get so many 2x2x3 slopes for the roof?! I could do half of one side in a plethora of colors. I'd kill for that many slope pieces. (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains.org)
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Great job John! Impressive building. I especially agree with Chris here, it's great to see the real thing.... Duq "Chris Gray" <cg@ami-cg.GraySage.COM> wrote in message news:m3ofxsij2x.fsf@...age.COM... (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Kyle, the columns you are talking about are mainly found in Belville sets. There is a dark brown column in 5804, blue column in 5825, dark pink in 5805, plus a number of white columns in the large palace 5808. Earlier Belville had them in (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) John, are you talking about the columns embedded in the wall? That's what the ones in the set you referenced looked like. I actually meant the round pillars in the middle of the front wall (either side of the main entrance(?) and balcony). (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Don't rely on your spell checker so much! :-) ++Lar (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Perhaps the structure builders are happy you've stayed away - your chateau is hard to compete with! Very nice - I love the detail and the clean symmetry. I always like to see pictures of structures in the plastic, as opposed to ray-traced. (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Ah, the $64 question:-) That is a 2x2x8 Scala column, seen here as the table pedestal: (URL) . I paid more than a King's ransom to collect enough of those babies.... (...) I used the small ones, which I believe are available in bulk now (mine (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) What did you use for the columns on the front? They look like they're one piece, whereas the ones on the back look like "normal" 2x2 round bricks. Also I believe the conical trees used to come in two sizes. Which ones did you use? And where do (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains.org)
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Time to think about building something other than Trains, John!!! Great Job, good ornate details, and very impressive, I can't wait to see this on a layout table when you guys get the new setup done! Just be careful of those tall tree's, check my (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) It's a nice piece of work, J2. Kind of narrow, though, you should consider making it a bit wider. That's a lot of windows, I can see why you credited LD for making it possible. ++Lar (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Thanks, JT. (Already apologized for the pic quality:/) It is mostly white; the corners, base, and trim are gray (too bad it isn't all gray; how nuts would that be to have *that* many gray 1x2x2 windows!) As it is, the chateau uses 330 1x2x2 (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains.org)
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