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Shinjirarenai! KK are you sure you were not an architect? Sorry to hear of the demise of kumamoto-jo, but if we can look forward to more work like this I can only be happy. Chris Barker chris@superfami.com (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Simply amazing! I really like the World Trade Center (one of my all-time favorite buildings) If it's not too much to ask, roughly what kind of costs are associated with such a colossal project? (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) Yes, Tom I did disassemble Kumamoto Castle for the Great Wall but I still have the itch in me to build some more castles. Recently, I got a really nice picture with a cutout of the main donjon of Hemeji Castle and later on this year after I (...) (24 years ago, 11-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.castle)
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In lugnet.build.arch, Kung-Khoon Quah writes: . (...) Wow, excellent, yang terbaik, bukan main, lah. Did you have to disassemble your Japanese Castles to have enough rock slopes? That would be a shame. What's next? Angkor Wat? Cheers, Tom Napolitano (24 years ago, 11-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks, Bill. Let's just say it damn near took every dark gray and light gray brick I have in my possession to do what you see and Bless TLC for bulk orders otherwise I could not have made it. I have asked GFLTC members to contribute modules (...) (24 years ago, 11-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Great job!! Very impressive. Boy, when you go ancient - you go big! I guess it's all down hill from there. What happened, not enough bricks to do the whole thing? ;~) Bill (24 years ago, 11-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.castle)
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(...) you come up with. :D Jeff (24 years ago, 11-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Vancouver Public Library
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Dwayne Towell wrote in message ... (...) Yeah, I thought that was probably why :-) Oh for real *cheap* bulk! (...) I'd stick to grey rather than changing color. Blue would take you back to teh cartoon look, I should think. Kevin ---...--- Craftsman (...) (24 years ago, 11-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.arch)
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Thanks. I only got to see it for an hour while we were on vacation last year. It is a very cool building. I tried red at first but it looked to cartoon-like. Tan would be cool but I don't have near enough to do that (and I even part sets). I think I (...) (24 years ago, 11-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) great. (...) planned? Library Square actually is two buildings: the library which I built and a surrounding building which has office and retail space (I believe). I will be adding the surrounding building which is also curved and has some (...) (24 years ago, 11-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.arch)
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Thanks for the compliment. I saw an apartment building Steven Barile built out of yellow (and black or red) that had all curved walls and was kinda triangular (I can't find a picture of it on line). When I saw a (tiny) picture of the library I knew (...) (24 years ago, 11-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.arch)
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Finally got enough pics and descriptions to post my Great Wall of China Lego MOC which will be my entry to the Ancients Theme 2001. The pics are at: (URL) designs feature: - look and feel of the Great Wall of China - a wall that snakes around and up (...) (24 years ago, 11-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.castle) !
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Dwayne Towell wrote in message ... (...) Cool, Dwayne! I love the VPL building (and it's a good library inside, too). I think I might have tried to do it in tan or red rather than grey (pieces permitting) as one of the noticeable features of the (...) (24 years ago, 10-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.arch)
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That looks like a very challenging building to make out of Lego. looks great. Glad to finally see some more non-orthogonal creations. Any others planned? (...) (24 years ago, 10-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.arch)
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Wow! That is a really cool looking building. I haven't seen quite that sort of curved wall construction before. I like the way (apparently) that you used the 1x2 plates to create a solid curved band. Great Job! Brad Dwayne Towell (...) (24 years ago, 10-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.arch)
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I finished the first phase of construction on a model of the Vancouver Public Library, a very interesting, architecturally speaking, building. (The second, surrounding, building which contains office and retail space will be coming soon.) I am still (...) (24 years ago, 10-Feb-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.general) !
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(...) Thanks, Your right but it is always nice to here someone else thinks so too. Comming from you it is a huge compliment because I know you are into town and modern type stuff. (...) Thanks again, That was done on purpose to be a bit more (...) (24 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) Oh Eric! I just looked at these today. I'm sure you already know this but, WOW, that looks fantastic! Folks should study the fronts versus backs of buildings. very clever. And colors I would never have thought to put together -- but they look (...) (24 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch)
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OK the link is the same but the pictures came out 100% better this go around Plus I added Thumbnails to make browsing easier. (URL) you can see I have some work to do to complete this and between my son and work becoming more... lets just say time (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch)
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Sean: Great job on everything! The Empire State project looks impressive! I admire the amount of interactivity on your site. You fuse legos and the internet so well. You are amazing, and Im trying feverishly to make my city and site as good as (...) (24 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.arch)
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