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(...) hand (your glass solution). And the color scheme is spot-on. The modularity looks suspiciously akin to the ship you entered in the classic space contest last year... not that I'm faulting you. It makes for a wonderful model and is very (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.contests)
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| | Re: BT1 Contest Entry: Vengeance
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(...) I really like the background info in your post. In my world, it is also true that early BT1 craft (known as Darknians) were based on the designs of earlier vehicles. It's too bad we couldn't have a catagory in the contest for the submission (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.contests)
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| | BT1 Contest Entry: Vengeance
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The origins of the Blacktron Amada are difficult to trace. While it has been known for some time that the earliest Blacktron ships were merely modified Galaxy Explorer-class ships, it is quite a leap from that Classic Space-era technology to the (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.contests)
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| | Re: New entry for ISCC: "Missing in Action" - Ju 52 airplane
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(...) Because El Caracho hasn't entered his model team entry yet??? :-) I can hardly wait for that one... You better get it posted, time's a wastin! (25 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.contests)
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| | Re: My BT Contest Update: Is the Scrutinizer in the house?
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(...) I like the message title you used, it got my attention. :-) I have no problem with a 1% variance on the piece count. It is no different than if you counted the extra pieces LEGO manages to throw in the box. In this case, you used those pieces. (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.contests)
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| | Re: Hoverthing contest judging is in
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(...) *Sighs* Wish I could have entered, but by the time I got my model done I discovered it was 1 stud to long, and there wasn't enough time to build a new one. Ah well, I'll just have to wait for the next one! -- Mark Nelson LCC Command: (URL) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.contests)
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| | Entry Overview
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Hello, For all ISCC-entries submitted so far, there's an overview at (URL) friend of mine, Axel, has set up this page for surfing faster through all galleries. But the contest's deadline is still the 31st of December 2001, so please continue (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.contests)
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| | Hoverthing contest judging is in
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howd all, well the judges are all finished w/ the Et In Arcadia Lego Hoverthing Contest, i'll be putting the results up this weekend, and i'll post when i'm done thx to all for being patient and thx to all who participated :-D -paul (25 years ago, 15-Dec-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.contests)
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| | My BT Contest Update: Is the Scrutinizer in the house?
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(...) and it weighs in at 303 pieces if it includes 2 figs as shown. That's barely over the max of 300, but I can drop one minifig to bring it down to 298 if we are going to be strict about it. Scrutinizer? Can we get a call on this? Also, I'm (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.contests)
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| | BT1 <click click>
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Well, I wish it was <click click> of a camera already, as we are now less than three weeks away from the end of the BT1 contest. But unfortunately, it is still the <click click> of LEGO Bricks (although that is a nice sound too!). I've been (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.contests)
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| | BT Contest: Mobile Message Decoder
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Here's my second entry in the Blacktron contest, the Mobile Message Decoder. I'm entering it in category IV: Large Ground Vehicles. (URL) set consists of a cockpit module, a cargo module that carries a rover and robot, and two wheel modules- one of (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.contests)
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| | three fantastic castles
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Hello, there are three new entries for the ISCC, three wonderful castles! #26 Castle with Keep (James Stacey, United Kingdom) (URL) story- #28 Wizard's Castle (Patrick Bosman, The Netherlands) (URL) castle is occupied by seven wizards and several (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.announce) !
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| | Re: Red Baron's Albatros DIII
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(...) Dear Drew, Richthofen flew several planes in WWI but the Albatros DIII was the one he painted red. More information is here: (URL) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.contests)
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(...) Yeah, I thought he flew a tri-plane as well. Here's my own minifig-scale version; (URL) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.contests)
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| | Re: Red Baron's Albatros DIII
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(...) I do admit keeping the wheel design, although without cross bracing like the Sopwith Camel has, and the upper wing is almost identical except above the cockpit. (why change what works best?) The cockpit was also much more difficult because of (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.contests)
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| | Re: Red Baron's Albatros DIII
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(...) Nice triplanes! How is the comma tale made, exactly? I don't konw of enough pieces to fill it in and make it solid. Thanks, George (25 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.contests)
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Hi Ben, I didn't know that Richthofen also flew a bi-plane. Your model is very nice and it is in fact lots of fun to transfer the "set of the year" into a own creation. Do you know the Fokker DR I from Vancouer / Canada: (URL) my personal version of (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.contests)
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| | Re: Red Baron's Albatros DIII
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(...) Thank you Drew for your praise. I had always wanted to build this model and spent three days constructing and reconstructing the plane. I am a perfectionist and not totally happy with the plane's fuselage and nose but it was really fun to (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.build.military)
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| | Re: Red Baron's Albatros DIII
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(cross-posted to lugnet.military as well) I saw yesterday when I was browsing Brickshelf's Recent stuff, and i was wondering if you would post it to Lugnet. (so we can shower you with praise for such an excellent model) You did a great job on it, I (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.build.military)
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| | Re: Red Baron's Albatros DIII
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(...) I would have thought it easier to do the boxier Fokker D7 than the curvy Albatross, but I recognized the plane right away! Great job. Bruce (25 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.contests)
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