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Okay guys, here it is: tell me what you think and if it's time to open the flood gates and begin taking entries. (URL) put my own entry on there as more of an example, but I will eventually be modifying the one you see and officially submitting it (...) (23 years ago, 17-Nov-01, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space)
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You know, looking at this REALLY awful design (whta's it called -- "The Air-Catcher"?) prompted me to make some changes to the nose in MLCad, a yellow Wedge 3x4 plate and a Wedge 4x4 w/ BT logo, and I realized that I wasn't even sure if the former (...) (23 years ago, 17-Nov-01, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space)
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Dear Scrutinizer: I think we need to have two things cleared up: 1. Now that I am building with MLcad, I realize that it is quite hard to know if a certain element does or does not exist in a particular color in the real world (the Peeron and Vatima (...) (23 years ago, 25-Nov-01, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space)
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(...) I want things to be fair and fun. The more entries the better. (...) Here is my ruling on question 1: CAD elements can be in any plausible colour that LEGO would use. This means that if it is reasonable that LEGO would have made a piece in a (...) (23 years ago, 28-Nov-01, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space)
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| | Throwing Down the Gauntlet (was Re: 2nd Annual Space Building Contest?)
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Hey Y'all: Submitted for your disapproval in Category VIII - "Ugliest, Wackiest Thing in Space" (defending my status as the current holder of the honor from the first annual contest, natch), I give you Blacktron "Orca" Class Space Freighters! (URL) (...) (23 years ago, 1-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space)
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CAD questions: 1) Is posting the DAT/MPD files for the model(s) along with the renderings sufficent (I'm using Brickshelf), or do they need to be e-mailed to The Scrutinizer separately? 2) My pilot is an 'unofficial' model. I took the sitting (...) (23 years ago, 1-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space)
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(...) Please email them to me at thescrutinizer@rogers.com (...) Yes. (...) You got a Blockade Runner?!? Sorry, I have no sympathy for you. :-) BTW, you should have known what you were getting into making a lifetime commitment. (...) The Scrutinizer (23 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space)
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(...) never came in those colors. I realize that the Scrutinizer did allow this, but you aren't getting *my* votes. Am I serious here? Or am I saying this only because I'm still jealous because I had a good contender for the "Ugliest, Wackiest Thing (...) (23 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space)
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(...) My hand isn't very steady in PSP (&^*! arthritis) and I can't get the right angles through the shaking. And yes, I want to manipulate it to make a webpage background. :) best LFB (23 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space)
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(...) Not true -- just one element is in dispute, the front cab windshield. What other element did you have in mind though? The proof is that I have the thing built and sitting on the living room television. The CAD work was after the fact and (...) (23 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space)
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(...) By all means. I think the original artifact is in Illustrator format (.ai extension) -- in the event that you wanted it for some reason, I could email it to you. -- Hop-Frog (23 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space)
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(...) What color is the solar sail? It kind of looks like transluscent dk grey. Dave! (23 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space)
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(...) The large trans-smoke corner panels in the "Artist's Rendition" shot. Those were clearly there just for decoration, but it gave me something else to whine about. (...) I saw that it was modular, but I didn't study the images closely enough to (...) (23 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space)
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(...) Uum...so what's with the #%@!* monkey? -- Hop-Frog (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space)
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(...) Haven't you always wanted a monkey? Adrian (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Well firstly let's make sure we agree it's an imaginary "force-field" generated sail that isn't even really there to begin with...after that I can readily acknowledge that it is merely trans-white rendered in POV. Geez, it's not even integral (...) (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space)
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(...) Yeah... geez, Richard- what do you have against monkeys? Some of my best friends are monkeys. Besides, I said not to ask. You never listen, do you? -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Ooh- ooh! He's making a list- let's hope he checks it twice! (...) You know, I've grated plenty of cheese in my life. But I've never thought of the sound as being "harsh". Protracted, perhaps- especially when we're making burritos for a large (...) (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space)
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(...) See, the thing is I thought it looked pretty cool and considered building something like it, but I didn't know what color to use. I have enough trans blue 1/4-domes to make it, but I didn't know if that's what you used. (...) Woohoo! It's (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space)
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