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Sunday + coffee + Jon's mechs = A good day! Good build, good parts, slick design. Keep 'em coming! Eric (17 years ago, 11-Nov-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Sunday + coffee + Jon's mechs = A good day! Good build, good parts, slick design. Keep 'em coming! Eric (17 years ago, 11-Nov-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) They look good. And oh man, do they bring back memories of my Technic friction pin days. -Jon (17 years ago, 7-Nov-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Freaky even!! (...) Thanks, Fradel. As you probably figured out by now, I am a total Battletech junkie. I've been building mechs out of Lego since I started playing 15 years ago. as I mentioned in a recent post, I have been trying to improve (...) (17 years ago, 7-Nov-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Well I tried to reply to this earlier but for some reason it did not take. So here it is from what I can reproduce from memory: It is kind of a coincidence but earlier this morning I was perusing through my 3055 manual in the Inner Shpere-Clan (...) (17 years ago, 6-Nov-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Hey gang. While surfing the 'shelf I found a builder new to the Mecha genre. The look of his mechs and the simple joint-tech caught my eye. The combinations of common pieces for join-tech were something I didn't even realize when I tried making my (...) (17 years ago, 6-Nov-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Hello all, Been busy again! I present to you my newest creation. The Balrog (URL) as a companion mech to the Phalanx IIC, it has a weapons that are suitable for up close and personal combat, as well as, tagging targets at long distances. Enjoy! -Jon (17 years ago, 6-Nov-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) P.P.S BTW were you aware that I do actually run a game of Battletech with these once a year at a convention called Marcon held in Columbus, OH ? (...) (17 years ago, 29-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thanks, E I've been trying to improve the flow and color schemes of my designs as of late. As well as, try new methods of construction within the range of what I am comfortable with doing. (I just don't have the time or patience to do what you (...) (17 years ago, 29-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thanks, Marco Glad you like them. As far as that pistol is concerned, the design was a total accident. I originally was going to have all three toes be 1 stud wide like the toes on the side of the feet, but ran into posability problems. I had (...) (17 years ago, 29-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Fradel In reference to the Taunt, can you post a pic of what piece you're referring to? As far as the inspiration for the design of the Ichneumen, Cicada Killer, and the Fidget 2, I used the Chameleon. It's an old design as far as the (...) (17 years ago, 29-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Hello Jon, very well done. What I like on those three is the playability (like always). The modular Weapons on the Watcher are really nice. But my absolute favourite is the gun on the upper/right arm: (URL) Keep building and posting (URL) Marco> (17 years ago, 28-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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One of my favorite traditions is to wake up on Sunday, have my coffee and look at cool MOCs. Thank you, it has been a while since I have done that. Great work on all three mechs! Eric (17 years ago, 28-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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One of my favorite traditions is to wake up on Sunday, have my coffee and look at cool MOCs. Thank you, it has been a while since I have done that. Great work on all three mechs! Eric (17 years ago, 28-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) NIce job on the omnimech refit. I dig the weapons modularity and the pose in pic Watcher-1. The Taunt remindes me of that Inner Shere battlesuit from the TV show. I'm not sold on the canopy, have you tried something like the RGS canopy? The (...) (17 years ago, 27-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Hello all, Been very productive in the last few weeks. I have 2 that are redsigns of old mechs (circa 1999), and 1 completely new one. here is the redesign of the watcher (URL) are its modular weapons (URL) here is the redesign of the taunt (URL) (...) (17 years ago, 27-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thanks, Marco It's very poseable. The only structural flaw I have found is in the armor baffles around the knee. -Jon (17 years ago, 25-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Hi folks, I found this on (URL). Seems to me quite nice. (URL) What do you think about it? Use the up-button also, there is more to see. Cheers (URL) Marco> (17 years ago, 22-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Hello Jon, looks amazing. Seems to be quite poseable and playable. Good work Marco (17 years ago, 22-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thanks, Eric -Jon (17 years ago, 10-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Hey, great work, I really like this new Mech, very well done, nice colors, good design and an excellent build. Right on! Eric (17 years ago, 9-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thanks, Fradel. My goal was to make a mech with the mission profile of the Longbow, but have it be lighter and faster. Ironically, I do believe I had this slated as a 3058 mech. Thanks again, Jon (17 years ago, 6-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) I'm diggin it. Interesting way of lifting the A-wing canopy. It has a very Task Force Serpent era feel. Look forward to seeing what else you can bring to the 'Shere. F (17 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Hello all, Here's my newest mecha I call it the Phalanx. (URL) you like it -Jon (17 years ago, 3-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc) !
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Hello fellow LEGO Fans! Please join us for the: Ultra Sonic Super Fantastic Kids Day Weekend 2007! ==== PNC Arts Center - Holmdel, New Jersey. EXIT 116 on the Garden State Parkway. FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE (4 URLs) October 6th - 11am to (...) (17 years ago, 2-Oct-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, FTX)
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Beautiful! An excellent chopper and an excellent robot. Looks better than the toy since you can add more articulation. Superb work! Dave S. (17 years ago, 1-Sep-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.space, FTX)
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Simply amazing! I'm not a huge fan of the movie, but you've captured Blackout very well! I've always wondered about building Transformers, but haven't really tried it since I was very young. These new Transformers have a very complex way of (...) (17 years ago, 31-Aug-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.space, FTX)
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So, I saw the movie, and it made me want to build another Transformer, so I knocked this little ol' thing out. (2 URLs) Click the pictures, if you please. Adrian (17 years ago, 31-Aug-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
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Hi all, About a year ago i made some transformers. They were all based on a similar transforming skeleton, which i called 'Modlex Titane': (URL) Back then i posted some pics on brickshelf. Now i managed to create some animated gifs of the (...) (17 years ago, 27-Aug-07, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) If you want a utility to do graphics file conversions, try Irfanview. It's free and does everything I want in a graphics file browser, converter, resizer, printer. ;-) Jeff (17 years ago, 17-Aug-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Travis. I'll have a new design done probably within the next week. Then I'll get a chance to use the PNG file. (17 years ago, 17-Aug-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) PNG files are lossless, which means they'll look identical to the BMP files. Taking spartan01.bmp as an example, the BMP file is 1880KB (1.8MB), while a PNG of the same image is 74KB, and the two images are identical on-screen. When I posted (...) (17 years ago, 17-Aug-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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From the front page of MechaHub.com: "We have closed our forum on BrickChan in favor of using (URL) to comment on models and generally stay in touch. (URL) We have a MechaHub Group on Flickr> The group allows you to see the lastest uploads on Flickr (...) (17 years ago, 17-Aug-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !
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(...) Exactly. I've never used a faucet, but I use the bases all the time. (17 years ago, 17-Aug-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Hi Fradel. Thanks very much. Both of the parts you're asking about are found in the official parts list downloaded with LDRAW. The first piece I believe you are referring to is just a faucet base without the actual faucet attached. The (...) (17 years ago, 17-Aug-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) I suspect the parts next to the chevron tiles are "(URL) Tap 1 x 2 Base>" pieces, which are part of these faucets: (URL) Tap 1 x 2 Assembly with Gray Spout>> I don't know about the other part. Jim (17 years ago, 16-Aug-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Daddy likes, but I'm not feelin the red for the trans color choice. It kinda fights with the green. BTW, are those smoke dispensers midway the length of the legs? F (17 years ago, 16-Aug-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Nice stuff. Yer mecha portfolio rocks. I was wondering btw, what are those pieces beside the part with the chevrons and what is with those inverted slopes as sideburns. They don't look quite right? Does MLCAD mod parts? F (17 years ago, 16-Aug-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Travis, but it's far from my first major design. It's just the first that I announced here on Lugnet. I'm still finding my way around the new MOC pages posting method, but I see they do allow PNG, so I'll take your advice and try that (...) (17 years ago, 16-Aug-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Whoops. Sorry about the link. As for the bmp files, I used them because they looked better than jpg files. However MOC pages doesn't allow them anymore anyway, so my latest design, and all my future designs will not be in bmp format. Reloading (...) (17 years ago, 16-Aug-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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