 | | Technic Axle Pin with Friction (Gil's Sprite Mech)
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Hey Y'all: I was building an all black variant... (URL) ...of Gil's Sprite Mech (see: (URL)) when I realized that he must have somehow cheated on the legs somehow. In building my variant I used Allister McLaren's building instructions from Ozbricks (...) (21 years ago, 3-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Technic Axle Pin with Friction (Gil's Sprite Mech)
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Richard Marchetti wrote: Okay, I'll start off saying: excellent rendition! One of the few times a model doesn't lose something in changing it's design to all black...nicely done! Hey...I think I spot a MB cheat... (...) Are (...) (21 years ago, 3-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Technic Axle Pin with Friction (Gil's Sprite Mech)
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(...) It's hardly canonical, but (URL) here's > a very effective method if you're willing to add infidel materials to your ABS. (...) Did you, by the way, happen to try the MB near-equivalent of the Technic pin? I know that there's a big round lump (...) (21 years ago, 3-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Technic Axle Pin with Friction (Gil's Sprite Mech)
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(...) Man, I searched Peeron, the Parts Ref, and Bricklink too. Somehow I managed to miss it. I don't remember precisely now, but I think I searched words like: technic, pin, friction, and axle. Go figure... In the meanwhile, I have experimented (...) (21 years ago, 3-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Technic Axle Pin with Friction (Gil's Sprite Mech)
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(...) Oh, it works with TLC's technic stuff -- but yes, it does have the lump in the middle. But it wouldn't work in this case though because the 4x4 round brick attaches via an axle hole (crossed). So it must be a TLC half axle, half pin variant. (...) (21 years ago, 3-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | The Gherkin and Sprite (was Re: Technic Axle...)
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The Gherkin and Sprite The Gherkin meets the Sprite and approaches it stealthily with his BumpGun. Being mostly harmless, it is truly said that the Gherkin doesn't want to kill you, he just wants to knock you down! (URL) Seeing that his new (...) (21 years ago, 3-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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