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Re: 1970s sets in microscale
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lugnet.build.microscale
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Wed, 6 Jun 2007 05:10:34 GMT
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Thomas Main wrote:
> Inspired by reading Gary Istok's Unofficial Lego Sets/Parts Collector's Guide
> and webpages like Brickfetish, as well as delving into my own sense of nostalgia
> for classic Lego sets, I have started to build some of my favorite sets of the
> past in microscale.
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> First up is the 550 Windmill:
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> > Next I tried the 555 Hospital:
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> > The most complex build in this series was the 580 Brick Yard:
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> I wanted this set to retain its full functionality in the microscale version. I
> am pleased with the solution I came up with for the conveyor belt - it works!
> And the tipper truck is functional too (although I would have prefered blue 1x1
> corner panels, they are rare and expensive in that color). The crane slides
> back and forth and raises and lowers its grabber claw (would be nice to have
> these parts completely in yellow). Although simple, I like how the digger
> vehicle came out in this one. I ran out of yellow 1x4 arches and had to use
> black instead (most noticeable in the picture of the back of the building). I
> again ran into the problem of a 2-wide driveway with 2-wide vehicles' wheels
> jutting out just slightly too much.
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> I've had fun doing these. I spend a lot of time trying to get the look right
> and rebuilding a lot. I am fairly new to microscale, so it has been a challenge
> - but a fun one. Like Douglas Coupland says, this allows me to get into a space
> called "shape head."
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> Any suggestions for improvements or other ideas are most welcomed.
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> --
> Thomas Main
> thomasmain@charter.net
Now this is the neatest pictures I have seen so far. This is really interesting.
You have a talent I wished I had as I love these old sets. How about a mini of
the Constellation or the wild west set 365 or even the 354? I am going to have
to build the ones you did. First minis that I am excited about.
John P
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| (...) Not positive if this is what your thinking of, but in Issue 2 of Brickjournal (URL) on page 48 of that issue (which is page 50 of the pdf file) are building instructions for a mini USS Constellation. (URL) (19 years ago, 7-Jun-07, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| Inspired by reading Gary Istok's Unofficial Lego Sets/Parts Collector's Guide and webpages like Brickfetish, as well as delving into my own sense of nostalgia for classic Lego sets, I have started to build some of my favorite sets of the past in (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce.moc) !!
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