 | | Pics from the TexLUG meeting in San Antonio, March 27th-28th 2004
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(URL) (the above photo is a real creek outside San Antonio) TexLUG just had it's spring meeting in San Antonio. I won't go into much detail, I'll let the people who are good at write ups do that. But here ya go: (URL) Gallery> (URL) Layout overview (...) (20 years ago, 29-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: #3535 for parts
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(...) Uhmm... You may wanna hold back on this one!!! I just bought this set in a toy store here in Denmark. Mine came with plates in old brown and tiles in new brown! I already notified Jake and customer service on this issue. Otherwise it really is (...) (20 years ago, 29-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: #3535 for parts
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(...) I have to agree on this one. A good source of the classic (old) colors that are soon to be sadly retired. :( The price is a bit steep for the set, but it isn't too out of reach of most people. I just wish it would go on clearance more often... (...) (20 years ago, 29-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | #3535 for parts
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Have all you castle folks seen set #3535 "Skateboard Street Park"? Its a great set for castle parts! It includes: 2 - 8x16 tan baseplate 1 - small evergreen tree 4 - 1x6 brown tile 2 - 2x6 brown plate 6 - 1x2 dark grey brick 14 - 1x8 grey tile 4 - (...) (20 years ago, 28-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: small people may change the course of the future....
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(...) Hi Nathan, great work as always. I bet you built it for the CC tower bridges contest. I like the towers, the unique windows, the clear shape in the middle, just great. P.S. how many BFF you had to buy for that? :-) (URL) (20 years ago, 28-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: small people may change the course of the future....
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I saw this earlier today while browsing Brickshelf and was awed. I particularly like the recessed cross-shaped windows. Too bad that LEGO doesn't make 48X48 baseplates in green. (20 years ago, 27-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(URL) ...but it was the big castles that protected them! (URL) ENTER AND BE AWED> (URL) Nathan Wells (URL) "I'm a castle fan who builds spaceships, got a problem with that?" - Me, during a debate with my friends (20 years ago, 27-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Re: Fortified city gate
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(...) Thanks. The doors are 1 brick and 1 plate thick. That one picture with the rocks on the transparent bars is suppossed to show how they could withstand flying boulders from catapults. The elephant crouching is one idea I also had for it to get (...) (20 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: CCC Houses (and a skate ramp roof!)
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(...) Heh. Now I want to redo it in brown for the gingerbread effect. Actually, when I finished building the red one, I was struck by how good it would look in a North Pole layout. Thanks. Marc Nelson Jr. (20 years ago, 25-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: CCC Houses (and a skate ramp roof!)
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Hi Marc, I like all three of these houses. The new roofs that you designed are great and very unique. The window design using headlight bricks is also very nice! Ben (20 years ago, 25-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Fortified city gate
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Hi David, Your fortified gate is very impressive. I like the size and massing. The doors have an excellent thickness and look very stout. Perhaps the elephant crouched down to get out :) Ben (20 years ago, 25-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Propeller Box (windmill)
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Hi David, I really like the filled in blades of the windmill. It is an interesting technique. The rest is a bit boxy. Like a sandcrawler with a windmill on it :) But it is really cool that it works. Ben (20 years ago, 25-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Fortified city gate
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This is a fortified city gate I made for the medieval layout at the Parent-Child Expo in Indianapolis. It sits on 2 baseplates, has a pair of large wooden doors in the middle, has a tower on each side and has a walkway above the gate that spans the (...) (20 years ago, 25-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Propeller Box (windmill)
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This is a big brown windmill that I made. It turned out a whole lot boxier that I planned, and I didn't really like the overall look of it, so I call it the "propeller box". It made its public debut at the Parent-Child Expo in Indianapolis this past (...) (21 years ago, 25-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Re: Market Hut
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(...) But I had to make something out of my Yoda pieces. ; ) (21 years ago, 25-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) As well you should be, Marc. Add some transparent 1x1 round plates as gumdrops, and you're all set for a visit from Hansel and Gretl. -Teddy (21 years ago, 24-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | CCC Houses (and a skate ramp roof!)
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Here are a few houses I built to the CCC standard: (3 URLs) I am particularly happy with the red one, which uses the skate ramp pieces for the roof. Pictures are at my (URL) LUGNET page> - please let me know what you think. Marc Nelson Jr. (21 years ago, 24-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Market Hut
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(...) Very nice. I like the dark orange as an accent color with the tan and brown. Marc Nelson Jr. (21 years ago, 24-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Market Hut
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Hey Dave, Simple but effective, the sort of building it would be easy to make several of very quickly to round out a village display. I like the use of iverse slopes rather than arches to give the window a peaked look. One critique--I don't really (...) (21 years ago, 24-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Market Hut
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This is a market hut of a small village. It's a very simple building, structurally speaking. I've been itching to use my bulk packs of brown 4X2 slopes, and this is what I came up with. (URL) The roof is quite sturdy. You can press and beat on it (...) (21 years ago, 24-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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