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| J.D. Forinash <foxtrot@cc.gatech.edu> wrote in message news:8f9nuj$72q$1@cc...ome.com... (...) current (...) I also have built castles with the "lift off" design. I prefer them to ones that hinge (although some of the hinged creations I have seen (...) (25 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Yup, I know, but he asked if any were in current production. Other sets include 725, 4020, 6276, 6277, and undoubtedly a few more... (...) Yes, they did, I have some. :) I just thought there where more than there actually are. ;) (see below) (...) (25 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Same here; I'm hard at work for my first chapter, which combines some very early efforts (search for the "disappearing act" thread for more details ;-) as well as some things I've been working on with Matthew Wikins (The Cheese)... and some (...) (25 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) There are; but they're not currently in production. Like in <set:6265 this set>. But I doubt you could get them cheaply... (...) Nu-uh. BV had only spiral staircases, IIRC. OTOH, there are at least two types of straight staircases; one came (...) (25 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) I've found the best way is layers of bricks or plates on top and bottom strengthen it enough. This is one of the reasons I don't really use it; it gobbles up plates, and bricks make it too tall... :) (I had forgotten about this use of those (...) (25 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) While I don't woosh castles, I do manipulate them-- for example, my current version has levels that one can lift off one another. I find that when one goes with a design like that, it looks a lot better, much, much better. But some fool (...) (25 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) ??? I often throw them into the middle of walls, and they seem to work fine. I try to make sure they are well braced from the top and the bottom, and not line too many of them up, but I have had little problem with them as a structral element. (...) (25 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) What?? You mean I've been doing the wrong thing for the past fifteen years?!?! ;) (...) These parts are really only structurally sound when used as pillars. They work well supporting walkways in castle walls. :) (...) Brasso will remove dirt, (...) (25 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| I suspect I'm the only one who hadn't figured this out yet: Castles aren't starships. I figured this out last night. See, I'm building a largely white inner keep for the current revision of the Never Completed Castle. Since it's largely white, I get (...) (25 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
| | | | | Re: VLC Castle Meeting a Success
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| (...) Wow, those are really cool torture devices! I really liked that Iron Maiden. ;) The castles are great, too. I hope you can get some more, bigger, pictures of them. It looks like you all had a lot of fun! :) I also looked at some of the older (...) (25 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.castle)
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