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Re: Monument of Mine
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lugnet.castle
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Tue, 28 Nov 2000 20:44:04 GMT
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Kyle Peterson wrote:
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> It's actually quite simple. Preheat your oven to 275 degrees. Next, place
> the dinosaur right side up on some glass corning ware and stick it in the
> oven. Let it sit for about 3-5 minutes.
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> Grab some oven mits and take it out. The heat pretty much losened up the
> joints which keep the two parts together. Now, hold the dino upside down,
> gently squeeze the legs together (towards the inside) and pull up. Should
> come apart quite easily.
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> BTW, its a good idea to take the top part of the head and the tail off of
> the main torso of the dinosaur before placing it in the oven.
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> By the same token, you can leave any animal in there for about 8 minutes and
> actually pull them apart at the seams. In case you wanted to disconnect a
> horses head from the main body. Leave anything in there longer and you can
> start contorting body shapes or appendages to make cool poses.
How in the WORLD did you come across this method? Experimentation?
Thanks for the info!
Matt
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| (...) Well, if he took advanced chemistry (or maybe just general grab-bag knowledge) he would know that plastics (as most polymers) don't have an exact melting point, but a melting range, so that they soften gradually and not melt into liquid like (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| I used to be into customizing action figures and what not. One of the methods used was to heat up the plastic to assist in pulling the figure apart, or make different poses. I figured this would work on LEGO as well. For my next Castle sculpture (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| It's actually quite simple. Preheat your oven to 275 degrees. Next, place the dinosaur right side up on some glass corning ware and stick it in the oven. Let it sit for about 3-5 minutes. Grab some oven mits and take it out. The heat pretty much (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle)
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