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"Rob Hendrix" <rob.removebeforesen...msltc.org> wrote in message news:I34xyK.rn4@lugnet.com... (...) I believe LLCA and Billund are now test using a new substance, but LLW is still on MEK. I can't remember what this substance is called, but it's (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts)
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(...) For the blue track, yes it will be cheaper (assuming it's not the electric). Check out Peeron parts 3228a (straight blue track), 3229a (outside curve track) and 3230a (inside curve track). There are Bricklink sellers that have it in inventory (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yeah, they use an even nastier mix of MEK and ABS resin. At least they did when I toured the Model Shop during one of the BWs. (...) -- Tom Stangl *(URL) Visual FAQ home *(URL) Visual FAQ Home (22 years ago, 28-Aug-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Do you want to be able to use the pieces like they were new? If so, don't bother trying to fix them with MEKs. When you use solvents to weld two pieces of plastic together, the joint will be very weak and easy to break if you just touch them (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-04, to lugnet.general)
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IIRC, the model builders no longer use MEK (although I still do). If anyone has any information as to what the model builders are now using, please let me know. MEK is dangerous and too much contact with the fumes makes you do strange things like (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts)
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(...) I believe the model shop used to use this as well. (...) Do a search on Google for MEK and for Methyl Ethyl Ketone... it is nasty stuff and you want to be prepared to use it safely! Great ventilation is a must. If it were me I'd work outside. (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-04, to lugnet.general)
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MEK - I believe Methyl Ethyl Ketone Try local hardware stores in the paint dept. (...) -- Tom Stangl *(URL) Visual FAQ home *(URL) Visual FAQ Home (22 years ago, 27-Aug-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Early Lego 1x6 & 1x8 Bricks with Names
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(...) And speaking of rare 1x6 and 1x8 beams with names, I just saw a German Bricklink seller selling a 1x6 "ANNO 1762" named beam from the #309 Church set of 1958-62, for $36.75! This particular named beam is not part of the #226 named beam parts (...) (22 years ago, 27-Aug-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Glueing old lego
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Hi, I'm trying to glue some broken parts of 25 years old Lego. The parts are (amongst others) an ship-compartment (red coloured) and 2 pieces of rails (blue coloured). Can somebody please tell me what type of glue I should use for this? Thank you (...) (22 years ago, 27-Aug-04, to lugnet.general)
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I was working on the Lego CD, and I decided to count the different spare parts packs that were available in the 1957-65 era, when spare parts packs were king. The count includes the different packs (under the same pack numbers) used in continental (...) (22 years ago, 27-Aug-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: @badboytje1988: Inspiration on BrickShelf
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Hello! (...) ...and since you updated your folder I repeat my request. Thanks Jojo (URL) (22 years ago, 27-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, FTX)
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Tough times in Toytown force LEGO® to rebuild By Stephen Brown BILLUND, Denmark (Reuters) Aug.27, 2004 - After a day in LEGO® Danish heartland it seems so natural for the bellboy, pianist and maitre d' at LEGOLAND Hotel to be made of plastic bricks (...) (22 years ago, 27-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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nice idea to make these rare parts available :) Now if someone would do it for all those hard-to-get space parts from the Golden Age of lego space... :) (22 years ago, 27-Aug-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, I ordered 99 of the old dark grey brick packs (I wanted 100, but the website only goes up to 99), so I've definitely done my bit. I'm almost out of them on my current project too! (22 years ago, 27-Aug-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Nice. Great implementaton of the linked flames idea. You should post these things to mecha. -Joseph (22 years ago, 27-Aug-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for the response Simon. Yeah, this probably doesn't belong in lugnet.trains, but Simon's question is about a train locomotive (yeah I know it's a model, not a working train). But his question is about, you guessed it.... black train (...) (22 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) hey guy/gals, i don't mean to be mean but this thread really doesn't belong in lugnet.trains. please adjust the news groups. ondrew (22 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I think this is an excellent idea, but for every person who needs all the rare parts surely there are more who, like me, have the set but have lost only one or two of those parts. I have been looking on and off for several years for the black (...) (22 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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FLAMES!!! They DO come in handy. Awesome MOC. -Stefan- (...) (22 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Un-spotlight? (was: suspended Bricklink shops)
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(...) Which gets me thinking, why not also have a "un-spotlight" function? Not to remove a spot light I've previously set (which I can already do), but to subtract from the spotlights of others (subtract 100 or whatever from its points value). So if (...) (22 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general) !!
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