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| Hi Would it be possible to have someone buy something from S@H and send it to me? Sets are cheaper in the UK and they don't ship to Estonia anyway... WBR Sonnich (13 years ago, 5-Jan-12, to lugnet.loc.uk)
| | | | | Sheffield man’s love of LEGO lands him with debt problems
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| Sheffield man’s love of LEGO lands him with debt problems Written on April 14, 2011 by Nathan Cameron An autistic man from Sheffield has found himself with relatively serious debt problems after over-indulging in his favourite hobby – LEGO. (...) (14 years ago, 15-Apr-11, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, FTX)
| | | | | New Video of PF Trains and Flexi-Track testing
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| I've posted a (URL) new video> of the MOCs in my loft: - PF trains and testing, including the first showing of my Class 14 loco working, and a new brake van. - Flexi-track ballasted, canted and sloped successfully at wide radius. - Scenic modules. (...) (14 years ago, 21-Oct-10, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | Re: BBC Tech Know: The dreams that bricks are made of
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| (...) Very nice! I especially like the LDraw bits, good stuff from Chris Dee. (...) Be sure to watch the video -- there's a neat bit at the end about how they used LEGO for a conceptual model of the Falkirk Wheel, not included in the text. Steve (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.cad, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Continuously Variable Pneumatics - Video
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| (...) Here's a video tutorial that explains how it works: (URL) The demonstration model is an automated system in itself. It is the inner loop of a control system. The (optional) outer loop would use feedback from a driven device to move the red (...) (15 years ago, 14-Oct-09, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk, FTX)
| | | | | Continuously Variable Pneumatics
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| (...) A big Thank You to TLG for listening to AFOL requests for pneumatics and producing set 8049 for 2010. To celebrate, here are the pictures of my latest pneumatic system. It allows the cylinder to be commanded to any position. • not just the two (...) (15 years ago, 12-Oct-09, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.uk, FTX)
| | | | | an invitation to Scotfest
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| Everybody is welcome at Scotfest. In case you haven't been before, Aberdour is in Fife, just over the Forth Bridge from Edinburgh, and is not too far from Edinburgh Airport, its also has a railway station on the east cast main line. It is a small (...) (15 years ago, 22-Jun-09, to lugnet.loc.uk)
| | | | | New Wagons
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| After going to a railway exhibition last Saturday (23rd May), and buying some books, I was inspired to build some new wagons. I added working features, such as opening doors, as well as SNOT lettering. Most are real UK wagons but I also did the (...) (15 years ago, 31-May-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | New Flexible Track Pieces (was: Has anyone considered molding track ourselves?)
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| (...) Here is a further picture, showing 64 flexible track pieces in set 8867. The gaps between the two halves of each track piece are smaller than in the previous picture, and there are fewer studs for attaching ballast: (URL) To ballast it means (...) (16 years ago, 13-Mar-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | Petersfield LEGO Show - Sat May 30th 2009
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| For the sixth year I am organising a LEGO Show in Petersfield, South Hampshire. When: Sat May 30th 2009 Where: Main Hall, Community Centre, Petersfield, Hampshire, GU31 4BW Entrance: Free (public 11:30am to 2:30pm, others 9am to 5pm) Like before, (...) (16 years ago, 2-Mar-09, to lugnet.loc.uk)
| | | | | Canterbury Cathedral
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| Blimey, it's a bit quiet in here recently :-( Not been around for a few years...glad to see lugnet is still going though! Thought I'd post the url to a friends blog where he is showing progress on his project to build a model of Canterbury (...) (16 years ago, 17-Feb-09, to lugnet.loc.uk)
| | | | | Truck
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| This truck was my first attempt to merge Technic and Model Team into one MOC: (URL) I built it quite a while ago but only recently took the pictures. Since I make more concept models and not many finished Technic MOCs I thought it would be good to (...) (16 years ago, 7-Jan-09, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.uk, FTX)
| | | | | Train Layout Modules
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| After some intensive building over the last 2 weeks I have completed 20 modules of a new 8mm scale British railway layout to a reasonable standard. The layout features track slopes of up to 1 in 30, varying by 0.5 plate/12 stud length. All the (...) (16 years ago, 1-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | Re: 8ft Lego man washed up on beach
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| (...) (URL) (16 years ago, 31-Oct-08, to lugnet.loc.uk, FTX)
| | | | | 8ft Lego man washed up on beach
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| (URL) (16 years ago, 30-Oct-08, to lugnet.loc.uk)
| | | | | Re: Biggest private collection of LEGO in Britain
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| (...) Hi Bill, Yes, Darren went a bit mad at the 'tent sale' and overtook me. (But my collection's better quality than his anyway ;-)). Phil in Yorkshire. (16 years ago, 1-Oct-08, to lugnet.loc.uk)
| | | | | Biggest private collection of LEGO in Britain
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| Hey Brickish folks, Saw a story 1:42PM BST 23 Sep 2008 (URL) private collection of two million bricks of Lego" A toy-mad collector and Star Wars fan has amassed Britain's biggest private collection of Lego - containing over two million bricks. (...) (16 years ago, 24-Sep-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
| | | | | LEGO trains, Cupar, Scotland - 27th & 28th September
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| LEGO trains at Cupar Model Railway Show - The Corn Exchange, Cupar, Fife, Scotland. 27th & 28th September A LEGO train layout at this friendly local show where the children can operate the trains. Everyone is welcome to come along, bring a train, a (...) (16 years ago, 14-Sep-08, to lugnet.loc.uk)
| | | | | Re: LEGO 7996 Crossover Motorized and Ballasted - Pictures
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| (...) I have altered the crossover controls to provide for an all-straight state by tweaking the springs in the switching rails. I have also motorized the crossover in such a way that it can be set straight, TL-BR or BL-TR with two switches (both (...) (16 years ago, 7-Jul-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.parts.mod)
| | | | | Scotfest 7th June
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| Saturday 7th June 10:00am to 5:00pm The Aberdour Boat Club, Aberdour, Fife, Scotland. Aberdour is just over the Forth Bridge from Edinburgh. By air, there is now a bus to Edinburgh Airport. By car, the Forth Bridge Toll has just been abolished and (...) (17 years ago, 18-May-08, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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