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Re: Friday's Meet
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Tue, 15 Aug 2000 00:27:07 GMT
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> > * Robin built a structure worthy of front box freestyle promotion.
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> Ha ha!! I like your style, Xandria. Always trying to find the
> positive, to build up. But I have to set the record straight here.
> The "thing" that I built just plain didn't work. I had it pictured in
> my head, and just couldn't get it out. Perhaps what Xandria should
> have said is "Robin built a ... er ... structure that took us all back
> to what we were putting together at the tender age of 5".
Heh. I know the feeling; There have been many times when I thought I worked
out something in my head but when I got to build it, I end up with "Darn, I
didn't realize that part would be in the way". That's why I just furrow my
eyebrows when I see people like Dean and co. working on Technic... it's just
beyond me.
> > * Xandria created a little water palace for a Belleville figure she has
> > dubbed "water nymph".
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> This creation, OTOH, was a true thing of beauty. Excellent use of
> colour, minimalistic, yet with lots of interesting "bits" to hold the
> interest of the appreciative viewer. Top notch, Xandria!
Yup, loved the blue colour scheme... very artistic.
> > And Mark aka Optimus Prime performed another drive by, gracing us with his
> > F-14, minus the parts his cats absconded with.
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> Actually, to be precise, an F-15 Eagle, and it should be mentioned
> that it was approximately UCS scale!!! That's "Ultimate Collector
> Series" scale, which would put the plane at about 2 1/2 to 3 feet
> long. It was all white (well, yellow, as it was built in '89), with
> working landing gear and under wing stores. Extremely cool.
Wow, that's very observant... I wasn't there more than 20 minutes but you got
all that right. For the record, though, Xandria is partially correct because I
actually started it as a Model Team scale F-14 but decided I couldn't do the
swing wings justice in the thickness I had to work with, so although it is my
Rendition of an F-15 there are F-14 holdovers (the nose gear has 2 wheels like
an f-14's instead of the F-15's single wheel... that's because the model was
so heavy it snapped the poor single wheel I had there originally) and the
vents above the air intakes are actually on F-14's only, but I thought they
looked neat.
And yes, at 98 studs long it's about 31 inches long, good eyeball estimate!
(What, do you survey property for a living?). Hey, it was sorta white. Ish. (I
need more white plates... as you can guess, that pretty much sucked all the
white plates/low slopes out of my collection).
> Mark also brought another semi truck tractor, a la Black Cat. Working
> steering, opening doors, cabinets, tool storage, etc. A true mico
> engineering feat!
Thanks! I actually only brought that to show people what I was up to (another
truck to keep Optimus company) and hope that somebody had the parts I needed
for trade. Ok, and to show minifig steering =) Oh, and yes, it is a mini
rendition of the Black Cat, although it's a bit hard to tell as it was
unfinished and had white patches on it (I may have to commit the ultimate
sacrifice and slice off the flanges from a couple of red curve-over pieces...
d'oh)
> > David's ghost ship is beginning to shape up. We'll have to take pics once
> > it's complete. But it's awesome so far.
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> Don't forget David's latest catapult. They're getting better all the
> time.
Being there 20 minutes I really missed a lot, didn't I? D'oh again.
> I really liked having the pool of club lego. It was great fun just
> sitting and building together, pawing through the same great pile of
> pieces.
Like THAT for instance.
And believe it or not, I've not yet gotten a chance to see any of Kevin's
assmbled kits yet.
Mark
p.s. Dave H? I hope you bring your 5571 Black Cat again... my miniature one
will be finished by next time, I swear. Btw, I wasn't even planning to do a
Black Cat Rig just yet till I saw an actual built one, then I had to do it
ASAP. I hope he doesn't bring anything else huge and cool that might cause me
to go off on another tangent ;)
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| (...) Me too! I used to build with Technic, but haven't for many years. Now the options available just plain scare me! (...) I am a bit of a aircraft buff, and I actually did notice the air vents, but wrote them off as artistic license ;-). I was (...) (24 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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| Hi all, (...) Ha ha!! I like your style, Xandria. Always trying to find the positive, to build up. But I have to set the record straight here. The "thing" that I built just plain didn't work. I had it pictured in my head, and just couldn't get it (...) (24 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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