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Re: Greenburg Show Dec 2nd & 3rd in Wilmington MA
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Fri, 14 Jul 2000 17:12:32 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Eric Joslin writes:
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> > And the fiberoptic addition is a stellar idea. With moving trans-orange
> > flames and flashing fiber, it would easily look just absolutely
> > incredible. Doesn't one of the big UFO sets have orange fiber in it?
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> I think it's clear fiber but the light coming out is red.
Arrr, yeah, that's what I meant. :D
> Clever mounting can
> feed that light into the end of a trans orange flame for a great effect
Hmm. Something on the box indicated to me that the fiber was scored or
"broken" somehow such that light flashed out of the fiber at even intervals
down the fiber (note here that I do know how fiber works, troubleshooting
fiberoptic telephone lines was part of my job until about 2-3 weeks ago). I
thought perhaps coiling it up amongst the bases of the flames would at least
give the appearance of flickering flames by reflecting the light off of the
trans-orange flame elements, not conducting the light up the element per se.
Not having the fiber elements makes it kinda hard to judge how that would
really look, though. Maybe I'll have to stop by TCS soon and pick this set up.
Umm. Assuming that Shaun would like my research into that aspect.
Ok. It's really just an excuse to buy the set. I need help.
> Note that "burning building" scenes are a sort of standard thing to do on
> large
> model railroads built for display.
Of course I haven't been to nearly as many displays as you have, Lar, but I had
noticed that was a common theme in the ones I had seen.
> So when you pull this off (note the when
> rather than if) you will instantly build recognition for your modeling prowess
Thanks for the vote of confidence! :D Maybe we should put Shaun's name on it.
Heh.
eric
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 | | Re: Greenburg Show Dec 2nd & 3rd in Wilmington MA
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| In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Eric Joslin writes: <snip> (...) Well I have some LEGO Fiber and it does conduct well through Trans elements. One thing I think would work is if you have Technic Beam then put 1/2 pegs in the holes (the ones that create a (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
| | | Re: Greenburg Show Dec 2nd & 3rd in Wilmington MA
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| (...) at least 3 sets have this apparatus, and all 3 seem to be identical... ufo set big shuttle fiber optic multi set of the three, the big shuttle has the best parts but the UFO set can be had for the least. I got 17 of these UFO sets for 35 each, (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | Re: Greenburg Show Dec 2nd & 3rd in Wilmington MA
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| (...) I think it's clear fiber but the light coming out is red. Clever mounting can feed that light into the end of a trans orange flame for a great effect Also, consider this trick: Mount a standard LEGO light behind a pulley wheel or gear wheel or (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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