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(...) Arrr, yeah, that's what I meant. :D (...) 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 (...) (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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(...) To make this really spooky, use magnets. The GMLTC has an ore carrier that runs with magnetic power, the LEGO magnets are powerful enough to work through 2 layers (one plate, one tile) and there is a mechanism below them that moves around, the (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) ...Well, there is something to be said for 'toyish' :-) The stain seems to hide when we don't have baseplates better tho (which is rapidly becoming a non-problem :-) ...you can go back to ignoring me now... wubwub stephen f roberts wamalug guy (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) (URL) think it's either red or orange. In a way, red would be better... (...) Hey, I was just throwing out ideas. Don't feel like you took anything away from me. Your idea sounds incredible, and I'd love to see it in action. (...) Heh. eric (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 found a UFO set w/ fiber optics, but it's pretty near impossible to see what color we're talking about here: (URL) of the spaceport ones did too, but I still can't figure it out: (URL) any case, that would be great if they are orange. I (...) (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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(...) store). We (...) stain it catches (...) field of green (...) I was wondering why you guys at WAMALUG used stain instead of paint. Personally I like the clean look of paint vs. the wood grain look of the stain. Since I don't have tables built (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) ...Lots of tricks like that are fun to include in a display :-) in our first layout, we had protestors at city hall carrying signs and all, compleat with police escorts, and a truck wildly out of control about to plow into them... Then there (...) (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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(...) Wow! Excellent ideas! I have to admit, I was pretty much just thinking of a static setup for the burning building, sort of "implied" action- but this is light-years better! And the fiberoptic addition is a stellar idea. With moving (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) ...Our first show had about 12 40"x40" tables. It really isn't hard to cover that much table space with train, track, and assorted models. You guys will love it :-) (...) ...I also recommend green stain (should be available from any home depot (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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