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| (...) Sure (URL) actually a bit taller than 2/3 brick height, because of that funky rim on the top, but if you were to slice that whole end with the rim off it would be 1x1x2/3 (ignoring that stud on the side). Not a basic brick, but I have several (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-05, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| (...) This topic came up a few months back on the MichLUG mailing list and I modeled up a few of the wish parts. Curved Parts: (2 URLs) Gothic Arches: (2 URLs) Personally, I'm rather fond of the gothic arches, so I'd have to pick the 1x6x3 arch as (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| "Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message news:IF9I0q.1rw4@lugnet.com... (...) This is a strange piece: (URL) ('Windscreen 2 x 4 x 1 & 2/3') /Jocke (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.parts)
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| (...) I had forgotten all about that piece, though I once asked for help in identifying it. (URL) it out!> Thanks for your input. Dave! (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| (...) Good call! That wasn't quite what I was envisioning, but I guess it qualifies. For that matter, one might make a half-hearted case that the "Space Positioning Rockets" might sort of partially qualify, with the one-stud-plate overhang. (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| There's also the 1 x 20 x 2/3 rack piece. Not really a brick, but it is two thirds the height of one (URL) of the newest parts is the 1 x 1 x 2/3 slope (URL) again, not a brick though! Richard. "Christian Treczoks" <ct@braehler.com> wrote in message (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts)
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| (...) Would you count the classic Space camera/jet thingy? It's part #4595, and its main body is 2/3 the height of a brick. [LDrawPart 4595:0] Steve (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| (...) Yes, they did. I actually own such a thing ;-) (URL) hth, Christian (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts)
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| (...) The choice of the part itself is easy. I've long wanted to see this piece produced: (URL) The choice of color is more tricky. My first answer is red, since that's a color I tend to use a lot. However, in terms of overall usefulness (to a wide (...) (21 years ago, 20-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| Since Lego plates are each a third of the height of a standard brick, then two of these would account for two thirds. I am not aware, however, of a brick half the height of the standard brick. -- (URL) - Build Robots (...) (21 years ago, 20-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts)
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| (...) Duplo plates are half the height of the standard Duplo brick. Does that count? :-P -Duane (21 years ago, 20-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| Has LEGO ever produced a brick that’s two-thirds or half the height of a standard 2x4 brick? Just wondering. Dave! (21 years ago, 20-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| Hi Isaac Sorry for the delayed reply - I missed seeing your post when I was zipping through the newsgroups last week. (...) Interesting that you should see them that way, since (as I've mentioned to you before in private correspondence) my modelling (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.parts.custom, FTX)
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| Hi Norbert, Again, I'm amazed both by the time & dedication you put into your art, as well as the stunning results you were able to achieve in the end. Your knights reminded me of a set of lead figures I used to have sitting on my desk many years (...) (21 years ago, 14-Apr-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.parts.custom, FTX)
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| Hi James (...) Glad you found it useful. (...) [snipped lots of good stuff] Useful suggestions, James. I knew all of that (at least in theory), since I've been a model builder since the 1960s (although, back in '67 I was more of a Stick It Together (...) (21 years ago, 12-Apr-05, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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| Norbert, Lots of good info in there! Here's a couple of suggestions for painting/tinting clear parts that I learned from scale modeling: Future floor polish (USA product name) is actually a clear acrylic coating. It is self-leveling (fills minor (...) (21 years ago, 12-Apr-05, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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| "Tim David" <talltim@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:IEnCt7.1uws@lugnet.com... (...) I replaced the head switch with a different switch so you could turn on the saber and leave it on without having to "hold" it on. (21 years ago, 11-Apr-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.parts.mod)
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| Some thoughts on painting transparent Lego elements ---...--- Norbert Black, April 2005 Prompted by the very generous credit Deborah Higdon-Leblond recently gave me in the write-up of her wonderful Italian Villa MOC, (URL) I thought I would share a (...) (21 years ago, 10-Apr-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.parts.mod) !!
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| Hello everyone I thought I would spotlight a few castle-related custom minifigures of mine that were recently put up on Brickshelf. These are very old MOCs, dating back at least a decade, but they've only recently had their pictures taken. I've (...) (21 years ago, 10-Apr-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.parts.custom) !!
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| Hi Tim (...) You're welcome. (...) Oooo - that would work, wouldn't it... Especially if you used sheer material. Hmmmm. This makes me think thoughts of building a coach to go with my Edwardian-era London and Southwestern Railway station, Stevermer (...) (21 years ago, 9-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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