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(...) You may find my essay on custom parts production of some use: (URL) for locating a supplier - I'd start with your local modelling and/or craft supply shop for Milliput, or a plumbing supplies store for A+B putty (my own preferred medium). If (...) (19 years ago, 13-Nov-05, to lugnet.parts.custom)
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(...) Try Milliput, Ondrew. It's great stuff. Pete (19 years ago, 13-Nov-05, to lugnet.parts.custom)
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hey guys, this question goes specificly to the guys modeling custom figs. i'm looking for a modeling clay that doesn't shrink for a new track mod i'm doing. if you know where i can get my hands on some please let me know. thanks, ondrew (19 years ago, 13-Nov-05, to lugnet.parts.custom)
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Hi, Maybe this question has been answered earlier or maybe the answer is so simple I can't see it right now : When creating a new model , how do TLC choose between producing new patterned (decorated) parts or printing stickers ? What is the (...) (19 years ago, 31-Oct-05, to lugnet.parts)
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(...) Sorry to reply to my own post, but it *is* from someone else: Gary Scheppke wrote: rob, i'm not a member of lugnet so could you post the following message for me: "i want to give a huge thanks to kaminoan and brickmodder for their hard work on (...) (19 years ago, 27-Oct-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts.mod)
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"David Koudys" <dkoudys@redeemer.on.ca> wrote in message news:Ip1AtF.yn6@lugnet.com... (...) Thanks Dave. :) Actually I was hesitant taking the work. I didn't know if I could pull it off. The picture I showed is honestly a surprise to me too. I (...) (19 years ago, 27-Oct-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts.mod)
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In lugnet.general, Rob Hendrix wrote: <snip> (...) Seriously Rob, is there anyhing you can't do a mod for?? This is fantastic! Dave K (19 years ago, 27-Oct-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts.mod)
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"Marc Nelson Jr." <marcnelsonjr@gmail.com> wrote in message news:Iozt52.8K0@lugnet.com... (...) Funny you should mention that, actually... I was contracted to make an Aang lightup fig. I did the electronics and the modifications, and Jarod (...) (19 years ago, 27-Oct-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts.mod)
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Here's my MOC of an Apache helicopter, built to 1:20 scale, compatible with Technic figures. (URL) features the first ever fully working Lego helicopter rotor with collective and differential rotor blade pitch control. (URL) The rotor blades are (...) (19 years ago, 22-Oct-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Builder's Block Crystal Lattice (Was Re: Chirality)
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(...) I was contemplating the above, while I was sorting a bunch of these: (URL) So I made a couple of chiral bits: (URL) Which go together to form a roughly cubic shape and its enantiomer: (URL) Yet they also apear to be achiral if you orient them (...) (20 years ago, 26-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.parts, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Re: What's in a part name? (WAS: 4679 Fall Spring Cleaning Bonus)
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(...) You don't think it's a good idea to rename slopes? ;) But I agree with you, it's not a bad alternate name for them. In the Brickopedia I tried to find a balance between taxonomically correct labels and groupings/names that made sense from a (...) (20 years ago, 17-Sep-05, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: What's in a part name? (WAS: 4679 Fall Spring Cleaning Bonus)
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(...) Yes, exactly. (...) I wasn't seriously suggesting we try to rename slopes. But bevel would be so much more ... taxonimetrical. (...) We shoulda just stuck with "Roof tile" -- to be extra confusing. (...) Ooo. Good guess. But it was actually (...) (20 years ago, 16-Sep-05, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: What's in a part name? (WAS: 4679 Fall Spring Cleaning Bonus)
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(...) I will admit to being a big UNfan of acronyms, so I steer clear of using them, much less creating new ones. :) (...) Very good to know. (...) Ah ok, I see. :) Thanks for those links. Those are both excellent pages. (...) I think you're right. (...) (20 years ago, 16-Sep-05, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: What's in a part name? (WAS: 4679 Fall Spring Cleaning Bonus)
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(...) IMHO, studs make sense more than knobs because of terms such "studless" or "SNOT"....knobs will lead to knobless and "KNOT". (...) In french, tiles are named "plaques lisses" (smooth plates)...but even more commonly "tiles". (...) Sorry. This (...) (20 years ago, 16-Sep-05, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: What's in a part name? (WAS: 4679 Fall Spring Cleaning Bonus)
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(...) Back to my childhood: They are bumps. One bumper, two bumper, four bumper (I never had any three bumpers when I named them) are 1x bricks. (...) One bumper center plate! (plates with no bumps are smooth plates.) (...) Headlight bricks. But the (...) (20 years ago, 16-Sep-05, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: What's in a part name? (WAS: 4679 Fall Spring Cleaning Bonus)
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(...) I *think* that "knobs" may be more common in the U.K. but I could be very wrong. It would be interesting to hear from someone who uses the term (if anyone) and know where they are. I know at least one reference to it, and it was one made by (...) (20 years ago, 15-Sep-05, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: What's in a part name? (WAS: 4679 Fall Spring Cleaning Bonus)
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(...) And from my perspective, if I heard the word 'lug' I would think of a 'lug nut' and studs don't really remind me of those. But it's interesting to hear that someone does, indeed, use a term like that. This is what makes this topic so much fun. (...) (20 years ago, 15-Sep-05, to lugnet.parts)
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| | Re: What's in a part name? (WAS: 4679 Fall Spring Cleaning Bonus)
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(...) I found those elements to be difficult to label. I'm not sure 'bevel' is perfect, but then neither is wedge. ;) Had I known about 'skew' I just might have tried to resurrect that term. I quite like it. (...) I think slope bricks are actually (...) (20 years ago, 15-Sep-05, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: What's in a part name? (WAS: 4679 Fall Spring Cleaning Bonus)
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I think a few of us have our own terms. I have heard the studs referred to as "lugs" as well, although I did have to explain to someone that it was not reason Lugnet is so named. How about Technic Beams vs Technic Bricks. I admit to never having (...) (20 years ago, 15-Sep-05, to lugnet.parts)
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| | Re: What's in a part name? (WAS: 4679 Fall Spring Cleaning Bonus)
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(...) Interesting. To me, 'bevel' would apply to slope bricks more than wedge/skew bricks. Actually, it seems like a very good term for slope bricks. Hmm, excuse me, I need to go update some LDraw part names... ;) (...) I'm always up for part-name (...) (20 years ago, 15-Sep-05, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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