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Greetings, and Happy New Year to all. In order to promote the art of minifig customization, the 'Minifig Customization Network' kicks off the new year with its very first Shield Design contest. The rules are simple: design the ultimate round shield (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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| | Rollin' on '20s
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(...) Hey Rob, evidently LEGO was listening to you (and watching MB Nano car kits flying off the shelves) because the latest micro-ish Racers kits (esp. 8643 and 8644) have very nice large diameter aluminium rims and low profile tires. The kits (...) (21 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.parts.custom, FTX)
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~Look! ----- O.k. so I’m big on one word titles that end with exclamation-marks! ;) But trust me, this is well worth it… Remember that elusive prototype ‘translucent-skeleton-horse’ that TLG never produced and some one got from one of their (...) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.parts.custom)
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| | Custom Greek Hoplites
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Dear all, This is somewhat of a belated announcement. But in case you don't know, all of my new items (from custom beards to Greek Corinthian stuffs) are now being showcased on (URL) my website>. There are also a bunch of new, historical custom (...) (22 years ago, 20-Oct-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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| | New BBB pneumatic parts
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Big Ben Bricks LLC is please to announce three new parts specifically for the LEGO Technic Pneumatic crowd. If your a purist, read no further. If you want more functionality and performance from your pneumatic circuits read on. People have asked for (...) (22 years ago, 10-Oct-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce, lugnet.parts.custom, FTX)
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| | Re: Electrical pick-up for 9v track
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(...) The patina is an acid of sorts that reacts with the copper. Not sure of the end result would be to conductivity. I imagine it would be reduced some but not totally impeded. Mike (22 years ago, 8-Oct-04, to lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Electrical pick-up for 9v track
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(...) Any idea how much this effect conductivity? Mat (22 years ago, 8-Oct-04, to lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Electrical pick-up for 9v track
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(...) Not sure, but you can purchase the copper tape untinned as well. (...) I'd thought of this. Scince I already plan to make solid metal wheels, I was thinking of drilling the center wheel larger on one side, and using an insulating insert. And (...) (22 years ago, 8-Oct-04, to lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.trains)
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snippage (...) Ooooh!! Put me down for a couple at least. Mike (22 years ago, 8-Oct-04, to lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Electrical pick-up for 9v track
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Snippage (...) I've worked with the stained glass tape in the manufacture of stained glass before and you can blacken the finish with a patina. try this link: (URL) the foil can be seen here: (URL) (22 years ago, 8-Oct-04, to lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Electrical pick-up for 9v track
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(...) This looks a great idea and much simpler than making new metal flanges (as in the 9v motor) I don't actually run my stuff very much/far to I think it would be hardwearing enough for my purposes although I would imagine the 'round the flange' (...) (22 years ago, 8-Oct-04, to lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Electrical pick-up for 9v track
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(...) Martin, Thanks, I've tested the mods on a couple of different track layouts, and they seem to work well enough. Although there is a bit of flicker for the power pickup. I'm hoping the solid wheels take care of this. Yes I hope to offer these (...) (22 years ago, 7-Oct-04, to lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Electrical pick-up for 9v track
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In lugnet.parts.custom, Mathew Clayson wrote: <snip> (...) Hello Mat, Nice mod here, same for the cleverly done 6 wheel motor. I beleive that with a couple of hundred metal wheel, you are planning to sell some, could you confirm if it is your (...) (22 years ago, 7-Oct-04, to lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.trains)
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| | Electrical pick-up for 9v track
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I recently purchased a couple of cars form my Santa Fe engine. And I decided to install lights in the end car. To power the lights I ran a wire from the egine. But I eventually plan build a train consisting of at least 3 engines and 6 cars. And I (...) (22 years ago, 7-Oct-04, to lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: GP-38 MOC
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(...) OK (7 URLs) Mat (22 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod)
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| | Re: GP-38 MOC
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(...) How about some deep links until the folder is made public? Mike (22 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod)
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I know that TLC is coming oout with a BNSF version of this. And that Jake has a version in his train book. But I wanted to do one myself. I had started by building the one in Jake's book. Then I went online and found several great sites for (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod)
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| | Re: Help needed: my custom beards
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Hi Isaac, I appreciate you taking the time to respond to my question! (...) Well, at the risk of being "one of those people", I'll start by saying there are lots of injection molding houses that will bid on work online (assuming you had CAD files of (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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| | Re: Help needed: my custom beards
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(...) Hi Darrell, I suppose you already know that the cost of a metallic mould can vary depending on the complexity of the shape of the objects, but at the very least it'll still put you back by a few thousands US$, right? Well, anyway, I won't tell (...) (22 years ago, 19-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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| | Re: Help needed: my custom beards
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(...) Hi Bruce, Although I am sure Darrell would be in a better position to answer this than me, I'll try anyway. From what I can gathered, I think the rapid prototyping which Darrell was talking about, is NOT the same method which Jeff uses to (...) (22 years ago, 19-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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