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| Hello! I have recently decided for next years 4-H fair project (Pictures of the Villiage People coming soon) to build a 30" x 90" moonbase. Now, the hard part is 1) getting the lego pieces. I need truckloads of white and grey pieces, maybe 1 less (...) (24 years ago, 19-Aug-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
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| "Kama Uzinama" <kamauzinama@aol.com> wrote in message news:FzJxqs.5sE@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) Great! I'll try to offer my suggestions as inspired by your description of the project. (...) top (...) two (...) Sounds like you have a good plan. (...) (24 years ago, 19-Aug-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Whats that? Contest of some sort? -Jonathan (24 years ago, 19-Aug-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Yeah, kinda. It is Our county fair and they have a leg-type model contest in it. I keep getting passed over by the Effril tower model and a castle scene. For the 2001 4-H fair, I WANT TO BE BEST OF SHOW! I WANT THE BEST OF AGE GROUP AWARD! (...) (24 years ago, 19-Aug-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
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| I feel dumb responding to my own post, but i have a rendering of what *basicly* i want it to look like. ITS A VERY VERY ROUGH RENDERING. SUBJECT TO CHANGE Link --> (URL) (24 years ago, 19-Aug-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
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| In lugnet.space, Rick Hallman writes: From a looks pint of view, it looks too square to me. Mabey adding 1 standard baseplate on the side, and build it up as little as 5 bricks high. Also the roof might need a little more dimension. I dunno, a large (...) (24 years ago, 19-Aug-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
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| (...) ^^^^^ You can be the archtect. I dont mind. (Gives me more time to get pieces). I live in Clinton County, Michigan. Where do u live? If they have a 4- H club, they probably have a fair. We people in Clinton County are just a bunch of Farmers (...) (24 years ago, 19-Aug-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
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| "Jonathan McKay" <vebble2669@aol.com> wrote in message news:FzK6Ay.6pM@lugnet.com... (...) standard (...) the (...) tower (...) or (...) didn't (...) Ya, I'm gathering the same. What you (Rick) should do to spruce it up would be add some texture and (...) (24 years ago, 20-Aug-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
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| (...) You shouldn't: the whole idea of threading is to tie information together. Regardless of where the new input comes from. (...) I think you're getting a little ahead of yourself here. As someone else has pointed out, you need to have a clear (...) (24 years ago, 20-Aug-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
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| Kama Uzinama wrote in message ... (...) A few people have contributed some hood suggestions, something I feel moved to point out is to remember that your creation will be _on_display_ for a great number of people. Your creation should show the (...) (24 years ago, 20-Aug-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
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| In lugnet.space, Paul Baulch writes: I would (...) I plan on getting *LOTS* of the cear (maybe train) windows in bulk packs from lego or brickbay. (...) How would I get lighting inside the structure? Maybe have computers display 'Power failure' (...) (24 years ago, 20-Aug-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
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| Although I never thought to check the county fair, the festival that my city puts on over the 4th of july weekend also has a Lego Building contest. Ask around and see if someone around you has one. Troy -- -- Please note my new e-mail addresses: (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
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| On Sat, 19 Aug 2000 18:23:16 GMT, "Kama Uzinama" <kamauzinama@aol.com> wrote (...) Instead of useing one big building I would make it many domes with tunnels connecting them. I would use technic to build support structure. You should also use an rcx (...) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
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| (...) That's pretty much what I would do, too. Although one problem is that a lot (most?) of the structure of a *Lunar* base would be underground: a Mars base might be easier, since I would expect most of it to be on the surface. Hmmm, one way to (...) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
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| (...) I think a Mars base would be mostly underground too, as you wouldn't get much protection from radiation with Mars' thin atmosphere. At least, when I get enough free time to build my Mars base, it will be either mostly underground, or built (...) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
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| (...) The domes could be shielded fromradation, like a astronaught's helmet. (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Znap looks a lot like scafolding (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
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| (...) I have questions! 1) What is Znap 2) Where can i get it Rick (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Chirstmas tree lights. Although they aren't for sale this time of year you could use some you already have and buy some more later. In my GT class we built a huge city out of card board, christmas tree lights, and batteries (I have to admit, (...) (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
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| (...) My knowledge is limited, but I think it comes down to cost/benefit: digging is an expensive process. On the Moon, the benefits of minimizing the temperature swings are huge, and the costs of energy should be a lot lower (either boosting up a (...) (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Look here, for starters: (URL)2) Where can i get it Toys R Us supposedly has an exclusive for the U.S. They're currently closing it out, at *very* low prices. You might also look around to see who's been buying the sets to break out the motors (...) (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Helmets might be shielded from some types of radiation, like ultraviolet, but not all types. Some kinds of radiation, which can be dangerous if you are exposed to them for long periods of time, can only be shielded by large quantities of dense (...) (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) I bought it just for moters, battery boxes, and flex axles. We could arrange a sale. I have two 3552's and two 3591's (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
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