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| Another nice feature to take advantage of when wanting to make circular engine things is the fact that the 4x4 radar dishes fit snugly into the studs of a ring of 6 interlocked 2x2 hinge bricks, and an 8x8 dish fits snugly into twelve interlocked (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) like the walk-around bottles, but you've definitely followed the jet-engine evolutionary tree to the fhighest point I've ever seen. Great photo, too! (Did you use macro?) (...) That reminds me of the way fighters were tested in the 1930s--in (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Where am I supposed to get an 8X8 radar dish? That's a sweet power core, and I'd like to try building one, but would anything besides an 8X8 radar dish suffice? Z (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) The snow blower (trains, current S@H item) has one James P (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) The snow blower is also available over the counter in Europe. The 2000 Star Wars set "Gungan Patrol" (sorry, don't have the number handy) has two in tan, which IMHO is compatible with greys and blacks. best, Lindsay (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| Wow, Paul, that is an impressive-looking engine! You've definitely given me some ideas for the large engines of the Lego Space Corps' newest explorer ship, the 4-deck Nautilus (under construction). -- Paul Davidson Paul Baulch (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) I haven't tried this, but you should be able to build an 8x8 circle out of four 4x4 quarter-disc bricks (plus some pieces to hold the 4x4's together). It wouldn't look as good as the 8x8 dish, but it probably wouldn't suck. BTW, the 4x4 (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) You could also try using one of those 8x8 circular tiles with four studs in the middle, as found in that small Exploreins set (Hovertron?) --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) pay more to (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) You just might want to try selling some of those fighter designs to TLG. I've never seen such cool fighters before! Just something to think about. Z (25 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| Mr L F Braun wrote in message <3856C9BC.6EEECE67@p...su.edu>... (...) I (...) (Did (...) Thanks Lindsay, and everyone else, for your feedback. Yes, I did use macro. The camera was a Kodak DC215, which is perhaps not as good value for money as some (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) know (...) Ahh, but they -DO- come in grey... As of the 2000 collection, the Millennium Falcon has large grey saucer/ufo hull pieces. :) -- -Bones- = (URL) = NecroBones Enterprises Paul Baulch wrote in message ... (...) jet-engine (...) some (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) The Brasso really works, though. I tried it last night, and I'm speechless--my shipbuilding has just taken a whole new direction! :) The only downside is that it takes 20 minutes a piece, and Brasso isn't the most...fragrant stuff in the (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Have we determined how well Brasso works on transparent painted elements? Dave! (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| In lugnet.space, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes: [snip] (...) [Snip] (...) Ya'll might want to try a product called nevr-dull, it comes in a small blue tin can and has the "polish" suspended in a kinda cotton wad. you ought to wear gloves of some (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| Bones Dragon wrote in message ... (...) Ah, well, yes that was my original boo-boo, I meant DARK grey. They've always been available in light grey - in fact I think that's the ONLY opaque colour they've ever been available in. 2000 sets.... yeah (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) I don't know--Craig Hamilton said he was going to find a "victim" today if he had a chance--look over in lugnet.castle, since I think it revolved around the stained-glass in new Castle sets (no pun intended). best, LFB (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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