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Re: Ship Building Weekend at Scott Sanburn's - Trevor Pruden and Tim Courtney in Attendance
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lugnet.space, lugnet.org.us.michlug
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Mon, 18 Jun 2001 21:52:32 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Scott Sanburn writes:
> To All,
>
> Trevor Pruden, Tim Courtney, and myself had a ship building weekend at my
> apartment in South Bend, Indiana this last weekend. It was a great deal of fun!
>
> We talked on and off about it for a few weeks, and it finally came about
> this last weekend, at one point Tim did not know if he was coming or not.
> Here are some minor pictures, they did not come out well, I will try to fix
> them up a little later.
>
> Let me say it was an absolute pleasure to meet one of the legends of LUGNET,
> Tim Courtney. Tim is a great guy, and it was great to finally meet him in
> person and talk and build. Tim's building skills are phenomenal, and he gave
> me tons of great ideas.
Yep i met Tim last summer(and his little dog to.)<best wicked witch voice>
Great guy.
> It was also great to see Trevor again, his skill in shipbuilding is
> excellent, and as time goes on, I am sure we will see those ships continue
> to improve.
>
> Here is the Brickshelf directory:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=5052
>
> Friday:
> Friday, I tried to get everything ready, it was a hectic week as my wife was
> home, without too much to do, and I did not have a lot of time to organize
> my collection. My wife is in Chicago, as she starts her Osco Pharmacy
> training, so it was a great weekend to do this.
>
> Trevor arrived around 8:00PM or so, after a "fun" drive through Detroit, and
> told me Tim was coming, I did not know for sure, and he arrived shortly
> after. He brought some amazing things, his TECHNIC Mindstorms Dog he got at
> the Kidfest last year, and also his module for ships, which is great, and
> his other transport.
>
> Our bird, Sammy, watched intently, as we did all this stuff, I took a
> picture of him here:
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=50087
>
> He ended up staying in my bedroom on Saturday and Sunday, he was making
> quite a racket!
>
> We started pulling out various parts, bins, and sets I had scattered
> throughout my three rooms of stuff. Unfortunately, my personal collection
> has suffered neglect as my business took all of my LEGO time. It was a
> nightmare. We sorted for awhile, to get the parts needed for the ship.
>
> My friend Jared stopped by, from Flint, so I talked to him a little while,
> and started working on the ship. We ordered some pizza from Domino’s, and
> had that arrive sometime. We decided to use the inverted pyramid shape from
> the Sith Infiltrator / TIE Fighter for the base, and use plates for the
> bottom to shore it up. We also tore up the Millennium Falcon for the top and
> bottom of the bridge, as Trevor worked on it. I was in the process of
> sorting, and watching Tim and Trevor as they built the ship. We had
> Spaceballs in the background at one point. : )
>
> Trevor finished the bridge sometime, and Tim working on a gigantic cannon
> for the ship in front of the ship, complete with a neat system of pneumatic
> tubes for power feeding. We quit around 3:30AM.
>
> SATURDAY:
>
> Saturday morning, around 9:30AM, we arose, and got ready for lunch /
> breakfast / something. Unfortunately, Tim had his transport in his backseat,
> and since it was a warm morning, the ship’s parts were very hot and loose,
> so we took it back into the apartment. I don’t think it ever got back, so
> Tim was understandably upset. We drove in the EVIL Back Suburban to
> Applebee’s for a nice lunch.
>
> After lunch, we needed to do two things: Go to Meijer for supplies (Drinks,
> etc.) and necessities, TRU, some sets we wanted. We went to the TRU in
> Mishawaka, and took a stroll down the LEGO aisle. This LEGO aisle was really
> nice, multiple huge minifigs, some very large TECHNIC beams with various
> parts on it, lit up LEGO signs, etc. It had a lot of plates, which is
> unusual nowadays.
> Both Trevor and Tim were impressed. We ended up picking up 2 more 3033’s,
> two AT-ST’s, the polar set 6320, with blue arctic walls, a few Large Gray
> baseplates for my Shell Station, and a few Droid Escapes. The manager came
> by and asked if we needed a cart to continue piling up sets, which was funny.
>
> The next stop was Meijer, we got some drinks, and Tim was amazed, for he has
> not seen Meijer. It is a sight. And I went shopping on Saturday
> afternoon!!!! We strolled down the LEGO aisle, and I pointed out several
> Egyptian Adventurer sets, Extreme Team, TECHNIC sets, and Aquanauts sets
> that should have been marked down many moons ago. We found a run over 6320
> Arctic set and a crushed and opened Tie Interceptor for 79.99, and we got
> both for 15% off, after some haggling. We went trough U-Scan and Trevor
> thought it was cool! I love it!
>
> Here are the purchases:
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=50088
>
> We headed back, and started building again. Tim started watching Star Trek 6
> for some conference room ideas, as Trevor and I continued to sort, and
> build, Trevor got into the groove and built a majority of the walls, I
> started building the warp core area, and some energy transformation
> equipment. A few more movies were inserted, Star Trek: First Contact, and
> then it was dinner, Tim got Subway, we ordered some hot subs from Marco’s.
> We were kind of tired, so we ended up watching 6 days, which is a great
> movie, the bad guy in there could give Larry P. a run for ego ; ), and I
> started the warp nacelles. We sorted and built some more, and we had to
> watch for a night cap one of the worst movies ever: Naked Space. We died
> laughing. Cooking with Jon or the apes that were trying to take over
> Philadelphia was just great.
> We went to bed around 1:30AM, as Tim had to leave early.
>
> SUNDAY:
>
> We got up around 8:00AM, and talked a lot about anything and everything, and
> Tim left around 11:00AM or so, and Trevor and I went to lunch at the Olive
> Garden. We had a nice discussion,
> and we went back to get Trevor’s purchases from my defunct store stock, and
> he left. I took a nice Sunday afternoon nap, and cleaned up afterward,
> although I have more to go!
>
> All in all, it was a blast, I hope we can do it again! I will have my
> collection sorted better, but Trevor and Tim were able to cope!
>
> Misc: Pictures:
>
> Building Table with Tim working intently on the base of the ship:
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=50089
>
> Building table afterward:
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=50094
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=50095
>
>
>
> Tim and Trevor taking a break for a picture:
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=50093
>
>
>
> Living room disaster:
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=50090
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=50091
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=50095
>
> Ach, ach, err… no, no.. oh it’s you Trevor! : )
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=50092
>
> Bad Ship Pictures:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=50097
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=50098
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=50099
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=50100
>
>
Wow some of those ships are really cool.This whole contraption thing may
turn out to be alot of fun even for a former space guy.
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