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What do you get if you cross an A-10 with an Apache helicopter? I've finished my newest MOC, and I've continued to explore the use of motors and Technic elements in minifig-scale creations. The Dragon is an anti-armor gunship helicopter, with (...) (17 years ago, 31-Mar-08, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Technicopedia Update
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Update All of the sets from 1989 are now added, including 8024, 8034, 8044, 8054, 8835, 8854, and the venerable 8862. Over 500 photographs were taken to cover this year, including the animations. Eric (URL) Technicopedia> (17 years ago, 22-Mar-08, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Call For BrickFair Volunteers
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Hello fellow AFOL's, As you may know, BrickFair is the big event of the year, here in the D.C. area. Though BrickFair is not affiliated with 'BrickFest(TM),' BrickFair is the natural successor of the previous event. Many of the people that have been (...) (17 years ago, 20-Mar-08, to lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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| | Walking dragline takes it first steps
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Hi, This is a still-in-progress model which has been under construction since 2005. It recently passed a major milestone as it took its first steps with the boom attached. Movie (warning: it moves very slowly, you might fall asleep;-)): (2 URLs) is (...) (17 years ago, 18-Mar-08, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Alouette II helicopter
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(...) Wow! That's really a masterpiece of both function and design - exactly as a good Technic model should be. I love it! It looks very much like the real thing, and I'm amazed by the level of detail packed into the model. I will look forward to (...) (17 years ago, 17-Mar-08, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Alouette II helicopter
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(...) This model is impressive! The detail is very realistic. I would love to see the features in action. Nice work! (17 years ago, 16-Mar-08, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Update on Engineerig with ABS - Liebherr A 314 Litronic
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(...) That works; thanks. (17 years ago, 16-Mar-08, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Alouette II helicopter
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Hi everybody, This is the first MOC I post here. I've been working on it for more than 2 years (well, on and off) and nearly abandoned it a number of times. But I finaly managed to finish it and I think it turned out rather well. What do you think? (...) (17 years ago, 16-Mar-08, to lugnet.technic) !
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| | Meet the LEGO TECHNIC design team
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LEGO just created the Design Studio, at their TECHNIC webpage. There you will, * Find the Design Blog, to keep you updated with events and ideas * Be able to Ask a Designer. Leave there all you ever wanted to know LEGO TECHNIC. * Meet the LEGO (...) (17 years ago, 15-Mar-08, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Update on Engineerig with ABS - Liebherr A 314 Litronic
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(...) Try (URL) this>. ROSCO (17 years ago, 15-Mar-08, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) Great looking model. Everything you do is complex and innovative. The link you attached didn't work on my computer, but I look forward to when it does. Hopefully there are larger pictures on the site. Cheers; Nathan Bell (17 years ago, 15-Mar-08, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Power Functions Steering with automatic center return
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(...) This is Brilliant! Small, compact. I really like this simplicity. Thank you. Chris (17 years ago, 11-Mar-08, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Power Functions Steering with automatic center return
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I have come up with a method of automatic center return for steering. I have done some experimenting with the hockey slap shot springs before, but have never had success. But this is incredibly simple, and works really well. See instructions below (...) (17 years ago, 10-Mar-08, to lugnet.technic) !!
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| | Re: New Crane...
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(...) Posted some updated pics of the progress... Not the best resolution, but you can get the idea... Folder when moderated: (URL) link to one pic: (URL) (17 years ago, 9-Mar-08, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Renault Magnum with stepframe trailer laden with a CAT D7R dozer
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(...) The scale is 1 to 13. These wheels are quite old and are from the Technic sets. The first sets with these wheels were the (URL) 853> car chassis and (URL) 851> aggricultural tractor. Both were introduced in 1977. The trailer wheels were (...) (17 years ago, 7-Mar-08, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Renault Magnum with stepframe trailer laden with a CAT D7R dozer
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This model is very cleverly photographed. I can't get a sense of the scale. How large is this model? I saw on your website that the wheels you use are larger than the wheels typically found in sets these days. I wonder if they are anything like the (...) (17 years ago, 7-Mar-08, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Technicopedia Update
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(...) Humm,... it sounds interesting what you are talking about. Can you link to Benjamin's website to see that LDraw models? I've looked for, but didn't found it... Eric, I love your idea to use animated gif photos, to show the mechanisms working! (...) (17 years ago, 4-Mar-08, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Technicopedia Update
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(...) Thanks, I had been corresponding with Benjamin and mentioned that making the Ldraw files takes longer than everything else I do to write Technicopedia. He graciously offered to make a few files for me which really helped out. They are not full (...) (17 years ago, 4-Mar-08, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Technicopedia Update
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(...) It's nice to see the old Technic sets again. Of the first ten years I think I have almost all Technic sets because then it was new and inspiring. Later on it became less interesting because the sets weren't real life anymore. I was always (...) (17 years ago, 3-Mar-08, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Technicopedia Update
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(...) Always a delight to browse! I especially like Benjamin's LDraw mechanical drawings... What about linking to these LDraw files, it would help to grasp more complex mechanisms such as 8865 gearbox (URL) (17 years ago, 3-Mar-08, to lugnet.technic)
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