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(...) I think I'm just frustrated that we're six months into the year with no show. No oppertuity to buy tonnes of great parts, show off moc's and discuss Lego. (...) I look forward to a rebuilt tractor, a tug of war between Moc's would be cool. (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Well actually one of the people I would most have wanted to talk to at Brickfest is Jennifer, never having met her here! I wish I lived a bit further north. I get the feeling you weren't too happy with that post, I didn't mean to offend anyone (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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"Thomas Avery" <thomas.avery@intec-hou.com> wrote in message news:Gyzv2F.4qM@lugnet.com... (...) of that approach! Your comment about forgetting how a model is built when attempting modifications to some deep rooted part was interesting, I fully (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) The challenge is to do it with the parts you have. I'm happy with things the way they are. All you need is effective methods of motor combineing. (...) T.J will know next time, lego building is all about gaining experience. And thanks to his (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) can have another Texlug meeting before you take it apart! I really enjoy reading your comments about the building process. Keep up the good work. Tom (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) ambitious AFOLs! Very impressed with the use you've made of the newer elements, as John said in another thread these are very useful but not all of us are up to speed on how to use them effectively. From this and your articulated tractor you (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic)
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That's amazing! Somehow, you've truely encapsulated a sense of massiveness and the look of real "heavy duty" while at the same time making it massively heavy duty :) Excellent work. I can't wait to see it up close next week! Are you going to have (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Aaaargh! Another great technic display at BF! Man I wish I could make it! Oh, well, I guess there's always next year....I'm sure you'll have something just as good (if not better)! (...) Looking forward to it! 14 pnuematic cylinders from 1 (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Nice model T.J, it really captures the look of the real thing. I think this is the best picture (URL) has an atmosphere of "really large excavator" about it wen compared to the minifig. I read the write-up in order so I particularly liked the (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic)
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My R996 model is finally finished! The four part feature at Bricks in my Pocket (BimP) is fully online now. Many thanks to Steven Combs, editor of BimP, for featuring my model. (URL) in the MODELS section) The model will be appearing at Brickfest, (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jul-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam) !
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Once they are in your ldraw parts dir, you just have to import them in LeoCad (File > Piece library manager > File > import piece). Then quit LeoCad and restart it to rebuild part list. Your parts should be ready to use ! Note that Damien's parts (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Do it in the bedroom 8?) What about water? (...) (URL) 'em to your ldraw parts dir. Dunno how to convert 'em to use with leocad though... ROSCO (22 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic)
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Thanks for the comments Dennis! I think using a leadscrew is a good way to luff large booms, unless someone comes along with some mini hydraulics, but even at that, having hydraulic oil leak all over your living room carpet is probably not the ideal (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic)
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Jennifer, Wonderfull! What a model! I really like the techniques you put into it. OK, it's not 100% LEGOs, but what bothers you anyway? Sometimes I'm smuggling myself ;-) The mechanism for luffing the boom is a great invention! I always have some (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic)
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All, I have just finished getting my new site running ((URL) it contains various Lego projects that I have been working on, including... - Lego CAD stuff - LMosaic (my Lego mosaic software) - LRex - a mindstorms biped that I built. Anyway go check (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.technic)
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7th July 2002 After many years providing unsurpassed engineering products and services to the Studley community, Brickley Roscowicz Engineering now has a presence on the World Wide Web! Hosted by OzBricks, the site provides ready information about (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jul-02, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.technic, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I presume your question is about the online game Mata Nui. Ta-Koro is indeed in a cave inside the vulcamo, but the entrance to the cave lies at the foot of this vulcano. So if they say "located in the shadow of the Mangai volcano" they (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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Hi, I've never posted to lugnet.technic before, I'm a Space hound. But I came across a manual for a Technic "Super-Model" which is similar to the 6861 Blacktron Super Vehicle and 6862 M:Tron Secret Space Voyager; a model built using pieces from (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic)
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I must confess that what is on offer these days *IS* different. (...) But I think you may be over-reacting to the (lack of?) merit of some of these new sets. We are being asked to revisit some assumptions about how things are put together. Yes, (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic)
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I too wonder where the good Technic stuff is. What happened to all the sets of yester year that had bricks and beams and studs? None of the recent stuff even interests me. Sets such as the 8466 and 8458 don't even look like Lego sets. I've not seen (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic)
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