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(...) Are you planning to make an actual WORKING model then? Steve Lane (24 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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Only if TLG comes up with a suitable piece. And by that time, I suspect they'll also have a model to go with it, thus beating me to the point. But if they don't, then maybe I'll have a chance. :-) I've already got two 8462's, so there's some of the (...) (24 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) How about a homebrew one? I believe it is possible to get fairly thick "plastic card" which can be heated in the oven and moulded - I think this is a technique used by those who scratch build scale models of various types. It won't be pure but (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Among my myriad talents I'm also an occasional scratch builder. I've recently made a circular housing by wrapping a flexible strip of plasticard around a circular former secured by an elastic band and then throwing it into a sink full of (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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"Jennifer Clark" <jen@vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk> wrote in message news:3AD307BC.BACE4F...h.ac.uk... (...) is a (...) It (...) Hmm - there was that plastic stuff that you could bend and deform in high school classes - I think it was some variant of (...) (24 years ago, 11-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) The oven seems to work well too from what I remember, and I'm sure it fitted the mould rather well after being roasted for a while. I have no idea if this is proper procedure, however. Jennifer Clark (24 years ago, 12-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Indeed, or even carve the molds from wood. I think the most difficult bit would be making attachment points for the Technic pieces, although it may be possible to glue pieces of standard parts onto it for this purpose. (...) Well, for sure, if (...) (24 years ago, 12-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Jennifer, you are a total nerd. Lego, Star Trek, the whole package. Why didn't I meet you before I got married. Life is so unfair sometimes :( (24 years ago, 12-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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