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(...) This seems like a really neat thing to have at a show, that's for sure. spotlighted. (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) BUT... considering the day and considering how gullible I am, do you have any video of it actually WORKING that you can share? GRIN (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) When I built it, the tick-tock noise seemed deafening. But at the train show, with the crowd, the trains, and all the other motorized stuff we had, you couldn't hear it from outside the layout. We had a mind-numbing layout with three trains (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Well I don't, but I know somebody who does... - Chris. (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Not that I care whether Larry believes that my clock isn't a hoax, but I have posted a couple of .AVI files that I shot today with my Vision Command camera. Of course in my eyes, any footage I've ever shot with that thing looks as if it (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) UFO spotted!!! :) Way cool clock! Must have been a nightmare to fit the gears in there, but the weight gave you practise I've read - I bet you can paint the walls in an apartment through the door mailbox by now :) Best regards, /Tobbe (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Yeah, but did you notice that the UFO is being piloted by Elvis? (...) Well if the door is made out of LEGO and I can take it apart whenever I need to dip the brush... It actually wasn't all that bad to fit everything in there. It initially (...) (22 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Chris, For the next show, you could build a replica of the clock mechanism and have it handy, so you can show it to people without having to mess with the tower. I saw it running for a two hour stretch with only a two minutes delay or so, it's (...) (22 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) That's a good idea. I made the roof lift off easily, but since the clock was in the middle of the layout nobody could look inside anyway. Maybe next time we can put it closer to the outer edge of the layout somehow. >>sound of gears grinding<< (...) (22 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I think that's a really great idea ... I definitely think this item receives the "most underappreciated MOC" award for the show. It is truly a marvel, but tough to really convey easily to the crowd. In downtown Concord NH, there's a huge town (...) (22 years ago, 3-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
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