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(...) Very nice. I've never seen one of those compactors done in LEGO before. I also don't remember seeing a semi tanker made from big radar dishes. Cool! David (18 years ago, 17-Jul-06, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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Hello, Here's a little update of what's been added to my vehicle folder since my last announcement. Some time ago I added a (URL) heavy weight tow truck> and a (URL) tractor truck> with a (URL) tanker trailer>. I just uploaded 2 new MOCs, a (URL) (...) (18 years ago, 17-Jul-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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A new section of (URL) The Brick Testament> website has been added today, illustrating the (URL) The Teachings of Jesus>. We start with the following nine teachings: (2 URLs) Love> (2 URLs) Forgiveness> (2 URLs) Giving> (2 URLs) Lust> (2 URLs) (...) (18 years ago, 14-Jul-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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(...) I actually got a chance to see this in person. Quite nice. Lots of detail and something going on everywhere you look. One thing that caught my eye was the fire truck in the lower part of this picture: (URL) It is built 5 wide. Front view has (...) (18 years ago, 13-Jul-06, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Hi Chris, Likewise, it was very nice meeting you and talking with you as well. Thanks very much for taking the time to walk me through the club layout. Thanks for the reply too. I like the dark red building, but think it needs more detail. The (...) (18 years ago, 11-Jul-06, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Hi Tim, Thanks and thanks again for directing me to that link. I am thrilled with the light yellow building, but think I need to revisit the dark red one. You know, your suggestion on the roads is right on the money. I am a little annoyed with (...) (18 years ago, 11-Jul-06, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Thanks very much. I really would have liked the tiles to me light yellow as well, but to my knowledge they are not available. I then was going to use dark bley (because I had them) but I thought they'd be to dark. I ended up with the light (...) (18 years ago, 11-Jul-06, to lugnet.town)
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(...) John,Great looking new street..I like the El(it reminds me of mine:-) ).The dinner looks good in those colors along with the neat gabage truck.Of course the dark red building looks good.On a side note it was great meeting you theis past (...) (18 years ago, 11-Jul-06, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Hi Jonathan, I'm loving the car repair shop with the hotrod just poking out. I have a little suggestion though, I think it could look quite good if you raised a 1x2 tile on the road every so often. Need not be a full plate either but I think (...) (18 years ago, 10-Jul-06, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Uh, are those hookers? :D Very nice work. I love the contouring of the dumptruck. And the use of 1x1 tiles on the corners of the yellow building to simulate shoddy/rotting brickwork is brilliant. Again, very nice work. (18 years ago, 10-Jul-06, to lugnet.town)
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In addition to meeting lots of builders I admire and getting tons of inspiration to build, my trip to NMRA in Philly enabled me to pick-up the bricks I needed to complete this street on my layout. (URL) It is supposed to replicate a busy industrial (...) (18 years ago, 10-Jul-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town) !!
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Very Nice! Reminds me of a Thunderbird's scene for some reason... I am also picturing the accompanying heist to go with the accompanying bank. Keep up the great work and God Bless, Nathan Visit my brickshelf gallery: (URL) (pic=link) (18 years ago, 10-Jul-06, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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Security cam view of bank vault (3 URLs) Only problem now is building a bank for it! :( AC (18 years ago, 10-Jul-06, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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I noticed this part: (URL) And thought it would be great for a lintel on a building window. As I learned here on Lugnet, a lintel is the top part of a window. A part that people quite often use arches for. I'd love these parts in bley, dark bley or (...) (18 years ago, 6-Jul-06, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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(...) That's what usually happened to us when some of our friends dropped by and there were no rooms available. The boardwalk and all of the structures throughout the whole length of it gave the Wildwoods a distinct feature that none of the other (...) (18 years ago, 1-Jul-06, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Nice motel. Brings back memories of when we went down there, before we had any kids, and crammed as many people in one room as we could... Now you need to build a section of (URL) Morey's Piers> and a working Sea Dragon... (18 years ago, 30-Jun-06, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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The summer weekends spent along the Jersey shore have been a constant getaway for my family when the kids were younger. We'd essentially drive down to the Wildwoods and stay at (URL) various motels> that lined up the beach. These motels had the (...) (18 years ago, 30-Jun-06, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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Hello All, First, a small quiz for you lot: Can you figure out what parts I've used to build the inlet grating of the storm drain seen in the following picture? And how I've attached those and the lid of the drain? (URL) I'm trust that many of you (...) (18 years ago, 29-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.fun, lugnet.town, FTX)
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Hi everybody! A few weeks ago, Dan Parker, Nathan Sawaya, and myself -- along with members from The LEGO Company -- unveiled a new LEGO display at FAO Schwarz in New York City. The minifig-scale city of "Bricktropolis" is built on a 6-foot (...) (18 years ago, 28-Jun-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny, FTX) !
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I've been tinkering with the "ldraw.xml" file in LEGO Digital Designer (LDD), and have come up with the following list of fixes for good LDD/LDRAW conversion. In case you hadn't already discovered, if you append ".ldr" to the end of the file name (...) (18 years ago, 28-Jun-06, to lugnet.cad.ldd, lugnet.lego, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.build) !!
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