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Most people don't realize that before the depression Detroit was percentage wise the fastest growing city in the world, and surprisingly has the 3rd largest collection of pre-depression skyscrapers in the country (after New York and Chicago)!! It (...) (17 years ago, 22-Jun-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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"Jim Garrett" <jsgarrett@twmi.rr.com> wrote in message news:JJEot4.5Ay@lugnet.com... (...) Jim: Another wonderful depiction of a great building. One question - when looking at the building from the front, at the top, you have what appears to be two (...) (17 years ago, 22-Jun-07, to lugnet.town)
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(...) That is very, very nice. I might have to get some viking wheels just to have a play with it. Tim (17 years ago, 21-Jun-07, to lugnet.town)
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Hello, Here is an idea I came up with for a water tower for the roofs of some of my buildings: (URL) I've used the Viking wheels and I am quite happy with the way it come out. I feel it offers a bit more detail than using the smooth round panels (...) (17 years ago, 21-Jun-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: My newest building.
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(...) Thanks for the feedback. I have been really happy with this building. I have a few more that I want to build, like a Bar, and a bakery. At this time the building is not modular. Yet it would be very easy to add a row of tiles to make each (...) (17 years ago, 19-Jun-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Dave: I love it! Great work on that tiled roof. As the previous poster mentioned, you nailed it! Is the interior furnished at all? This whole modular building thing is a great idea. I really like seeing all the different buildings people are (...) (17 years ago, 19-Jun-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Clifton D. Chambers stop ignoring me and ship the jambalaya box!
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please note that i have tried every method i know of to contact Clifton without posting this to lugnet. this is my last resort. Clifton D. Chambers, You have had well over 2 months to ship me the jambalaya box. I am getting really tired of emailing, (...) (17 years ago, 19-Jun-07, to lugnet.market.jambalaya, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Ferrari Lancia D50 racecar and a BR Lowfit wagon
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(...) I like the smooth tyres a lot so I have a bagful of black and a bagful of grey. The real thing had quite prominent treads so I chose the treaded ones instead but you're the second person to suggest the smooth ones so maybe I was better off (...) (17 years ago, 18-Jun-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) The hood is impressive. The two sloping red 1x4 tiles. Excellent. Do you have any of the older smooth tires in this size? I am thinking they might add some more sleekness. Very nice! Jonathan (17 years ago, 18-Jun-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Hi Dave, I think it looks great and fits in very well with the cafe Corner and Market Street. You nailed the roof, with the tiles. Absolutely fabulous. I don't know if you have any 1x2 tiles in old dark gray but it might be nice to add a (...) (17 years ago, 18-Jun-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Five more vehicles
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(...) Hi Pierre, Great vehicles, as usual. I really like the backhoe and the yellow tractor truck. The Element looks good too. I agree with everything said about the mudguards so far. I don't feel they fit well with any wheel that Lego produces. (...) (17 years ago, 18-Jun-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) I recently redid the building directions to reduce the number of steps and improve the use of rotation steps. I ran it through LPUB to get some practice building proper directions. I also put on a clear Creative Commons copyright notice in (...) (17 years ago, 18-Jun-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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Hello again, The other day I got my copy of the new Market Street set. Its a great set and Eric was able to design a great modular set up. After placing the building next to the Cafe Corner, I got inspired to build another building. Something that (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jun-07, to lugnet.town, FTX) !
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(...) (snip) (...) Thank you guys! Tom, I had to search on Google for that Ford Interceptor to know what car you were talking about - so, no, it's not deliberate. :-) But I can see where you saw some resemblance in the look. Pierre (17 years ago, 17-Jun-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(2 URLs) BS> (URL) Wallpaper> (URL) Flickr> (2 URLs) BS> (URL) Flickr> Hi all, Just compound posting some MOCs. The (URL) Lancia D50> is a beautiful piece of design and engineering from Ferrari in the 50s. The model is pretty much as you see it (...) (17 years ago, 15-Jun-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I took a look at the Element and I sure enough agree... I just realised too that I called the parts 'window arches'... I guess that shows what I think they're for ;) --snip-- (...) Tim (17 years ago, 15-Jun-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) I agree in general -- esp. w/r/t the official 4-wide cars -- but not with respect to Pierre's Element. The real thing has fairly pronounced circular wheel arches, and the arch piece more closely ties the model to the (not exactly handsome (...) (17 years ago, 15-Jun-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Hi Pierre, Nice work as usual. I do have a couple of crits which I wouldn't bother making if I didn't like your stuff so much :) I'm not very keen on the use of the new window arches on the four-wide cars. I think your similar earlier designs (...) (17 years ago, 15-Jun-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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Hello everyone, I recently added 5 more vehicles to my (URL) and (URL) Brickshelf folder>. They're not totally new as you might have noticed them on pictures of the latest (URL) QuéLUG> train show. (URL) Backhoe> - Inspired by the work of Martin (...) (17 years ago, 15-Jun-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Re: Set #10190 Market Street pictures
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(...) Just saw that this set is now available on U.S. S@H for $89.99. :-) Looks like I'll be placing a Lego order in the next few days. -Dave (17 years ago, 12-Jun-07, to lugnet.town)
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