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Re: new moc: motorized ice skating castle
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Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:31:41 GMT
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Deborah:

Kudos to you for getting this to work!

I had a terrible time trying to do this a few years ago (http://www.seankenney.com/portfolio/town_with_moving_lego_people/ ) the thickness of the “ice” (or “road” in my case) coupled with the friction of the tiles and the strength of the magnets, agh! I really wanted to do what you did with the chains but ended up just making circular paths. I’m amazed to see how well it’s turned out! How did you keep the figs facing forward when they skated? Mine would face forward, sideways, backwards, whatever they felt like.

Sean



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(...) thanks, sean. kudos must be shared with jason who got my idea to work and used all his parts to do it! now that you've shown me the link, i recall seeing your moc! i agree that it's tricky to work with that thickness and get just the right (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.town, FTX)

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(URL) inspired by the motorized mocs of mcbricker (barbara werth): (URL) pavillion of dancing> and peter edwards: (URL) dodgem cars>, i wanted to combine my interest in architectural mocs with movement. i had read about an outdoor ice castle rink (...) (17 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch, FTX) ! 

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