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(...) I have one that you can have for $.50 USD + shipping. josh (23 years ago, 29-Sep-01, to lugnet.town)
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Where can I obtain the instructions for 6445 ResQ Response2 ? Thanks, David (23 years ago, 29-Sep-01, to lugnet.town)
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Hi Dave, I did create that map, however several weeks later I fell into my dark ages (and still am in my dark ages). I wasn't able to keep the site up, and now I think that Homestead has deleted it. However, if anyone else wants to take up this idea (...) (23 years ago, 29-Sep-01, to lugnet.town)
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Over a year ago, Erin Windross posted in lugnet.general that he had created some sort of a Lego continent with lots of Lego cities in it. I think it was a cool idea, but does anyone have any more info? The link to the page is broken, so Im kind of (...) (23 years ago, 29-Sep-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Thanks for the complements, I'm actully working every day now to make it more exciting & accessable for everyone. I'm currently (like right while I'm typing this) working on linking up the images of building i have on brickshelf. If this page (...) (23 years ago, 27-Sep-01, to lugnet.town)
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Aha! That's the one. Thanks muchly, Dan, for the hint... 8-) -H. (...) (23 years ago, 27-Sep-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) (URL) the Studio sets and the new Tie fighter, among others. :) Dan (23 years ago, 27-Sep-01, to lugnet.town)
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Hi All, Browsing the Brickshelf gallery for ideas, I saw the DJ setup (see link below). Does anyone know, are the tall supports/rigging to each side of the DJ LEGO pieces? What set might they be found in? (I don't recognize them from any set I (...) (23 years ago, 27-Sep-01, to lugnet.town)
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Last night (this morning) I finally got around to make building instructions for a classic racing car I built back in 1995: (URL) you look at the LDraw file, you will see the colours actually used in the model. The rendered instructions and the (...) (23 years ago, 27-Sep-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) Nice Layout, everything is pretty clean, and easily accessible. -Jason (23 years ago, 27-Sep-01, to lugnet.town)
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I've reformated my website, & more is to come, but here is a start: (URL) (23 years ago, 25-Sep-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.publish.html)
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Tada! Metro: Cities of Brick is a new site dedicated to the genre of Lego Town and specifically Lego city builders! On the site you can read interviews and editorials, and post responses on MetroTalk, the message board. The goal of the site is to (...) (23 years ago, 25-Sep-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.publish) !
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I have completed a minifig scale version of the M400 Skycar by Moller International. (URL) model contains various SNOT (Studs Not On Top) techniques, with several 2-3-4-5 and "half stud" transformations in a small space. The front nacelles and nose (...) (23 years ago, 23-Sep-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.space) !!
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(...) hmm... I think a link would help, huh? (URL) (23 years ago, 21-Sep-01, to lugnet.town)
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Hello, In the past month I have more then doubled the buildings on the Brick City website. There is much more to come as the city is 4ft by 8ft. Well, take a look and let me know what you think. Regards, -Shane (23 years ago, 21-Sep-01, to lugnet.town)
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I've finnaly taken a little time to make a webpage explaining Eagle Hollow Fire Department. (URL) (23 years ago, 21-Sep-01, to lugnet.town)
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Chris & All, (...) Well, they are working for me. Try the links from LUGNET's MichLUG page. Scott S. -- (23 years ago, 20-Sep-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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(...) Which links weren't working? I just double checked them and I am pretty sure they are all good. Geocities was acting a little funny around noon, but it's all better now. Thanks, Jason (23 years ago, 20-Sep-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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(...) Hey Jason links arn't working.Chris (23 years ago, 20-Sep-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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If some one has a copy of this set, could they please e-mail me a scan of the instruction booklet. It would be greatly appreciated. No Stranger to Danger Dark Knight tomlins@infinet.net (23 years ago, 20-Sep-01, to lugnet.town)
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| | Updates to my webpage - Citypark, Underconstruction Mountain, and New Downtown Building
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Added a number of things to my webpage recently: A Red building with grey trim for the Downtown section of the next Michlug Display: (URL) Citypark made by my fiancee (Her first creation): (URL) Underconstruction Mountain, which will be for the next (...) (23 years ago, 20-Sep-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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"Not bad. I may just copy it :-) My suggestions would be to use headlight bricks on the back for the tail lights and to turn the bumper around so the flat side is facing front." I used four red cicle lights for the rear (as the whote rear of the (...) (23 years ago, 19-Sep-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Not bad. I may just copy it :-) My suggestions would be to use headlight bricks on the back for the tail lights and to turn the bumper around so the flat side is facing front. (...) than EMS and Fire Trucks? What else is there? Will (the (...) (23 years ago, 19-Sep-01, to lugnet.town)
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| | New MOC: 8 wide Lotus Esprit S4
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I was chatting with Mladen one day about the difficulty of creating tapered windshields at small scales, and he suggested using flex tubes in this manner. I had dismissed this idea because I thought it would be too weak for my tastes, but it turns (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.modelteam)
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| | Shiningston National Bank Offices begin long hard road...
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I've started work on my tan & white SNB offices. This is the re-built facade (sp?) of the building, a 157 year old building. This building was first a hotel (the modern decendant is next door), then an apartmant building for college students, now it (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Lots of Town MOCs on Brickshelf
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(...) Roy, Golly, don't let me need an operation in your town, the sight of the surgeon holding the sword is wild! Seriously, the hospital is very well done, jsst make sure the patient is totally anestheisized before you bring out the ironmongery. I (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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Hi all, Sorry for the multiple posts. I've also uploaded a bunch of good pics of my current town layout at (URL) had pictures of my old layout in CA; I moved to MD and rebuilt most of it in a nice new layout. Build on, Roy (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.town)
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Hi all, I finally got around to taking new pics of some of my buildings and vehicles. I've put them on Brickshelf: (URL) of these are older, some newer. I'm still working on finishing the new hospital; when it is done, I'll put up lots of photos. (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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(...) many (...) Thank you both for your suggestions. I checked the height of the Lego platforms, and they looked just a little low with the cars I'm working on, hence the question 8?) I just don't want them to look too high if I put it in a (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) I don't know if there are many police cars. I copied a plymoth acclaim for my cars. I also think you should have a little bit of a trunk on your car, it looks more like a ford escort right now, but its a cool design. Josh (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Hi ROSCO, The platforms that come with the LEGO Train Stations like <set:4554> and <set:2150>, and the more current <set:4556> and <set:4557> are two bricks high. This seems to work well for the buildings I have created. These platforms come (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) Dunno about anyone else but I tend to go with somewhere between 2.1 (two bricks, one plate) and 3.0 in thickness. This is just a bit more than the large platform units used by LEGO in many train and ocean sets and made in grey and dark grey. (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) supposed to be available on SAS Charter. My flight from Copenhagen did not have the sets in stock, however. I don't know of any other airlines that have this set. Cary FUT promo (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.town)
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| | Station platforms
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Hi. I'm just wondering how high people usually make their station platforms? I mean, assuming the track is sitting on a baseplate (not pushed down), how many plates to the top of the platform? I realise it depends on the trains, but is there a (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | Set 1100 - Seaplane, boat, raft and shark
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Does anyone know if any Airlines in Canada or North America are offering this set: Set 1100 - Seaplane, boat, raft and shark (URL) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.town)
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| | Anyone model realistic police cars?
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I just completed a my version of a new 2001 Impala Crusier here: (URL) currently includes a Push Bumper, Rear Deck lights and Streethawk Multi Directional Sirens. Right now I have 3 other Ford Police Interceptors that are similarly equiped. I'll (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.town)
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| | Octan World Headquarters Building
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This is my latest sky-scraper for BrickTopia: (URL) was finally able to put together a large number of special parts I had sitting around and make use of much of my big Life On Mars set. Here is the entire city skyline: (URL) I added a few more (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: City builders - Unite!
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(...) Jacob, Thanks for the reference. It seems like a cooperation would be interesting, but Ill have to get in touch with Erik. -Dave www.bricktannia.com (23 years ago, 16-Sep-01, to lugnet.town)
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Dave: (...) Sounds good. You may want to talk to Erik Wilson about some sort of cooperation with his "Town Planner Project" site. It should be located at: (URL) I am unable to get through to it right now. Play well, Jacob -- (URL) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-01, to lugnet.town)
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| | Bri-mar 2 axle tow-behind hydralic dump trailer
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Here is a model I built today of a Bri-mar 2 axle tow-behind hydralic dump trailer. The bottom row actully has 1x2 bricks with side clips, I finnaly figured out how to use them up! My Woodshop/Carpentry class teacher has one exactly like this, thats (...) (23 years ago, 15-Sep-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build)
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| | Classic racing car
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Some old news: Back sometime in the late 20th century I designed a model of a racing car from the other end of the 20th century, but I never got around to make a proper web page with pictures of it. Now it is finally here: (URL) well, Jacob -- Linux (...) (23 years ago, 15-Sep-01, to lugnet.town)
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| | Large Baroque Palace
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This is a large Baroque Palace I did with MLCAD. Here is the master directory of images: (URL) are the .dat files: (URL) master file is called WinAll.dat The building is influenced by the Collegio di Propaganda Fide in Rome, Italy. It wasn't quite (...) (23 years ago, 14-Sep-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | City builders - Unite!
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I am putting together a website for people who design and build lego cities. As of now, the site will include interviews, editorials, relevant news, handpicked links, and more. If you feel like you have something to say, and would like to write an (...) (23 years ago, 14-Sep-01, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Microfig doesn't mean space does it?
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(...) scale, though... Seriously however, I *do* like this, though it's kinda small and sketch-ish. I think microfig would make it easy to put lots of historically accurate detail into a full-sized castle with inner and outer curtain and full-sized (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I thought they might've been yours, though the fact that they're not 8-wide kinda confused me a bit. ;-D Cheers, - jsproat (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Pictures from NCLTC Layout at the So. Junction Model Train Show
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(...) layout (...) newspaper (...) include (...) Did you have any problems with the monorails accelerating really quickly down the hill and shooting off the side or anything? How many monorail trains did you have? It appears that every time I look (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.ncltc, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Kit Car Instructions Posted
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(...) on (...) Excellent job with the pictures. They way it's been done really reminds me of some of the early eighties Lego ideas books (the one with that minifig couple moving into their house etc.). It works really well. It could certainly help (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I love the close ups that you've done. I can see that you'll be finding some great potential for those in the future. Nicholas Allan (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | Kit Car Instructions Posted
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I was having fun this past weekend with a 4-wide car that I cloned from an original design by Ben Fleskes. I posted pictorial building instructions on BrickShelf: (URL) Chris. (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: new pictures
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(...) Looks great. Nice hoppers, both original and MOC. And I like the MOC engine also. I wish I had the space to leave a layout set up. And very nice macro's of the minifigs. I am jealous. That is a very nice camera. I might just have to go out and (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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Hi Kevin, Just wanted to say I like your layout. Nice choice for hopper colour - the red ones look very neat! And the definition of the pictures is just great! Good camera... :-) So what will you be doing to all those gray 12V rails now? (the ones (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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Hi all, I finally got around to posting the pictures of my last layout. (URL) was having fun trying out the macro mode closeups with my digital: (URL) a look and let me know what you think. Kevin (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) sweet! well I look forward to seeing it! -Geordan- (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Truth be told, I just finished one of those yesterday, after reading this particular thread over. The castle itself is 28x28, with the surrounding land occupying a 48x64 area. I hope to have pics of it up as soon as I can find a digicam to (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Although, the type of castle I meant was like the full deal, I'm thinking about a foot long with a village etc, glacis moat, inner wall, everything. :-D (...) -Geordan- (...) (23 years ago, 8-Sep-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ahem: (URL) (23 years ago, 8-Sep-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm not sure about other castleheads (or Castleworldheads), but I'm living in a gopher hole right now... pop my head up once in a while, but mostly I'm hiding. In a couple weeks, I'll be done organizing NALUG's next train show appearance, and (...) (23 years ago, 8-Sep-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Not sure you're talking about these, but here are some original microtrains my son (10 years old at the time) built last year: (URL) (...) (23 years ago, 8-Sep-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains)
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(...) And even a 6 stud long chieftan bridge laying tank! And a bunker, and humvees! and infantry! BTW, Bryce, I think I'm catchin' up as far as shameless plugs go, ;-D But it will be tough to beat da masta' though! :-D -Geordan- (...) (23 years ago, 8-Sep-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.military)
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| | Amoco Gas Station & Church update
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First the gas station, I've gotten the windows, and about 1/3 of all of the tiles i'll need, and the interior is 99% complete (last two photo's are new): (URL) Church, however, now has a roof!, it may be missing a few parts, but they are coming. All (...) (23 years ago, 8-Sep-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Yeah, heck I shouldn't even be posting here! :-D Well, I was just upstairs fiddlin, and I came up with a way to do a micro fig tanks! and only three studs long! I'll incorporate this with a diorama, pics tonight, should be good...hehe. :-D (...) (23 years ago, 7-Sep-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.military)
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(...) bravo! The fact that it's a minifig-scale toy train is over the top. :-, (...) I think I've seen these. As I recall, they were using "plate 1x1 with clip light" as the axle on a 2-wide truck -- an technique I'm now using and would like to (...) (23 years ago, 7-Sep-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Microfig doesn't mean space does it?
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(...) Me too. :-, A microfig (I'm thinking "stickfig" :-) castle would seriously rock, though. Actually, I'm kinda surprised that we're not seeing more from the Castleworld folks. Cheers, - jsproat (23 years ago, 7-Sep-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I did a minifig scale train layout a while back. (URL) to you see what i have cooking next... -chris ps. someone a while back was making fantastically detailed towns in microfig scale. don't know who though.... (23 years ago, 7-Sep-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains)
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(...) full castle in microfig scale (moat, glacis (sp?), bailey etc. absolutely everything), should be fun, you'll have to wait a little while though, I have other priorities at da moment, ;-) -Geordan- (...) (23 years ago, 7-Sep-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Microfig doesn't mean space does it?
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(...) Barbara and I did some: (URL) - jsproat (23 years ago, 7-Sep-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I've seen a castle and cathedral built in microfig scale. I also remember a tiny town in the context of a train layout in the basement of a minifig-scale house. I don't recall the originators of either of those. X-Posting to .Castle and (...) (23 years ago, 7-Sep-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains)
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| | Microfig doesn't mean space does it?
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I had decided to pose this question before the treehouse was posted, but I will ask anyway. Is anyone building town or castle stuff in microfig scale? I was looking through David Macaulay's (of How Things Work) Building Big and thinking how (...) (23 years ago, 7-Sep-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Monorail Page / Pics
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(...) Thanks for the praise, Ben, but I can't take the credit - it was my camera, but many of the pictures, including that one, were taken by a co-worker of mine while I was busy fussing with my layout :) Jeff E (23 years ago, 4-Sep-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Is bigger better? Or is detail what counts?
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Dave Amos wrote in message ... (...) is (...) Well, just to be awkward, I like something in between the two: buildings which are closer to "scale" for minifigs than LEGO sets, but using smaller prototypes so I'm not building giant skyscrapers and I (...) (23 years ago, 4-Sep-01, to lugnet.town)
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Okay, I'm not going crazy, however... I just asked my lil' sis( a HUGE HP fan) about the date, and she agreed with me about the date being correct. However, she doesn't think it's in the second book. I'm currently scanning all four books to find the (...) (23 years ago, 4-Sep-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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(...) I'd like an answer to this as well, Lar! I'll be finished with Chamber of Secrets before sunrise and I'm certain I didn't see a date. Anyone have a page number that proves this? -Dave (23 years ago, 4-Sep-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Monorail Page / Pics
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<snip> (...) Hey Kung-fu dude!! Your most welcome... and thanks for the positive feedback. The "Paradise sets" picture was taken by Jeff Elliot, Paradisa1.jpg (I think) This is my favorite pic from the show.... (Great Picture, Jeff!!) I also chose (...) (23 years ago, 4-Sep-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Larger building are more spectacular. They definetely have their place in a town (Office buildings, high rises and factories, to name a few...). But, I personally prefer smaller buildings, mostly because I can fit more in the same space. It (...) (23 years ago, 3-Sep-01, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Monorail Page / Pics
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(...) (URL)And here is the Lugnet Lego Page w/ captions: (URL)Enjoy. Let me know what you think. (...) The zoom1 ‘Lugnet Lego page w/ captions’ is nice! Especially the photo of the Paradise sets. It’s really neat to see the spiral staircase in that (...) (23 years ago, 3-Sep-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'd say yeah, i love seeing towns with lots of detail, & large buildings can have lots of detail to them. I've been shooting for a middle ground with mine, with larger buildings, but yet enough detail to make it all look good. Josh (23 years ago, 3-Sep-01, to lugnet.town)
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Throughout my time as a Lego city builder, I have noticed that there are (roughly) two different types of towns. One kind has very large buildings, with grand skylines. It is bold and makes a great impression on people. Some examples include the (...) (23 years ago, 3-Sep-01, to lugnet.town)
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| | Monorail Page / Pics
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I uploaded my pictures of the monorail from TRAIN2. Here is the Brickshelf Folder: (URL) here is the Lugnet Lego Page w/ captions: (URL) Let me know what you think. Benjamin Medinets (23 years ago, 3-Sep-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Timelines
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GJ0qsp.MG9@lugnet.com... (...) They (...) its (...) Anglia (...) search (...) 1960s... (...) There are still a few on the road so it doesn't really date it any more accurately than (...) (23 years ago, 2-Sep-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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(...) I JUST finished reading that one, what chapter? Can't believe I missed it! (...) (23 years ago, 2-Sep-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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Actually, in the second book, The date is revealed.. the story for the second book takes place around 1991, which means the rest would be the following years. Later! -Jay (...) (23 years ago, 2-Sep-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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(...) well, it will affect WET paint, but other then that, no. I've used it many times, its also great for getting stickers off the bricks with out leaving a mark. You should be able to find it at Wal*mart, or even craft stores... Josh (23 years ago, 2-Sep-01, to lugnet.town)
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Just take an undamaged baseplate down to the paint department of your local home improvement superstore and have them put it under the color-match scanner. Their computer will calculate the formula, and they can mix the quantity you need. You do (...) (23 years ago, 2-Sep-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I agree. A British car buff familiar with Ford products may be able to pin it even more accurately because the Weaselys (in book 2) have a Ford Anglia that is referred to as "old" and "rusty" but not "antique". A cursory search in Google seems (...) (23 years ago, 2-Sep-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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(...) Hmmmmm, I am pretty sure that "Harry Potter" takes place in our times. They have cars and everything. Sounds like it could have been in the 1970's+ Maybe the books would release a date in one chapter.... I am pretty sure its in our time (...) (23 years ago, 2-Sep-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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I LDRAWed his cars up. You probably have seen the sketchs he has done here. (URL) is the DATs to 5 of his cars. the mccSmart that is minifig capable will be done tomarrow... (URL) (23 years ago, 2-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.town)
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(...) I only used soap and water. Apparently, the soap was strong enough to remove parts of the stripe (and/or the cloth I used was too rough.) Does Goo Gone affect the paint at all? Erik (23 years ago, 2-Sep-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) lol, what'd you do, paint remover!? I find Goo Gone to work good on cleaning. well, i'm sorry i've never tested the green, i'd tryed the grey once, but never really got it. Josh (23 years ago, 2-Sep-01, to lugnet.town)
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Does anyone know of a paint brand/color (or formula) that matches the green used for the stripes on the grey baseplates? (I discovered the wrong way to clean baseplates, and need to restore the stripes on one.) Thanks, Erik (23 years ago, 1-Sep-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Don't ask, most of it is impurity :-( Martin (...) (23 years ago, 1-Sep-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.org.ca.monlug)
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(...) but (...) It looks like this has disappeared. Does anyone know if Sanjay is still around? Frank (23 years ago, 1-Sep-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Martin! (...) Wow! That is so impressive. Now I am even sorrier that I couldn't make it to your meeting. I wish I could have seen that in real life. That is so cool looking. I expecially like the 'old town' portion, and the hydro dam with the (...) (23 years ago, 1-Sep-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.org.ca.monlug)
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(...) KZ MonLUG #3 (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I estimate about 120 000+ pieces and 2000+ minifigs are in it. KZ MonLUG #3 (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Thanks Benjamin :-) Yes, there are good hotels near my place ;-) KZ MonLUG #3 Montreal - future site of SnowBrick ;-) (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Where do you get Intersection and T road plates?
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James Brown wrote in message ... (...) T and X road plates aren't on the ordering list that retail stores use, they are one of those "only available from S@H" things. So don't waste your energy looking for them, just head straight for S@H, do not (...) (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) the bottom? Also, is it attached to the wall on the side? --Bill. (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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(...) Excellent work, Kevin. Some of my favorite touches are the scarecrow, street magician, greenhouse, and the tiled alleyway. Of course the mountain and dam are also very impressive. I may have to "borrow" some of these ideas for my own town. (...) (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.town)
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That's a really nice town you've got there.. I especially like the 'castley' part, the church, the CN-ish tower, the log cabin, the greenhouse, the city hall (?), and the power station at the foot of the dam. Any idea how many pieces are involved? (...) (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Edmonton has a similarly spectacular selection of road plates. I ordered all of mine through S@H. thanks, James (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.town)
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