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(...) Very nice MOC's. I like the European look, and especially the working headlights. The concrete truck looks very authentic. And the way the forklift hooks on the back of the truck trailer too. Your red trucks look a little orange though. Might (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.org.ca.monlug)
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| | I'm back with 4 new MOC vehicles!
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Hi all! I've added 4 new town vehicles to my Brickshelf folder: 1- A boom truck: (URL) A concrete pump truck: (URL) An european flat nose truck: (URL) that the black version has working headlights! Thanks to the old 4.5 volts lights! :-) (URL) The (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.org.ca.monlug) !!
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| | Re: Minifig Hall of Fame
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(...) Thanks Tony, glad you like it! In order to get the curves, I used the force! Really, they are simply a sheet of 1x2 regular bricks. A 1x2 brick is very, very slightly smaller than half a 1x4 brick. The very small "gap" alows for you to bend (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jul-03, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Minifig Hall of Fame
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Paul, Nice architecture! Cool use of 3-D form! I especially like the roof slope on the curved wall. And a fun idea for a building! How did you get such a nice curve in your wall? It looks like those are regular bricks...or did you use some hinging (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jul-03, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: New MOC: Miniland-scale MCC Smart Car
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(...) Sean - I'd be intrigued to see your attempts at the 4-wide Smart. Mine (a first attempt never yet taken further) is at: (URL) scale is great, bar the number of bricks needed - guess I'll be sticking to minifig scale... Alastair (21 years ago, 16-Jul-03, to lugnet.town)
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| | BFD Engine 1 Instructions
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Greetings! I'm pleased to announce that instructions for my new Engine 1 are now available for your building pleasure. They're available at the following links: BFD Engine 1 Page (click on the Instructions link) (URL) Page @ BI Portal (URL) word of (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jul-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.inst)
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| | Blue Rally car
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Hi all, Here's a Blue Rally car. (URL) you can see, it's identical to the rally car in set (URL) from different color scheme. (21 years ago, 16-Jul-03, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: BFD Engine 1 Gets Super-Sized
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(...) am (...) overall (...) many 6 (...) too (...) see a (...) BTW, (...) Thanks, Max! You'll get your wish as I plan to upgrade my entire fleet with sixby chassis. Will Bricksburg Fire Department: (URL) Bricksburg Depot: (URL) (21 years ago, 16-Jul-03, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Very COOL design! I love how well thought out the overall design is, and I am amazed that a six-wide firetruck can look so realistic. And yet, the overall design is clean, smooth, and simple - just as it should be. And unlike on many 6 wide or (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jul-03, to lugnet.town)
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| | The Brick Testament: Discharges and More
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The Brick Testament updates today with five new illustrated sections of The Law: (URL) For any of you unfamiliar with The Brick Testament or this section of The Bible, please do take note of the content warnings for these stories before diving in. (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jul-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.town) !!
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NELUG recently participated in the LEGO Roadshow. We decided that we wanted to do something special for the event, so we built a fully automated quarry scene that had working vehicals with a Rube-Goldberg feeling to it where "gravel" would (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jul-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town) !!
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| | Lego truck
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Hey guys, I just want to tell you about a truck that I made. One day, after buying a small bag of used lego at a flea shop, I noticed a megabloks truck cab in one of them. I thougt I could use it, so the same day I began building... Voila, It looks (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jul-03, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: BFD Engine 1 Gets Super-Sized
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(...) has to (...) Thanks Josh. I've always thought that the town wheels looked too small for sixbys, especially on tillers or trucks with a wide wheelbase. I'm not overly fond of the freestyle wheels and axles, but I've gotten used to them. (...) (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jul-03, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: BFD Engine 1 Gets Super-Sized
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That is a neat deck gun, I like it & think I may have to use it!! That has to be the 1st truck I've seen with that size tire that look really good. I also have pile of Fire MOC's that need about 10 peices each before I take pictures. Josh (21 years ago, 12-Jul-03, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I did just that... replaced the three lights (which LPub creates, I assume?) and tried the code as shown on that posting. It seems way way too bright. Now, I am trying to use the radiosity file radio_1.inc. It contains this line: ambient_light (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jul-03, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Seeing a single part that inspires an entire model is one of the joys of Lego IMHO. (...) That's how I got started :-) (...) Trust me, that code is easy to use...just replace the three lights in your POV file with it and render. (...) Neither. (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jul-03, to lugnet.town)
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(...) In all honestly, while I may have been the first one to post MOC pictures of a six wide fire truck on the internet, others have picked up the torch and really build some great creations, including your latest one. I've been lagging on MOCs (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jul-03, to lugnet.town)
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| | Those creative juices just keep flowing...
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Hi all, Recently I've been churning out a lot of MOCs, and even if a picture says a thousand words, a picture with a caption says even more. Therefore, I've gone up one step and joined MOCpages. All my previous MOCs (except my Alien Probes and (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jul-03, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Re: BFD Engine 1 Gets Super-Sized
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(...) And the effort shows. But goodness gravey man... a whole year? Time for a coffee break. ;) (...) I had the same sort of 'inspired' moment with the 1x4 arch brick. I realized they were almost exactly right for the small wheels on the 2x2 plates (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jul-03, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: BFD Engine 1 Gets Super-Sized
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(...) See, even when I'm wrong... I'm wrong. ;) (...) I used the 1/2 stud inset on my Pumper #3 recently, to allow for the rigid hoses and the extension ladder: (URL) from the back of the cab to the very end of the truck is inset, with the exception (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jul-03, to lugnet.town)
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