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Aha! I had an epiphany. When I posted this hack: (URL) question was raised if it could be done so the door opens up. The height is identical to the original. 3 bricks high. The first picture is a little fuzzy but the second has the guts of it any (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.space, lugnet.town)
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| | XIX Century Portuguese Northern House (was: Casa Minhota no final do século XIX)
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(...) Thanks Bruce! So you're right, i'm posting in english and at .castle and .town. (URL) the folder: (URL) This is a characteristic house of the northern portugal at the end of the XIX century. In those times the industry and commerce were almost (...) (21 years ago, 20-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.pt, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Working Fountain on TCLTC layout (Pics)
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(...) I'm glad it uses only the pump cylinders, which means that if the water causes the seals to fail over time it doesn't impact any other components. I tried to make a fire engine once, using the old pneumatic system with a non-return valve and (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Al Macs Diner, Fall River Mass.
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(...) I moved to NYC in 1990 (after a brief time in LA) to join a hair metal band. Had a lot of fun, but tired of the gypsy living....I still play (keys) and write from time to time, but much less often these days. (...) That would be cool. Before I (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Working Fountain on TCLTC layout (Pics)
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(...) It actually pumps the water. A large part of the design problem was getting the system to pump an amount of water that wasn't too much and wasn't too little. I'd have to say that the final result was a triumph of trial and error:-) JOHN (21 years ago, 19-Apr-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Al Macs Diner, Fall River Mass.
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(...) Hey, me too:-) "I got those schleimy, (crimy!), studs on the side (see?), downright, uptight...Snotty Blues!" ('course, I'm more of a player than composer;-) (...) Oh, yeah. Now you need some wizard, 50's 8 wide cars parked out front and a (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Al Macs Diner, Fall River Mass.
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(...) Thanks John. The Snot Blues...hmm. I am a musician too! Here is a link with a picture of the actual diner. (URL) Thanks again, Jonathan (21 years ago, 19-Apr-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) What a great story and what a great diner, Jonathan! The dual, SNOT blues really give a nice, retro look. What would be nice would be an actual pic of the diner to compare to yours. Great work! JOHN (21 years ago, 19-Apr-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Al Macs Diner, Fall River Mass.
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Hello, Please bear with me.....I think this is a neat story.... A while ago I decided to build a 1950's style diner. I work for an art book publisher and looked at a book of diners and picked one to replicate. The diner I chose was Al Macs. I had a (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town) !
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| | Re: Working Fountain on TCLTC layout (Pics)
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(...) Is his system actually pumping water through the pistons, or is he using air pressure from them to push water through tubes? (21 years ago, 19-Apr-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Working Fountain on TCLTC layout (Pics)
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(...) That's pretty neat! It will be interesting to see if there's any deterioration of the pneumatic pumps over time, especially the seals. ROSCO (added .technic) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | eh? what happened to lego?
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it's been about a year since i've been able to buy lego, but today i splurged, and picked up set 4855 (the spiderman subway car). i feel dirty. ignoring the awful new light grey (the dark grey was so-so), they just felt cheap. the whole time i was (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Working Fountain on TCLTC layout (Pics)
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Check this one out! About 6 years ago, John Gerlach of the GMLTC had built a fountain that actually pumped water using the technic pneumatic system. Well, this captured the imagination of my then 8 year old son Ross, and he set his mind to building (...) (21 years ago, 17-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX) !
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| | Re: Vault shots from lowlug.nl
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(...) SNIP (...) First: welcome at Lowlug! THE discussion forum in the Netherlands. Now for the pics: lots of these are mine. So I think I should shed some light on them. A few weeks ago Legoland Billund had it's season-opening, and a group of Dutch (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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"Bryan Kinkel" <helpdesk@loseyourmind.com> wrote in message news:Hw9K6J.4G6@lugnet.com... (...) The pictures of the shelves and shelves of LEGO boxes are definitely their vault. Steve Barile showed similar pictures after a visit to LEGO HQ. Frank (21 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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Is that lots of Maersk trucks in the far right of this pic! (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| | Vault shots from lowlug.nl
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I found this link on the "Lego User Group of the Lowlands" site at (URL) appears that these are some shots from inside some sort of "Vault" or museum at Billund. Photo Albums: (URL) about some Pirates? (URL) like Trains? (URL) forget Town. (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Fire Department now online.
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(...) Wow. What a prolific blast of MOCs, Mark! Very inspirational! I also appreciate the proto photos as well. You should consider organizing the FDLT on an MOCpages site instead of merely in Brickshelf folders. It would add a lot to the FDLT (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: World City Fire idea
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(...) Those would be cool....then I wouldn't have to make my own anymore (URL) Tom D www.geocities.com/le...egofd.html (21 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Fire Department now online.
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The Fire Department of Lego Township has completed uploading all its current apparatus to brickshelf. Apparatus include: Ambulance, Engine, Grass Rig, tanker, Ladder, and chiefs vehicles. as well as actual photos of the apparatus modeled. Please (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.town)
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