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I recently saw the new Alpha Team Chill Speeder set #4742 [LEGOSet 4742] I looked up the set on Peeron, and it said that the blue pieces are the Medium Blue shade. The pictures on the box really look like the Dusty Blue shade (called "Sand" Blue by (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jul-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.color, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Spiderman MOC: Poor Man's Doc Ock
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(...) Your guess is as good as mine. And by that, I mean yes. (20 years ago, 7-Jul-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Spiderman MOC: Poor Man's Doc Ock
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(...) Hey Kevin, How'd you attach the arms? I'm guessing one of these: (URL) one of these: (URL) (20 years ago, 7-Jul-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Spiderman MOC: Poor Man's Doc Ock
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(...) Were we supposed to guess which one? I guess the black minifig legs. (20 years ago, 7-Jul-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Spiderman MOC: Poor Man's Doc Ock
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I couldn't find a Spiderman newsgroup, so this seemed the most logical place. I don't own any Spiderman sets, because I don't have lots of money. But I really liked Doc Ock after seeing Spiderman 2, so I made my own: (URL) currently adorns the wall (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jul-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: MINIFIG Large Scale Figures!! All 4 of em'
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(...) I agree. My favorite part (although the spidey torso is impressive) is the captain's vest. Lots of good detail there. (20 years ago, 6-Jul-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: MINIFIG Large Scale Figures!! All 4 of em'
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I can't give a greater compliment than slapping a "spotlight" rating on your post! They are all well-done! -->Bruce<-- (20 years ago, 6-Jul-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: MINIFIG Large Scale Figures!! All 4 of em'
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wow Joel, those are really well done! By all means, continue to build a collection of these giant sized figs, its really very cool. Congrats. e (20 years ago, 5-Jul-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Street Lamp Ideas
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Adrian Egli wrote in message ... (...) I'd (...) Here are my simple old fashioned street lamps: (URL) kit: (URL) TOWN PLANNING information: (URL) Lego parts store: (URL) Guild of Bricksmiths(TM): (URL) (20 years ago, 5-Jul-04, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Pierre, these pictures are excellent! I especially like the fact that they are or can be modified to occupy a small ground space (1x1 or 1x2). Thanks for the help. Adr. (20 years ago, 5-Jul-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Three old MOCs
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Hi all, I've taken pictures of three MOCs built in the past year or so for IndyLUG's GATS layout. First, inspired by the White River Gardens in Indianapolis, is a city gardens area: (URL) Folder: (URL) Next, is a townhouse: (URL) Folder: (URL) Last, (...) (20 years ago, 5-Jul-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.org.us.indylug, FTX)
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| | Re: MINIFIG Large Scale Figures!! All 4 of em'
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Joel, All of your work is fantastic and impressive. I'd like to hear more about how you built the maxifigs. Is it all trial-and-error freehand? I'd love to have one of those Spidermans. :) Corey www.brickitgood.com (20 years ago, 4-Jul-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Street Lamp Ideas
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(...) While I don't really have any LEGO info to add, I just wanted to say this image is remarkably similar to a real-life display near my childhood home in Silverlake - Adrian, are you familiar with this? It's on Vermont and Santa Monica, I (...) (20 years ago, 4-Jul-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Street Lamp Ideas
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(...) (snip) (...) (snip) (...) I took better pictures and built a few more, including the one from Deborah (with a little modification) all in white. :-) I think the second picture shows a more classic lamp post. Hoping it could be useful. Pierre (...) (20 years ago, 3-Jul-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Pierre :-) Now these are getting to what I'm after :-) I did some more searching on google and found something- (URL) If you look that the two stamps marked 40 and 50, you see the lights are situated on a boom and hanging downward; (...) (20 years ago, 2-Jul-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Street Lamp Ideas
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(...) after seeing jonathan lopes' idea, i changed my street lamp to this design. (URL) imagine how much better it would look if only this piece existed in black! (URL) that's why that folder is called wishin' and hopin' and prayin'! enjoy, -§ (...) (20 years ago, 2-Jul-04, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Hello Adrian- I've found that sometimes it's best not to reinvent the wheel (translation: I personally use (URL) these>) JOHN (20 years ago, 2-Jul-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Hi Adrian, Here's a few pic with my street lamps. It takes 6 parts to build it, without flower's support (3 parts + flowers). (3 URLs) Pierre (20 years ago, 2-Jul-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Hi Adrian, I don't know if this is what you are looking for but, here are some very simple lamps that I made. I think it is a common design but I like to think they have a wrought iron appearance. I think the added 1x1 round plate on the top (...) (20 years ago, 2-Jul-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Street Lamp Ideas
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If anyone here has made some street lamps with an "antique" look to them I'd most appreciate having a look of them. A post I read the other day got me thinking I should add them to my bridges now that I'm laying roads instead of tracks. I have gone (...) (20 years ago, 2-Jul-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: MOC: Statue of Liberty Pedestal for set 3450
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(...) Thanks for the comments! I seriously considered building the star. I would have "cheated" a little, and basically made it a big square, with seven pointed triangles coming off the sides (2 on each side, but only one big one on the front). (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | Re: MOC: Statue of Liberty Pedestal for set 3450
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(...) Actually... it's 11 points.... back image: (URL) image: (URL) Lyttle (20 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | Re: MOC: Statue of Liberty Pedestal for set 3450
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The Statue of Liberty's pedastal was built in the middle of 11-pointed star-shaped Fort Wood on Bedloe's Island. My ASCII art of the fort's shape: / \ / \ / _ / / / \ / / \ / / \ / \ / / That's definitely not to scale, but it shows how to make an (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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| | Re: 3 new MOCs, one is a .space civilian MOC entry
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(...) This is very nice. Definately captures the Blue Angel style and the look of a stunt craft. Of course, I'm not a huge fan of those studded wings... (URL) This one looks like a good beginning. While I respect the limited piece builds, I think it (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Re: MOC: Statue of Liberty Pedestal for set 3450
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Hi Dave, that would be a challenge! But actually I think it's a 10-pointed star. Daan <SNIP> (...) brass to (...) --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system ((URL) 6.0.712 / Virus Database: 468 - Release Date: (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | Re: MOC: Statue of Liberty Pedestal for set 3450
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(...) Whoops...looks like it's nine-pointed. This makes it even harder, I'd imagine. not that seven-pointed is a walk in the park --Dave (20 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | Re: MOC: Statue of Liberty Pedestal for set 3450
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(...) Awesome...looks really great. Makes me wonder now if anyone's got the brass to attempt the 7-pointed star dais the pedestal sits on. Eeep! Pucture here: (URL) (20 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | Re: 3 new MOCs, one is a .space civilian MOC entry
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Hi Jeff, It's a big joy to see someone else who's creating things with bricks of one set only. I really like them and your designs become better and better! I really respect your work because I know how hard it is to create with a limited amount of (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Re: The new town hall of myLegoland
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(...) Hi Bruce, thank you for your "debugging".... it always happens that a link doesn't work as I want... problem fixed! I have not planned to translate my page into Tagalog :-) but if someone from Philippines would help me... it could happens! I (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.fr, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | What next?
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(...) ...mmm... ...bridges... Bridges need to have lights on top for aircraft avoidance, and if they're across navigable channels, marker lights at the span bottom for the ship traffic to know where the channels are, and streetlights if they're road (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The Gallery - extreme lighting mod
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(...) I'm definitely not going to look at normal "mods" with the same enthusiasm now. You're right... (...) It took a month of drilling and wiring working on it about 5-6 hours a week. I'd say there are about 100 elements that have been touched by (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The Gallery - extreme lighting mod
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(...) It will make everything plain now. How much drilling and cutting did you have to do to make it all fit? -Lenny (20 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The Gallery - extreme lighting mod
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(...) i'm really frightened...run little bricks, run ! :) (...) Your mods are cool Rob. This one is another great one applied to buildings. This time more room (space?) to put the batteries ! Mods are maybe not for purist but when they are "clean" , (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The Gallery - extreme lighting mod
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(...) One of our club members (Kenny Paul, BayLUG/LTC) has set up a similar kind of light show using standard LEGO parts only. Well, just the marquee part. Remember the fiber optic elements used in the UFO space sets? He put two of them together to (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | The Gallery - extreme lighting mod
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After a couple months work, I am proud to announce the latest mod from my scary laboratory... Jim Davis loaned me one of his MOC buildings to add few lights to. Little did I know it would end up with 41 lights in it! It's gonna make the rest of the (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | 3 new MOCs, one is a .space civilian MOC entry
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first, the entry for the .space civilian MOC entry, the Blue Angels Aerospace Acrobat for 2150 (just a stunt ship, so no weapons): (7 URLs) this is made from just 4402 Sea Riders (I just noticed my box says Motion Madness?!?!?) I originally tried (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | moc: warehouse loft conversion
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this urban renewal project sits on the corner of a main road and less well maintained side road (beware of pot holes - even though the road has been patched already). (URL) the owners have very modern tastes which suit loft living. they favour (...) (20 years ago, 27-Jun-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX) !!
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| | Re: The new town hall of myLegoland
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(...) Here there is the working link: (URL) Thank you, Didier, for your opinions. I will try to bring some of my creation (like the tram, this town hall and much others that you can see in my Brickshelf gallery or in my website) to an Italian (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jun-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.fr, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Statue of Liberty Pedestal for set 3450
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Hi Mark, I'm 'collecting' tan also for catle structures. I think it's an adequate choice for the red-sand like bricks they used in many (European?) castles anyway. About my Seven Wonders Project: I tend to go for Artemis or the Mausoleum. For both I (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | Re: Statue of Liberty Pedestal for set 3450
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Thanks Daan. With the color change of grey (and the fact that white fades quickly - my Union Station is already showing aging, although I think it improves the look), I think tan will probably take a higher place in my color choices for town (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | Re: The new town hall of myLegoland
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(...) Hi Bruce, thank you very much! It was hard to find a way to give the vertical grooves without use too much special parts (first I thought that I could use the 1x2 bricks with vertical groove). Luca (20 years ago, 26-Jun-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.fr, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Statue of Liberty Pedestal for set 3450
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Hello Mark Chan, I like your model a lot! Given the restrictions you yourself already mentioned, it's an eyecatching pedestrial. I might borrow some of your solutions in my 'seven wonders' project! I finished my pyramid and will start on one of the (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | MOC: Statue of Liberty Pedestal for set 3450
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I always wanted a Pedestal for the excellent 3450 Statue of Liberty model, and with the help of many BrickLink sellers, I was finally able to finish a version I had been planning for a while: (URL) were no CAD or other computer models used in the (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.announce.moc) !!
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| | The new town hall of myLegoland
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Hi to all! Today I'm happy to announce that I've finished the building of the new town hall (hotel de ville) of myLegoland. (URL) The idea was taken from the Hotel de Ville of Calais (in France... due to this fact, I've posted this message in the (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jun-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.fr, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | MOCs and models from June 2004 IndyLUG meeting.
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Sorry a few of the images are fuzzy. I had a fingerprint on the camera lens :( None of the featured MOCs are mine, but all are from IndyLUGgers. Post-moderation: (URL) lugnet.org.us.indylug (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.town, lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: Announcing new comprehensive book on Lego on CD.
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(...) Thanks for your feedback Eric. The problem with printing a book is that once it is printed, that is the final result. With a CD, I have a friend who is a computer wizzard (owns his own company) and plans on putting this together as a CD (even (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: KOHL'S clearance: combo Designer Sets (4047 & 4048) down to $12 (!)
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The Kohl's in Salem, NH has the same deal. 4047, 4048, and 4101 on clearance. They had a few of each set on the shelves, and after the discounts, it came to about $31 for 1 of each. -Eric (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.town, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Announcing new comprehensive book on Lego on CD.
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"Gary Istok" <istokg@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:HzJ6u0.1nG7@lugnet.com... (...) released (...) about 80% (...) most (...) Sounds cool. Could folks please reduce the crossposting though? I'm not sure discussion of this book needs to be in (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Announcing new comprehensive book on Lego on CD.
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Gary, This is great news. However since you're asking for feedback I hope you can take this into consideration. I would strongly prefer a printed version. In fact, I just discovered the printed 1974-2004 Playmobil collectors catalogue, and promptly (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Announcing new comprehensive book on Lego on CD.
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Gary Istok wrote: <announce impending CD snipped> Gary - I am very much looking forward to this CD/book, and thanks in advance for compending your knowledge of the hobby for the benefit of all. As an AFOL, the prospect of a new work of knowledge (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | KOHL'S clearance: combo Designer Sets (4047 & 4048) down to $12 (!)
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The Kohl's exclusives Ultimate Wheels and Mech Lab are on CLEARANCE (over 60% off) and are a great way to acquire some interesting parts in uncommon colors, some regular parts in regular colors, and some of the remaining grays! Various parts that (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jun-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.town, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Announcing new comprehensive book on Lego on CD.
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It sounds like a work of scholarship that is long awaited in English. Having translated some texts from foreign languages I surely appreciate not having to jump through hoops to make any sense. Can't Wait! Any thoughts on a companion to the above (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Traction Engine
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(...) Thanks Brian, yes it is a little small. The main reason I did it that small was so I could use those wheels. There's no bigger wheels (AFAIK) with spokes like that, and I think they make the model. ROSCO (20 years ago, 20-Jun-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Announcing new comprehensive book on Lego on CD.
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(...) <Snip> Gary, Outstanding! I've been dreaming of a book like this and can't wait to get a read. I got my first LEGO sets in the early 1960's and they didn't survive my younger siblings' abuse, alas, they are no more. So it will be great to see (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Announcing new comprehensive book on Lego on CD.
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That sounds like an awesome project and I would be interested in purchasing one when made available. I'm always looking in toy catalogs for old lego toys and their worth but haven't had any luck. I'm sure that much of the LUGNET community (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Announcing new comprehensive book on Lego on CD.
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Could you please say something in your reference about collector value being different in other parts of the world compaired to North Amerika? We would hate to see prices here being off as a result of what you are going to state in your "standard (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Announcing new comprehensive book on Lego on CD.
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(...) Sounds like a surefire winner. Am already excited to see it. Danny (20 years ago, 19-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Announcing new comprehensive book on Lego on CD.
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(...) Well thanks for the encouragement folks! The main reason that I came out with this information early was that I could get feedback from AFOLs. One possibility would be to give you folks an option, by coming out with both a book and a CD. Also (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Traction Engine
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(...) That looks very nice! I like it a lot. I think you've done an excellent job of capturing the essence of an old steam tractor. My only criticism is that it seems too small for minifigs. This page (URL) has some pictures (about 2/3 of the way (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jun-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Announcing new comprehensive book on Lego on CD.
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(...) Congrats Gary! Following up on Lindsay's question, if you do decide to make a .pdf available, within about 10 minutes you could have a book available on cafepress.com. Just upload the .pdf and cover graphics (JPGs) and you'll rake in free (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Announcing new comprehensive book on Lego on CD.
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(...) Hey, this sounds very interesting. As a Mac (not MAC) user, I am a bit curious about the format. Will it be a PDF? That would make the book available to people using any operating system. Also, what sort of price are you estimating? If the CD (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Announcing new comprehensive book on Lego on CD.
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(...) First of all, great idea. I hope this works out for you! You are doing the hobby a whole lot of good here! I do want to suggest though that you reconsider your above statement. There are some lines that came out after 1994 that are very (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Announcing new comprehensive book on Lego on CD.
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In lugnet.announce, Gerhard R. Istok wrote: --snip-- (...) -snip- (...) Wow Gary, sounds very interesting. Almost like a "must have" for AFOL's :-) Great work! I'll be looking for the announcement of where to order the CD. Mark "must have!" de Kock (20 years ago, 19-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Your project sound very interesting, but I would much rather have a printed version! (20 years ago, 19-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Announcing new comprehensive book on Lego on CD.
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(...) (snip) Wow, Gary. Just wow wowowowowow. I've been wondering "Where's Gary been?" and now I know. What a wonderful piece of news! I'm very, very interested. Are you going to .pdf the text, so that the interminable bibliophiles among us can (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Announcing new comprehensive book on Lego on CD.
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(...) (snip) (...) Good luck, Gary! I can't wait to get one (And I'm sure you meant "Bricklink";-) JOHN (20 years ago, 19-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
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| | Re: Announcing new comprehensive book on Lego on CD.
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(...) Now this I could use. Anything that can help me get a more accurate number to give to the insurance company is good :) Only problem is going to be converting from USD to AUD :) (20 years ago, 19-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Traction Engine
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(...) Oh how disappointing! Janey "Red Brick" (20 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Traction Engine
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(...) LOL. Actually Janey, I think she's showing him her camera. But I could be wrong.... ROSCO (20 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Traction Engine
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(...) Nicely done Rosco, great steamer! I like the grooved bricks as hay bales, but I have one question, what is that female fig and male fig on the back doing??? They arent kissing are they? Janey "Red Brick" (20 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Traction Engine
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...or steam tractor, whichever you prefer. (URL) I built this some time ago but never posted the final pics. The tyres on the rear wheels are made from slices of bicycle inner tube. All pics (URL) here> after moderation. Enjoy! ROSCO (20 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Brick Built Beasts volume 1
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Hi all, I've updated my catalog of brick-built-beasts with more creations. Again, please e-mail me (bnh at chem dot ucla dot edu) with any additions or corrections. Bruce (20 years ago, 15-Jun-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | 4852 alternate model
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I was lucky enough to find two copies of 4852 The Final Showdown on clearance ($12.99 ea.)!!! After building the set, I was intrigued by an alternate model shown on the back of the box of a drawbridge. I made the alternate and noticed that it really (...) (20 years ago, 15-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build)
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| | Mini-fig Scale Maersk Ship...
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Maersk ship fans, Here is my mini-fig version of the new Maersk ship! This ship uses parts from two 10152 sets and some brick from my oun collection. See this ship at future GFLTC Train shows and events in the state of Florida. (URL) Link: (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 15-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.boats, lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Second entry for TGBSLILA, a work in progress
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(...) Aaron, what area are you in? I'm sure there would be someone going somewhere near you on the way that could pick you up. ROSCO (20 years ago, 13-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Love to, if I can find transport (bit big to cycle with) (...) You would not believe how hard it is to make something look that bad. 3 atempts and I am still not happy with it. Aaron (20 years ago, 13-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.town, FTX)
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<snip> (...) Love to, but as I currently don't have access to a car, it may make that a little hard. (...) damn :) Aaron (20 years ago, 13-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) That is the eventual plan (in my dreams) (...) your to generous, I was thinking brown :) Aaron (20 years ago, 13-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: My growing town: Noppingen
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Ok, thats defently submitable! (URL) Go for tallest Building, modern... Josh (20 years ago, 12-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Second entry for TGBSLILA, a work in progress
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(...) Truly amazing, Aaron. I echo Martin's sentiments in hoping you can bring it to the MUGS meeting on Monday. Gets my vote for TGBSLILA - oh wait, I'm not a judge LOL ROSCO (20 years ago, 12-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Looks really great, is it comming to the QBD meeting on Monday so we can have a first hand look? (...) I would have thought federation square just required you to spill a pile of bricks out on the table :-P Martin (20 years ago, 12-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Second entry for TGBSLILA, a work in progress
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(...) Excellent work Aaron ! Unmistakable streetscape even to the occasional visitor. The 2 types of trams and 2 types of buses and the train station would be my favourite parts of your display. Something like this would go down well in a show open (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Second entry for TGBSLILA, a work in progress
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(...) snip (...) Wow! Incredible. Totally outstanding detail! I look forward to seeing the completed version. I wish there was some way I could convince you to bring that over to BrickFest this August. I hope you consider some progress pics along (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Second entry for TGBSLILA, a work in progress
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Please note, this is still a work in progress.. It all began over a year ago when Paul Baulch mentioned that maybe a city in microfig could be done. I ummmd and arrrd over this for a while, and came up with this (2 URLs) But what good is a tram, (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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| | Re: My growing town: Noppingen
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(...) Beautiful work Rainer! I lived in Dusseldorf for a year a while back and spent many days exploring Koln. Even though your town is called Noppingen, I do see the influence! Thank you for bring back many good memories! You really did a wonderful (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: My growing town: Noppingen
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(...) Hi Seth, thanks for stopping by! The grills are attached on one stud to a 2 x 6 plate which is vertically attached at the top of the window via two lampstones (those 1x1 mod bricks) Cars coming soon. I have to take some photos, maybe this (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: My growing town: Noppingen
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(...) Rainer, After looking around Noppingen, I'm very impressed. You've got some excellent and original ideas that culminate in a really lovely bit of a town. One question: how did you attach the 1x2 grill tiles used as window blinds in house #4? (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: My growing town: Noppingen
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(...) Great stuff! Your attention to detail is awesome...from the complex facades to the rain sewer grates in the gutter. One touch I really liked was the blinds and curtains behind a lot of the windows. I look forward to more! (...) Also nicely (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | My growing town: Noppingen
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Hi, I'm new to Lugnet and would like to show you my constantly growing LEGO town called "Noppingen": (URL) Click me, I'm a link!>> At the moment, I'm building a row of houses for the first street. More to come... If you like, you can also take a (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | COLTC Marcon show report
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About 10 days ago, COLTC displayed at Marcon 38. Despite the small layout, we managed to show quite a bit of new stuff. Another skyscraper (One Nationwide): (URL) a space Area: (URL) a Medieval Village: (URL) and a small town section under attack of (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jun-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX) !!
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| | New MOCs: 6-wide trucks
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Hi all, I posted some pics of a couple of town trucks I made. The first one, (URL) has steering wheels. Note the realistic angle of the wheels, achieved using two technic motorbike pivots: (URL) The trailer has working stand, moved through the spare (...) (20 years ago, 5-Jun-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | trading new 4032-IBERIA for 2x5120 used
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Hello all, (4 URLs) I have a 4032 set with IBERIA stickers to offer for trade. It is sold onboard only on IBERIA airlines for a limited period. I would like to trade it for two used 5120 technic-electric polarity inverters ((URL)). This special (...) (20 years ago, 5-Jun-04, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.town, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: New Airline Promo
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"Mike Walsh" <mike_walsh@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) SAS (...) [ ... snipped ... ] Replying to my own message ... My co-workers from Stockholm are in town today and brought with them one copy of the SAS (...) (20 years ago, 3-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.promo)
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| | BrickTopia - Futuristic Cargo Ship MOC
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This is a futuristic cargo ship that I made from the new Maersk set: (URL) are appreciated (20 years ago, 3-Jun-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Need inspiration for town buildings
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(...) A good book for fast food restaurants is (URL) Orange Roofs, Golden Arches>, by Phillip Langdon. I am consulting it for a series of micro-scale fast food joints I am working on. If you own a digital camera, I would recommend keeping it on your (...) (20 years ago, 30-May-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Need inspiration for town buildings
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Brian Kendig wrote in message ... (...) people (...) I second the suggestion to look at train club show pics. There's lots of good work out there. Just walking around and taking pics is very helpful too: I find myself looking at roofs a lot :-) The (...) (20 years ago, 30-May-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Need inspiration for town buildings
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(...) Well, Brian, check out the buildings from the under-construction TCLTC layout: (URL) Some are what I call "background buildings" (meant to be on the edge of the module and thus are thin to conserve space), and some are full sized. Hope they (...) (20 years ago, 29-May-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Need inspiration for town buildings
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Hear, hear. By all means go out and look around. Take some photos. When I started doing this, I could be anywhere and guessing how many bricks wide, high etc. something would be. (Of course you make crazy exaggerations as needed.) (20 years ago, 29-May-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Need inspiration for town buildings
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(...) I went through the same problem while our local train club converted my Mindstorms/Technic interest into a more general Lego town/train interest. Most of my initial inspiration came from browsing brickshelf's huge wealth of train show pics. So (...) (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | Need inspiration for town buildings
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I've been wanting to build buildings around my Lego railroad - not just open-backed buildings like are in most Lego sets, but buildings which look good from all directions. But I've been sadly suffering from an utter lack of inspiration. I could use (...) (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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