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  Re: Botanical Garden of "Steinford"
 
(...) Very nice! I particularly like the bars around the rose garden. The MOC's as a whole have a nice peaceful "gardeny" feel to them. David Gregory (19 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, FTX)
 
  Re: Bus Iveco Fiat 480.12.21 Turbocity from Turin, Italy
 
(...) Luca- You have created a superb MOC here! It is very faithful to the original, and the coloring looks really good. I also like your decals as well-- they really add a lot to the overall effect. My only suggestion would be to tile over the (...) (19 years ago, 30-May-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
 
  Bus Iveco Fiat 480.12.21 Turbocity from Turin, Italy
 
Hi to all! I'm happy to show you my last creation. This is my first town bus 8-wide built in the same scale of my tram (presented about one year ago: (URL) and (URL)) so that they can be put together into a town layout. The Fiat-Iveco 480.12 (...) (19 years ago, 30-May-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !! 
 
  Re: Cars by 'psytekk'
 
(...) Hi Bruce Those are my cars and my gallery and I am indeed Danish. I am very glad to hear that you like the cars. They are for a townmodule of the type we use in the danish LUG (URL) Byggepladen.dk> PS. This is actually my first post here (...) (19 years ago, 30-May-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
 
  Cars by 'psytekk'
 
Hi all, Anyone know who 'psytekk' is? They appear to be Danish (at least, they attended a Mindstorms event at the University of Aarhus). Anyway, they have a great little (URL) gallery of cars>. E.g.: (3 URLs) See the gallery for more. Bruce (19 years ago, 29-May-05, to lugnet.town, FTX) !! 
 
  Re: My First Mega-Vignette: Saloon
 
(...) Hi, and thankyou! I think the vignettes are very well done, and the pictures are excellent, what camera do you have? (I am looking for a new one) Taken one at a time the vigs give a fine overview of the dangers of wild west life, well composed (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.western, lugnet.town, FTX)
 
  Re: My MOCs: large scale jets, cars, and trucks
 
(...) Thank you for your compliments. Of course I like some of my MOCs better than others. I don't think anybody is as critical of my MOCs as I am myself. I am not quite content with some of my cars and the Winnebago, for instance, but the schoolbus (...) (19 years ago, 24-May-05, to lugnet.town)
 
  Village shop
 
Hi, here you can find few pictures of a village shop, as it was built in 70's-80's in my country. (URL) acknowledge it's nothing special but it's one of my larger MOCs after waking from my dark ages. I'd be glad for your comments on how to improve (...) (19 years ago, 22-May-05, to lugnet.town)
 
  The SPLTC Displays at the National Orange Show
 
The Southern Pacific LEGO® Train Club (SPLTC) is pleased to announce our upcoming appearance at the 90th National Orange Show Festival “A Slice of California” at the Orange Fairgrounds in San Bernardino, California. This will be the fourth (...) (19 years ago, 21-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.spltc, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.org.us.sandlug, lugnet.announce, lugnet.town) ! 
 
  Re: My MOCs: large scale jets, cars, and trucks
 
Hey, Nice stuff! It is the school bus that really catches my eye (all though all the MOCs are great...) maybe that says something about me? : ) Thanks for sharing and God Bless, Nathan (19 years ago, 20-May-05, to lugnet.town)
 
  Re: Checkers vignette
 
(...) lol i always had that slight idea too (19 years ago, 20-May-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.town, FTX)
 
  Re: Checkers vignette
 
(...) Oh yes, I meant to point that out. I intentionally cut the board size/complexity in half, for a couple of reasons (beyond the obvious one of 1x1 plates being a bit too big for minifig-scale checkers!). First, it seems to me that objects in (...) (19 years ago, 20-May-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.town, FTX)
 
  Re: Checkers vignette
 
(...) Kind of a small board/simple game they have going on! (...) Xposted to .town because this fits INTO a town scene. Which is a cool idea! I like the idea of vignettes that also go somewhere else... almost as much as I like composite vignettes (...) (19 years ago, 20-May-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.town, FTX)
 
  Re: My MOCs: large scale jets, cars, and trucks
 
(...) Thank you for the compliments. To answer your question: the models are static, though I tend to incorporate some working features. For instance, the wrecker's crane can be raised by turning a little wheel hidden behind a door and the (...) (19 years ago, 19-May-05, to lugnet.town)
 
  Re: My MOCs: large scale jets, cars, and trucks
 
(...) George, Glad to see that you like them. Those motorcycles are a lot of fun to build. They don't take too many pieces and the smallish scale forces me to get creative in using them. I am the most pleased with the police bike. I was able to give (...) (19 years ago, 19-May-05, to lugnet.town)
 
  Re: My MOCs: large scale jets, cars, and trucks
 
(...) A Chevy Corvair would indeed be nice. It has a very uncluttered and sleek look, but I'm not sure whether I could get a LEGO version to look sleek enough. I used to have an F-4 Phantom, a US Navy F-4S. I demolished it about five years ago in (...) (19 years ago, 19-May-05, to lugnet.town)
 
  Sato Plaza
 
Submitted for your entertainment, a futuristic city that hasn't lost touch with its distant past. Guest Starring: A Starsky & Hutch / Sleeping Beauty's coffin - styled aircar by Daniel Rubin. A snotty cherry blossom tree by (The) Bruce Lowell design (...) (19 years ago, 19-May-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle.ninja, FTX) !! 
 
  Re: My MOCs: large scale jets, cars, and trucks
 
(...) Ralph, These are great, it's wonderful to see how well you can model those vehicles without using too many of the newer pieces, some excellent SNOT work. I really liked the motorcycles, it's hard to capture such detail in a small size. Thanks, (...) (19 years ago, 19-May-05, to lugnet.town)
 
  Re: My MOCs: large scale jets, cars, and trucks
 
In lugnet.announce.moc, Ralph Savelsberg wrote: (snip) (...) I said it before: (URL) I'll say it again... this stuff rocks. I agree with the poster who opined "good enough for LEGOLand"!!! Are these all static or do any of them have motors? Thanks (...) (19 years ago, 18-May-05, to lugnet.town)
 
  Re: My MOCs: large scale jets, cars, and trucks
 
(...) through most of the other galleries. I will have to check those in more detail later- everything in there is so gorgeous that I can't even start to pick a favorite. I was hoping to find an F4 Phantom or a Corvair, but no go. While I have no (...) (19 years ago, 18-May-05, to lugnet.town)
 
  Re: My MOCs: large scale jets, cars, and trucks
 
(...) Thanks for the comments. That my MOCs would look good in Legoland is a major compliment. One of my inspirations were the pictures in the Ultimate LEGO book, and apparently that shows. I admire people for the creativity and often humour that (...) (19 years ago, 18-May-05, to lugnet.town)
 
  Re: My MOCs: large scale jets, cars, and trucks
 
(...) Well, I'll go ahead and say something - I really like your models! Lugnet often seems to prefer original creations, but I've always enjoyed modeling real-life vehicles like you've done, and done very well. You've quietly used a lot of advanced (...) (19 years ago, 18-May-05, to lugnet.town)
 
  Re: You think they would have learned the first time...
 
Great! Check this out in my Brickshelf folder... (URL) Bush (19 years ago, 17-May-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
 
  Re: IndyLUG at the 500 Festival Kids Day
 
(...) As a visitor I can testify it was a good show : ) . Especially the castle layout! God Bless, Nathan (19 years ago, 17-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
 
  Re: You think they would have learned the first time...
 
(...) Great job with good sense of humor! At least yours looks real!!! (...) Not at all like in the last picture of the link below! The montage is so gross! Looks so fake. Jean-Marc (...) (19 years ago, 17-May-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
 
  My First Mega-Vignette: Saloon
 
(2 URLs) Please let me know what you think! -- Nathan Wells (19 years ago, 17-May-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.western, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) ! 
 
  Shanty Town
 
(URL) place is made entirely out of broken, dirty, stained, bent, otherwise useless bricks, populated entirely by broken, loose, faded, melted, chewed on minifigs. It's an exploration into our idealic fantasies about making these imaginary places (...) (19 years ago, 16-May-05, to lugnet.town)  
 
  Re: You think they would have learned the first time...
 
In lugnet.announce.moc, Chris Caron wrote: SNIP (...) Super MOC. For those who haven't seen these pics before, the last one is a (URL) fake> -Rob. (...) (19 years ago, 16-May-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
 
  Re: You think they would have learned the first time...
 
I found this especially hilarious because when I first moved to Minnesota, the Parks Department was clearing a space for Ice Skating on one of the Twin Cities lakes with a bulldozer and when the ice broke and it fell in. To fish is out they brought (...) (19 years ago, 16-May-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
 
  IndyLUG at the 500 Festival Kids Day
 
Here's a few overall pics from our appearance at the Indy 500 Festival Kid's Day. It's a fast and furious show since we only have a few hours to get in and only one hour to get out. The show was open from noon to 4pm and they had over 30,000 people (...) (19 years ago, 16-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
 
  Re: You think they would have learned the first time...
 
LMFAO!!!!!! (19 years ago, 16-May-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
 
  M>ltc displays at Pakenham Model show
 
(URL) This past weekend, the Melbourne LEGO Train Club displayed a layout at the Pakenham Model Show. Our largest display to date, it was 24x9 baseplates, had 2 loops, mountain, tunnels, skyscraper, large station, town hall, church, and even a strip (...) (19 years ago, 16-May-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains.org.mltc, FTX)  
 
  The all-new LUGNET .Underground
 
Announcing the all new LUGNET .Underground page: ===...=== (2 URLs) The LEGO “Underground” theme seemed to have never quite reached it’s full potential... kind of like a ‘diamond in the rough’. I felt that the one official subtheme (Rock Raiders) (...) (19 years ago, 15-May-05, to lugnet.underground, lugnet.announce, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !! 
 
  Re: A Tree and a Tower
 
(...) I love the tree! I saw that on Brickshelf. I'm seriously considering building one to keep on my desk at work. Nice work! -Elroy (19 years ago, 15-May-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
 
  Re: A Tree and a Tower
 
Good going! For a moment there I thought you were having us on and that this pic (URL) was a render. (URL) (19 years ago, 15-May-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
 
  Re: Minifig Scale HUMMER H2 SUT
 
I like the fact that you kept it simple. It would be easy to aquire parts and build 4-5 of them quickly for a town scene. (19 years ago, 15-May-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, FTX)
 
  A Tree and a Tower
 
I finally got around to converting some of my CAD stuff into real world models. (2 URLs) Click the pics. Enjoy, Chris. (19 years ago, 15-May-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.town, FTX) ! 
 
  Re: You think they would have learned the first time...
 
(...) LoL Bonjour Chris, toujours aussi belle la moquette ;-) mais je me demande si t'aurais pas commencé à la fumer :D a+ Didier (19 years ago, 15-May-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
 
  SCLTC to exhibit its largest layout ever at 2005 Orange County Fair
 
SCLTC will be the featured LEGO and model railroading attraction at the 2005 Orange County Fair where the theme for 2005 is It's Calling You Out to Play. SCLTC will display its largest layout ever. Highlights will include: All DCC operation 6 (...) (19 years ago, 15-May-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.town, FTX) ! 
 
  People v. King of Pop
 
Hey all, Finally found a great use for those flesh toned figures... except you only really need one for this (thank heavens, for that ). I'll let you all figure out what is going on in the scene... (URL) Steve (19 years ago, 15-May-05, to lugnet.town)
 
  Re: You think they would have learned the first time...
 
In lugnet.announce.moc, Chris Caron wrote: SNIPPED (...) A very good one, Chris! I remember seeing this same series of pictures on steakandcheese.com many months ago. A very original idea very thoughtfully played out. Good going! Legoswami (19 years ago, 15-May-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
 
  Re: You think they would have learned the first time...
 
LOL! Really great work! God Bless, Nathan (19 years ago, 15-May-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
 
  Psycho!
 
Just when you thought it was safe to take a shower in a motel again... its Jaws, everyone run... no wait, I meant Norman Bates. (4 URLs) I'm not real fond of how the upstairs interior turned out, but I was running short on tan bricks. Steve (19 years ago, 14-May-05, to lugnet.town)  
 
  Re: Minifig Scale HUMMER H2 SUT
 
(...) Any chance you made instructions before you took it apart? I'd love to have a squad of those running around my personal LEGOland. David Gregory (19 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, FTX)
 
  Re: best way to support elevated plates?
 
(...) I’m working on some multi level displays with members of COLTC. Here is some ideas that I have come up with. The main thing was cost then sturdiness. I use 8x16 soccer bricks that were real cheap. Then place our Base plates on them. I have (...) (19 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, FTX)
 
  Re: Are these sets real?
 
(...) I would love to see a General Lee! There could also be some easy revenue for Lego if they get the set designed by August for the release of the new "The Dukes of Hazzard" film. Do you think the Confederate flag on top the car would pose a (...) (19 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.town)
 
  Re: best way to support elevated plates?
 
(...) If you have lots of spare 2x4 bricks, then you can use the same technique we used at the 2002 GETS show: (URL) does use *lots* of 2x4 brick, and a few others, and you have to be quite careful to not leave large fractures in the structure, but (...) (19 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
 
  Re: best way to support elevated plates?
 
(...) Joe- At SCLTC, we build tunnels and subterranean structures by stacking tables on top of each other using short legs and knobs bolted to the tops of the underlying tables. We haved stacked as tables as high as 5 levels in one place when (...) (19 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
 
  Re: best way to support elevated plates?
 
(...) Consider GMLTC lattice. Strong, light, made of common elements and modular in that it conforms to various heights well. XFUT lugnet.trains... a search with this string "GMLTC lattice" should find you a pic of it... (19 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: best way to support elevated plates?
 
For my town I took the arches from the SAH site. Imagine looking at the baseplate. I placed two going north, one going east and west on the front and then depending on where they are in the tunnel I may have a total of 8 arches two in each (...) (19 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
 
  best way to support elevated plates?
 
We're thinking about raising up half of our town, so that we can have the train run into a tunnel and be a subway train on the elevated half and a surface train on the other half (with the two halves joined by a hill). This will also allow us to (...) (19 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
 
  Re: Are these sets real?
 
(...) For the next batch of possible fake LEGO sets featuring cars from popular entertainment, I nominate the following: -- Orange Dodge Charger "General Lee" -- 1959 Cadillac Ambulance "Ghostbusters" car -- 1958 Red Plymouth Fury from movie (...) (19 years ago, 11-May-05, to lugnet.town)
 
  SCLTC FRRD 2005 Photos
 
Thomas has posted the first 127 photos of the May 7-8 SCLTC show at Fullerton Railroad Days at (URL). Here's some samples. (4 URLs) If you missed the chance to see the show in person, good news! The entire show, plus more, will also be at the 2005 (...) (19 years ago, 11-May-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.town, FTX) !! 
 
  Re: Are these sets real?
 
"Larry Pieniazek" <larry.(mylastname)@...e.DOT.com> wrote in message news:IGAMnG.21G6@lugnet.com... (...) worse (...) I agree wholeheartedly. While the color changes annoys me, I have moved on. The proliferation of click hinges bugs me though (...) (19 years ago, 11-May-05, to lugnet.town)
 
  Re: Are these sets real?
 
(...) Me either. I am guessing this won't get ME any new fans, but I think this change is worse than the gray/bley color change, actually. (19 years ago, 10-May-05, to lugnet.town)
 
  Re: Are these sets real?
 
"Rob Hendrix" <rob.removebeforesen...msltc.org> wrote in message news:IGA987.wDr@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) LEGO's (...) Has to be fake. The Delorean uses the fingered type windshield instead of the newer click hinge (yuch, yuch, (...) (19 years ago, 10-May-05, to lugnet.town)
 
  Re: Are these sets real?
 
"Scott E. Thomas" <bozeman1941@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:IG9p6v.101I@lugnet.com... (...) I vote fake based on the white clouded area around the main models. LEGO's racers in this series don't have that clouded area. We had a lengthy (...) (19 years ago, 10-May-05, to lugnet.town)
 
  Re: Are these sets real?
 
(...) Wow. If they're fakes, they're GOOD fakes. Given the fact that the 'canister' orientation varies between shots, and there's little bits of the side art we can't even see (like the blue/white whisp in the upper right of the 1st pictured (...) (19 years ago, 10-May-05, to lugnet.town)
 
  Re: Are these sets real?
 
(...) Oh, come on--you're never wrong. Well, just that one time. RE: Licensing; I believe you are correct. To my knowledge, Art Asylum currently holds the only brick-based construction toy (URL) license for Batman,> and this covers the comic book (...) (19 years ago, 10-May-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
 
  Re: Are these sets real?
 
(...) If I were guessing, I'd guess fake. LEGO previewed 4 new Racers tyre can sets at Toy Fair in NYC in Feb, and these weren't them. These have a lot of licensing prerequesites that just shout "not likely to have happened without fanfare" to me. (...) (19 years ago, 10-May-05, to lugnet.town)
 
  Are these sets real?
 
Hello all, I was checking out all the new files on Brickshelf and came across this folder: (URL) these sets fake or real? I checked the Lego S@H website with no matches found. Any help would be appreciated. Scott Member 718 (19 years ago, 10-May-05, to lugnet.town)
 
  Different versions of 9293 Community Workers?
 
I recently received a copy of 9293 Community Workers from Shop@Home, and the box has me curious about something. There is a sticker on the upper-right side of the box with the item number, piece count and bar code. The sticker also says Version: 29. (...) (19 years ago, 10-May-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.inv)
 
  Re: RalphS
 
(...) Yes, those are mine as well. I used to primarily build aircraft, but a few years ago I started building more and more cars and trucks and currently most of my LEGO goes into such things. I bought a digital camera two weeks ago and have started (...) (19 years ago, 9-May-05, to lugnet.town)
 
  Re: RalphS
 
(...) I'm assuming those large scale vehicles are yours too? (crown vic, old impala, car transporter, heavy wrecker etc) (URL) (cars) (URL) (trucks) (URL) (buses) (URL) (civic) Nice work. VERY nice work indeed. Xposted to lugnet.town and (...) (19 years ago, 9-May-05, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
 
  Call for Group Train/Town Layout at BrickFest™ 2005
 
Call for Group Train/Town Layout at BrickFest™ 2005 Once again we would like to extend an invitation to all individuals, LEGO® train clubs or clubs that organize other displays with trains in them to set up a display at BrickFest™ 2005. For those of (...) (19 years ago, 9-May-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.announce, FTX) !! 
 
  New Thomas trains are out, and 7344 Large Dump truck
 
I stopped by my local TRU, Mira Mesa/San Diego, on Tuesday and I think I stepped into a time warp. They had all 4 sets from the new (URL) DUPLO line >. As well as the new LEGO (URL) Large Dump Truck, 7344 >! Non of these show up on S@H or any other (...) (19 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.duplo, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
 
  Re: Scenes from Los Angeles
 
(...) Thanks for the kind words. Yeah, it's pretty much the same here. Actually, I think (URL) Jojo got the roofs better> by stepping the slopes up from eachother. Next time I do this sort of roof I'll probably do it that way. (...) Thanks. I was (...) (20 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
 
  Re: Scenes from Los Angeles
 
Neat scenes. I especially like the pueblito. You captured the look of the spanish tile very well! Back home in Texas, nearly every building on Randolph Air Force base has that style roof. Also some neat details in your city scene, especially the (...) (20 years ago, 1-May-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
 
  Re: Bulls Gardens
 
(...) All your stuff is great, but this is especially pleasing to the eye! The curved tan pieces that cover a 2x2 area right at the centre of your fountain, are they the standard 'well' pieces in tan? From some SW set you picked up for parts for (...) (20 years ago, 30-Apr-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, FTX)
 
  A visit from Henry
 
Hi all, Henry is a travelling mascot of classic-castle.com. He's spent the last couple of weeks with me. (URL) Here's an account of his visit>. (URL) PLMKWYT, Bruce (20 years ago, 30-Apr-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, FTX) ! 
 
  Scenes from Los Angeles
 
Hi all, A massive update to my site. I'm pleased to present (URL) scenes from Los Angeles>. (7 URLs) PLMKWYT, Bruce (20 years ago, 30-Apr-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, FTX) ! 
 
  Bulls Gardens
 
(URL) AC (20 years ago, 29-Apr-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) ! 
 
  Re: Mystery Set
 
(...) Do you mean this one? (URL) Similar but different number I know. If the set picture you have is different then maybe 1066 is an update of 1063, just as the community workers set has recently been updated in the Shop at Home catalogue. Mark (20 years ago, 27-Apr-05, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.town, FTX)
 
  Re: Sikorsky S-42 flying boat
 
(...) Whoops! Yep, it's in the Brickshelf Gallery. (20 years ago, 27-Apr-05, to lugnet.town)
 
  Re: Sikorsky S-42 flying boat
 
(...) Search what? Brickshelf? That was my guess, and this is what I found: (URL) it's you, nice work. If not, can you clarify where to search? (20 years ago, 27-Apr-05, to lugnet.town)
 
  Re: Sweep Building
 
(...) Good work with a very usual shaped building. I really like the mixture of old and new architecture. I'm also impressed that you built a building just to work with another member's creation/project. Jason Spears | (URL) House of Bricks> | (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 26-Apr-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.town, FTX)
 
  Sweep Building
 
Hi folks, Here's a new building I designed for the rtlToronto/train6m layout: (2 URLs) I hope you like it! Calum (20 years ago, 26-Apr-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, FTX) !! 
 
  Re: Cottage
 
(...) Thanks, the grill is my favorite detail as well; funny how a whole creative effort can produce/distill one gem in a larger MOC. Jeff (20 years ago, 26-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, FTX)
 
  Re: Cottage
 
Jeff: Wonderful little grill. Very inventive use of the white fence piece as the grate. Other great details are the hood using two low slope corner pieces and your use of four 1x2 dark gray tiles on each side to make it look like a tiled countertop. (...) (20 years ago, 26-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
 
  Re: New Fighter & car MOCs
 
(...) Wow! I'll take it as a high compliment comparing it to Classic Space! I was going to try to make it an updated open cockpit classic-space style, ship, & it ended up looking better with a canopy. The overall wedge shape & the flared engines in (...) (20 years ago, 26-Apr-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
 
  Re: New Fighter & car MOCs
 
Hello Jeff, I really like the small fighter! It looks like a Classic Space set that would have been updated! Cheers, JP. (20 years ago, 25-Apr-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
 
  Micro Cement Truck
 
a microscale cement truck from set 4096 Micro Wheels: (2 URLs) folder> post-mod Jeff (20 years ago, 22-Apr-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.town, FTX)
 
  Boxy jeep
 
Here's a boxy 'beefy jeep' I made from set 4100 Maximum Wheels; in retrospect, it looks more like the Honda Element: (URL) & I experimented with photographic instructions: (4 URLs) folder> post-mod Jeff (20 years ago, 22-Apr-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, FTX)  
 
  House & car
 
I made these a while back; nothing fantastic, but i liked the hinged roof & compact form of the car: (3 URLs) folder> post mod Jeff (20 years ago, 22-Apr-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, FTX)
 
  Cottage
 
I made a fully furnished cottage with set4886 Buildings: (URL) & for the yard, a BBQ: (2 URLs) folder> post-mod Jeff (20 years ago, 22-Apr-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, FTX)  
 
  New Fighter & car MOCs
 
Fighter made from set 4098 High Flyers: (2 URLs) folder> post mod Car made from 4096 Micro Wheels: (URL) Jeff (20 years ago, 22-Apr-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
 
  Re: Harbor crane / horse and cart
 
Hi Jacob, (...) But this is not my idea. To use theses tiles and plate, 1x1 with ring was an idea of "Jojo", one of the best of the german 1000steine-moccers. But I also like this very much. And it is easy to build - but hard to "invent". I only (...) (20 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
 
  Re: Harbor crane / horse and cart
 
(...) Nice work. (...) A very important model to have. :) I like the way you have made the horses pull the cart. Much better than the "official" way of doing it. Play well, Jacob (20 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, FTX)
 
  Fountain
 
(URL) AC (20 years ago, 17-Apr-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)  
 
  Re: Minifig-scale Motorcycle
 
In lugnet.announce.moc, Josh Jenkins wrote: Hey legohaulics! Here is a MOC of mine, a bike scaled well to a minifig. Motorcycles are one of the harder things to build in legos, and I think I captured it fairly well. The chopper does seat a minifig, (...) (20 years ago, 16-Apr-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
 
  Town Building Contests (was Re: Compromised Functionality on Lugnet and Brickshelf?)
 
Bruce Hietbrink wrote in message ... (...) Those were my responsibility, and I stopped mainly because there seemed to be so many contests going that there were now *too many*. The town contest pages still exist (yes, they are LUGNET member pages :) (...) (20 years ago, 15-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, lugnet.town)
 
  new moc: italian villa with aquarium pool
 
another hillside moc in the italian countryside, this villa represents building through the ages. the varied roof lines *might* bring to mind various outbuildings that were brought together under one roof, so to speak. this roof design was inspired (...) (20 years ago, 9-Apr-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX) !! 
 
  Re: Today's offer from JJ's furniture store: a rocking chair
 
(...) Very nice. How about doing the lattice one in white? Frank (20 years ago, 7-Apr-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
 
  Re: Indy 500 Speedway
 
(...) I haven't seen a lego Kangaroo yet so it may be difficult. Steve (20 years ago, 6-Apr-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
 
  Re: Indy 500 Speedway
 
(...) Jason, Thanks for the kind words on the tunnel to the infield parking. I struggled with how to realistic accomplish it until I came up with the idea to "fake it" with forced perspective. The closest estimate I have on the minifigs is about (...) (20 years ago, 6-Apr-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
 
  Re: Indy 500 Speedway
 
(...) Very cool. I like how you did forced perspective with the underground parking garage. How many figs did it take to fill the stands? Jason Spears | (URL) House of Bricks> | (URL) BrickCentral> | (URL) MichLUG> | (URL) CLB> (20 years ago, 6-Apr-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
 
  Re: Indy 500 Speedway
 
Not bad :) Now if only someone would build a lego model of Mount Panorama @ Bathurst :) (20 years ago, 6-Apr-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
 
  I just keep churning them out...
 
(2 URLs) Please let me know what you think! -- Nathan Wells (20 years ago, 6-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.fun, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)  
 
  Indy 500 Speedway
 
I'm getting close to completing this lil' project and I thought I would submit it to the discussion on compressionism. :-) Since the real track is 2.5 miles in length and sets on a 320 acre tract of land it was necessary to scale a few things down. (...) (20 years ago, 6-Apr-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)  
 
  Re: VERY cool car by PLUG---instructions?
 
In lugnet.build, Sergio Miguel Antunes wrote: SNIP Sérgio. Thank you SO MUCH for posting! This car is GREAT!! I even bought 2 of the 'Flame Glider' orange racers yesterday, just on the chance you would post, & I was thrilled when I checked Lugnet & (...) (20 years ago, 5-Apr-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, FTX)


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