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| (...) Yep, I try to hit as many garage sales as possible! :) -Brandon (19 years ago, 3-Aug-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Delurking and a new MOC
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| (...) Welcome to Lugnet! Your BS folder is pretty impressive. Even more impressive is the collection you seem to have amassed at age 14, including some CS pieces that haven't been produced in your lifetime! Since I'm from the area, I can only assume (...) (19 years ago, 3-Aug-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Delurking and a new MOC
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| (...) Cool stuff man! It's amazing mow much detail you squeezed into one baseplate. I look forward to seeing the updated version at Brickfest. see you there, OnDrew (19 years ago, 3-Aug-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Delurking and a new MOC
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| (...) Welcome! (...) Happy to see there are others in (URL) age group who enjoy the hobby as much as I do. (...) Looks good. I am realy no judge of large structures I just don't have enough basic bricks to efectivly pull them off my self. (...) (19 years ago, 3-Aug-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Hazmat response
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| Very nice! The overall shape of the truck is just "right." I second the other post - how 'bout a website, or at least some CAD instructions? :-) James Wilson Dallas, TX (19 years ago, 3-Aug-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Hazmat response
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| Hi Steven I am still a big fan of your emergency services MOCs. When are you going to build a website to showcase them? ;) Chris (19 years ago, 3-Aug-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Hazmat response
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| Very nice! I took a quick look at everything in your Brickshelf folder and it's all good. :-) I also love the background of the city that's in most of the shots. Jeff (19 years ago, 3-Aug-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Re: COLTC Display at the Ohio State Fair in Columbus, Ohio
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| Thanks for the heads up! Jeff (19 years ago, 3-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | COLTC Display at the Ohio State Fair in Columbus, Ohio
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| Hello, COLTC is currently displaying at the Ohio State Fair in Columbus, Ohio. The Fair runs from August 3rd thru August 14th and is open 9am to 9pm most days. We are in the DiSalle Arts & Crafts Building. Our display consists of a 12.5 x 20ft multi (...) (19 years ago, 3-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
| | | | | Re: Hazmat response
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| I like the models! there so detailed and look like the real picture. great job -FLIP- (19 years ago, 3-Aug-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Delurking and a new MOC
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| Hello! I have been reading LUGNET™ for quite some time now but haven't posted until now. I am 14 years old and live in Vienna, VA. I mainly build town creations and have attended a couple WAMALUG meetings. For your review, I have my latest MOC, a (...) (19 years ago, 3-Aug-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc) !
| | | | | Hazmat response
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| I recently uploaded a new photo of Lego firefighters with their hazardous materials truck. The firefighters are wearing blue hazmat suits. (URL) > (URL) >> In the past two weeks, I've also uploaded new photos of (URL) Engine 5> (URL) Air and (...) (19 years ago, 2-Aug-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, FTX) !
| | | | | Sign Posts
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| We are expanding our town and looking forward to 'streets'. Any suggestions for making corner street name signs and posts. We have 'stop lights', but want to customize our town with street signs. Thanks, Don (19 years ago, 1-Aug-05, to lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Train and Town @ BrickFest
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| You won't have to run the trains with the MOC cards stuck to them... although that might be fun! It if they are sitting in the yard etc... Did I your understand the queston right ? SteveB (...) (19 years ago, 28-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Train and Town @ BrickFest
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| (...) Hi Steve, I am actually going to BrickFest this year, "Yeah, for me." I am slightly confused by your post. Can models that are on display with MOC Cards be run on the layout? If things can be run on the layout, what kind of clearance are we (...) (19 years ago, 28-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: The LEGO Revival Survey
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| This is my final plea and I will be silent about this (I will post the results though) from now on. Lugnet isn't filled with little children. There are thousands, I think, of members here who have jobs, families, children, spouses and other things (...) (19 years ago, 28-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.sports, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.western)
| | | | | kadee coupler questioner
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| Hey all, Over the past 3 weeks or so I have been talking with Kadee quality products about the possibilities of making fully functional Magne-Matic couplers for Lego trains. They have kindly asked me to gather some data from you concerning this (...) (19 years ago, 28-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.town) !
| | | | | Ocean HQ & vehicles
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| I made 5 mocs (all together, not one-@-a-time), all minifig scale with just set 4888 Ocean Odyssey: the first thing i made is a sea-bed rover/sub: (URL) interior: (2 URLs) then a HQ building (on stilts above sea level): (URL) then a fighter/scout (...) (19 years ago, 27-Jul-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.space, lugnet.aquazone, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Brisbane CityCat Ferry
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| (...) Thanks Anita, its New Farm actually (opposite side of the river). I use to live somewhere there. I forgot to say yesterday (I forgot everything yesterday) but nice job on the smurfs. Its a great model. It really looks so cute. Tim (19 years ago, 27-Jul-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Brisbane CityCat Ferry
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| (...) Excellent Job on the Citycat, it looks brilliant. Is that Kangaroo Point in the background? Anita (19 years ago, 27-Jul-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Build the trust, what are YOU building??
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| So far, only 4-5 people have posted what they are building. Can I assume all other do not want to tell? Come on.... As posted before, it would be pretty weird to have 8 copies of, for instance, the Robie house, and not a single one of something (...) (19 years ago, 27-Jul-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Brisbane CityCat Ferry
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| Dear all, I finally finished a project I've been working on and off for quite a while now. In my home city of Brisbane we have quite a large and windy river. The City Council operate a very useful and very enjoyable set of high speed catamaran (...) (19 years ago, 27-Jul-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.cad, lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Corgo loading crane, and cargo ship
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| The SCLTC has been showing a layout at the Orange County Fair in Southern California, and just posted some images. And I wanted to point out a couple of my MOCs. The first is a cargo loading crane. I threw this togather in an evening just before the (...) (19 years ago, 27-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.sandlug, lugnet.boats, lugnet.town, FTX) !
| | | | | Re: Felucia Scout Patrol
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| (...) You probably meant tan baseplates? I have both green and tan but are currently in use with my previous works. This is just the start of something I'm planning for a bigger scene. Thanks. Ac (19 years ago, 23-Jul-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Looing for stickers for 590 "Engine Co. No. 9" and 377 "Shell Station"
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| I was hoping someone could help me find where I can either buy the decals or get some scans of the decals for the 1979 red fire station (Set 590), "Engine Co. No. 9". I've got most of the decals I need for the #377 Shell Station from 1978 with the (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jul-05, to lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: The LEGO Revival Survey
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| I know this is posted to many many groups, but I really need people from all interests to help take this survey. There are so many members here at Lugnet yet I feared too few ever check the home page or .general. So, I plea with all of you to allow (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.sports, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.western)
| | | | | Re: Felucia Scout Patrol
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| All those flowers look really nice on the scenery. However, the grey ground provides some unnatural look. Have you considered using brown baseplates? Or, as they are hard to find, some sort of green ones? Regards, Chris (19 years ago, 21-Jul-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Felucia Scout Patrol
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| Felucia was a world teeming with fungal life-forms and immense primitive plants. Beneath the hazy canopies of the enormous pitcher plants and leafy growths is a surreal color-drenched landscape where an infantry unit of Republic scouts are on (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jul-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | Re: BrickTopia - Airport (MOC)
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| (...) Thanks - It has taken me years to get that many of the trans-blue 1x6x9 curved "paradisa" windows. As far as I know, these only came in one set (an airport set from a while back). I don't even have one copy of this set, but I used 32 of these (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jul-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Re: BrickTopia - Airport (MOC)
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| (...) Thanks I agonized for quite a while about the control tower. I was going to use a bunch of 1x6x9 "paradisa" clear-curved panels (actually from Breezeway Cafe) turned on their side, but I just couldn't come up with a design that I was happy (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jul-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Re: BrickTopia - Airport (MOC)
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| (...) Thanks for the compliments. The tip of the tower is a TIE Interceptor brasso'd with four 4x4x6 smoke-clear curved panels supporting it. Brad (19 years ago, 21-Jul-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Re: BrickTopia - Airport (MOC)
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| (...) Thanks for the feedback - I agree that this building isn't quite as focused as my previous work. In this case I was challenged by the size of the building (and thus the time and effort to build it) as well as the lack of time due to my kids. (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jul-05, to lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: BrickTopia - Airport (MOC)
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| Awesome! I LOVE this MOC. I love how so many large pieces are used to great effect such as the dark gray exploriens cockpits. One question I have: the large clear smoke tinted dome at the tip of the tower. Is that an actual part, or was a TIE (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jul-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Re: BrickTopia - Airport (MOC)
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| Hello Brad! I was waiting for your next project. I have always been a huge fan of your works. Bricktopia is a source of inspiration for me when i build. I have to say that I don't think your airport is as good as your previous works. To me, it seems (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jul-05, to lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: BrickTopia - Airport (MOC)
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| Its good to see you back, I was wondering whether I had missed some Bricktopia stuff only last week! Its nice to know its a good reason that has kept you busy. Definatly another one in your classic style, I'll have to spend some time checking out (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Re: BrickTopia - Airport (MOC)
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| Wow, Brad Hamilton is alive! This airport looks to be one of your most ambitious projects to date, very impressive. I am particularly impressed by the design of your controller tower. Would love to see it live! Scott (19 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Hangar with "Sal Colibri"
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| We are working on a test suite for various kinds of 3D displays, and I was asked to set up a LEGO scene for demonstrating some 3D display properties. Here's what I came up with: (URL) of you have probably seen the hangar (earlier presented as a (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: BrickTopia - Airport (MOC)
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| Congrats on your kid! I, at least, had wondered what happened to BrickTopia. You're buildings are always a treat to see and this is no exception. It's so curvy-cool. My favorite parts are the crane arch overlays on the top skylights, and the (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Re: BrickTopia - Airport (MOC)
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| Oops - The correct link to more pictures is: (URL) (19 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | BrickTopia - Airport (MOC)
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| This is a fairly massive airport that I built: (URL) For more pictures, try the following link: (URL) Feedback is appreciated. Note: For those that are interested, I used to be fairly active in Lugnet, but with the birth of my second son, I've had (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, FTX) !!
| | | | | Felucia WIP
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| Dropped by a Lego store last week during my lunch break and saw (URL) these> marked down from 25% up to 50% off. I'd normally wouldn't even pay attention to these except that an idea for a Felucia scene hit me! Here's what I've managed to get done (...) (19 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | Train and Town @ BrickFest
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| Hi All, Well as we get to within 4 weeks of BrickFest the building frenzy begins. As usual we will have a train layout (with some room for train MOCs) and a separate area for Train and Town MOCs if we have an over flow (which is a good thing!). It (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town) !
| | | | | ParLUGment's summer gift exchange
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| Hello everyone Some of you may remember that ParLUGment held a "secret Santa" gift exchange back in December of 2004. Everyone seemed to have a good time, so we decided to do it again. Being too impatient to wait 12 months, we came up with the idea (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jul-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.town) !
| | | | | MOC: Gantry Crane
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| I built this a fair while ago, but never posted it anywhere. Click the pic. (URL) Enjoy!! ROSCO (19 years ago, 15-Jul-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Re: A Day at the Zoo
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| (...) These are neat, but I like the monkey one best. I wish I'd seen it earlier- that one gave me a great idea for a Joe Vig vignette, but I won't be able to finish it in time for the contest. -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com (19 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.build, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.town)
| | | | | ILTCO at National Train Show
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| Well, we did it!!!! 70+ AFOLs from 13 clubs and the CUT team build a 50-70 foot Lego display at the National Train Show in Cincinnati. It took approx. 750 (wo)man-hours to build. It will be impossible to describe in words how much fun it was, but we (...) (19 years ago, 11-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.events, lugnet.town) !!
| | | | | Re: ParLUGment Canada Day Display
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| (...) Chris, as the person who 'funded' the railway construction and the mill, I can confidently say that the track is planned to turn away from the mill without risk it or the surrounding environment. ;-) Thanks, Jude (19 years ago, 9-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: ParLUGment Canada Day Display
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| (...) That would be Deborah Higdon-LeBlond... :) (...) Deborah's on vacation for a bit, so you may have to wait for anything direct from her. The Italian villa is already online in her Brickshelf account, though. (URL) Black (who was a rooftop (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: ParLUGment Canada Day Display
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| (...) about skylights? :-) Saves on roof bricks, though. I like the use of the grey/clear door panel for the roof hatch. Vegetation - very well done. Can you provide some closeups of some of the bushes and stuff? Also the top of the villa? I want to (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Chess In The Park
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| (URL) Deeplink: (URL) Folder when public: (URL) Please let me know what you think! -- Nathan Wells (19 years ago, 9-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | Re: ParLUGment Canada Day Display
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| Here are some pictures from the event. When moderated: (4 URLs) (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
| | | | | A Day at the Zoo
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| Hey all, Had an idea for a series of vignettes tonight as I was getting ready for bed... Thought I'd just do one, then decided to do too, and when all was said and done, I had three. Here's the result: The Monkey Cage: (URL) The Reptile House (Part (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.build, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.town)
| | | | | He was the perfect weapon...until he became the target...
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| (URL) The Bourne Identity (URL) Folder when public: (URL) -- Nathan Wells (19 years ago, 8-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | SCLTC opens at the Orange County Fair!
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| The Southern California LEGO Train Club's first ever run at the at 2005 Orange County Fair begins today. SCLTC is providing four separate attractions consisting of two displays and two building events: A train layout A flag building record attempt (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jul-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.loc.us.ca, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
| | | | | Re: Hotel Coral Essex
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| (...) Hey Jason, Thanks for the comments! I will take more pics soon. The back is pretty unadorned. All I have on back is a fire escape and a loading dock for the hotel. I threw this one together pretty quickly for the show and wasn't able to get (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jul-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Hotel Coral Essex
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| (...) Very nice. I was admiring it in the SPLTC event pictures. Excellent layering of detail pieces. Are more pictures coming of this? It's hard to see the sides and no pictures of the back. Jason Spears | (URL) BrickShelf Gallery> | (URL) MichLUG> (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jul-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | SCLTC Goes Red, White, and Blue (200,000 times)!
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| SCLTC will manage the construction of the world's largest United States flag made entirely of LEGO bricks at the 2005 Orange County Fair. Members of the public are invited to participate in this record breaking attempt to create a flag 12 feet long (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jul-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.loc.us.ca, lugnet.town, FTX) !
| | | | | Four new vignettes
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| Hey all, Four new vigs: (URL) Fix> (2 URLs) Joe> (URL) Recreation of the Buster Keaton stunt. Also, my first animated gif! (3 URLs) Joe stops by the saloon for a drink.> (URL) Hope you enjoy. Bruce (19 years ago, 30-Jun-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.western, lugnet.build.vignette, FTX) !
| | | | | A New Vig: "Over The Edge"
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| (URL) That guy in the privy is in deep doo-doo. Some more pics: (2 URLs) And gallery when public: (URL) Please let me know what you think! -- Nathan Wells (19 years ago, 30-Jun-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.town, lugnet.fun, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | Re: MOC Chess Set
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| (...) I like the chess set as well, but I share Matt's concern. Onsolution would be to magnatize the pieces and board. I'd put a very small, but strong, magnet under each tile (URL). And the same or a slightly larger magnet in each peice (URL) or (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jun-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Stretch out with your feelings, Luke and Chain Gang
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| Hi all, Two new vigs, in Star Wars and Town themes: (URL) out with your feelings, Luke> (2 URLs) Gang> (URL) (Click the pics for more.) PLMKWYT, Bruce (19 years ago, 29-Jun-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.vignette, FTX) !
| | | | | Re: MOC Chess Set
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| (...) Not too critical - OK, I'll start with a minor criticisim that the pieces seem to big for easy play with the board, but I haven't played it so I wouldn't know for sure. Other than that, this is the nicest Lego chess set I have ever seen, and I (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jun-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | NMRA show in 1 week!!
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| In exactly 7 days, no less than 70 AFOLs will begin construction on the ILTCO layout at the National Train Show of the National Model Railroad Association. The NTS will be held in the Cinergy center in Cincinnati, OH. Address: 525 Elm Street, (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jun-05, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.oh)
| | | | | MOC: Have the Pope visit your layout in his Pope Mobile
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| Hey, Just saw the Pope Mobile on the news the other night and spent less than hour putting a Lego model together. The result is pretty nice, although it might seem a bit big for minifig scale: (URL) See (URL) the entire folder> on brickshelf. I've (...) (19 years ago, 25-Jun-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.dk, FTX) !!
| | | | | It's coming (new hint daily)
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| Hi- SCLTC is up to something big. We will post a hint daily. You are invited to guess what we are doing. If, by chance, you know what we're doing, then it would not be a guess for you to respond here. Have fun! -Ted Michon SCLTC (19 years ago, 19-Jun-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.loc.us.ca, lugnet.town, FTX) !
| | | | | Re: Armitage Hotel
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| (...) I still need to add some more store detail to this hotel and almost all of my other buildings are baren inside as well. I saw the inside of your bank, looks very nice. (...) Hmm, that certainly would add something. Guess I'll sell a car to (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jun-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Armitage Hotel
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| (...) Thanks! Well you could stop by at the house, it's not even out of your way. Otherwise we need to do another event at (URL) CKM>. Maybe August time frame? Jason Spears | (URL) BrickShelf Gallery> | (URL) MichLUG> | (URL) CLB> (19 years ago, 16-Jun-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.org.us.michlug, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Armitage Hotel
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| (...) Great hotel! (I never thought it was a fire station - I have never seen a 8 story fire station). I like the gray and red color scheme. I also like the storefront style displays that help to add life to the model (something I need to work on (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jun-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | All Kinds of Structures (A.K.o.S.)
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| This is my first post here. I would like to announce a standard I've been working on. All Kinds of Structures (A.K.o.S.) The purpose of this standard is to define a modular block-based building method for building towns. Modules can be squares or (...) (19 years ago, 15-Jun-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.build, FTX) !
| | | | | Re: MAN Midibus in city scale with opening doors
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| (...) (URL) Thank you really much, Tim. The door system is simple when it is done! You're right! But this wasn't the only difficulty I found. Even the wheels needed a lot of work in order to make them proportionate to the rest of the bus which has a (...) (19 years ago, 15-Jun-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Re: MAN Midibus in city scale with opening doors
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| That is definatly my favorite MOC of the year. I love it when a design with clever working details also looks just right, especially when it is all done in a compact space. That door design is brilliant in its simplicity (not that I think it was (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jun-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Armitage Hotel
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| I'd go with a roof sign for now. Maybe you could even put some real lighted bricks on it! BTW.. love the hotel. Hope to see it in person soon. John (19 years ago, 14-Jun-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Re: MAN Midibus in city scale with opening doors
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| (...) Luca, the bus looks great, I think I'll try making one. I'm reposting to .trains as well. It's not a train, but it would go nicely withe a town layout, and the mirrior and door technique could be usefel for some types of train. Mat (19 years ago, 14-Jun-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Armitage Hotel
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| (...) Well, you see, I had (URL) book>... (...) Thanks! I'm not even sure why, but so far, I've avoided marquees. I guess I should try building one and see if I like it. The rooftop sign idea, I like a lot, as I've been meaning to make some (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jun-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Armitage Hotel
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| (...) Very nice! Good sources of inspiration :) A sign with the hotel's name couldn't hurt. I built a sign into a side wall of my Hotel Columbia that seems to get the point across (althought that one isn't red). A large rooftop sign would be neato, (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jun-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Armitage Hotel
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| (...) Hmm.. that's a good point. If this building makes it to another event, I'm going to query folks who make the "firehouse" comment and see if I can see what they see. (...) Thanks! (...) I know Chris Leach frequently has a firehouse on the (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jun-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Re: MAN Midibus in city scale with opening doors
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| (...) Yes, very clever SNOT work on the doors! It avoids a lot of tiles and works just great... I think I may need to copy some aspects of that on my next bus... -Matt :) (19 years ago, 14-Jun-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Armitage Hotel
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| (...) I knew I recognized your name... .Castle has been quiet too long... I remember some of your MOCs with fondness, especially the bookstore! On a completely random note. As I was taking apart Cliffton I noticed how heavy the different pieces (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jun-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Armitage Hotel
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| (...) I am wondering if people are noticing the huge red windows (made of classic 1x2x2 windows) and mistaking them for bay doors? Depending on their line of sight, maybe the street level shops are out of view? We have some big firehouses here in (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jun-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Armitage Hotel
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| (...) I've done more in castle than in town, actually. (URL) And even with castle there is room for strange interpretations. I've heard a lot of "Is this supposed to be something from Lord of the Rings?" Specifically when they are look at scene (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jun-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, FTX)
| | | | | Re: MAN Midibus in city scale with opening doors
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| (...) Depends on the horsepower! (yes, I liked the bus too...) (19 years ago, 13-Jun-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Re: MAN Midibus in city scale with opening doors
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| (...) I'm glad you find it very nice! Have you seen the brickshelf folder? There are 2 close-up of the door system. I hope it is clear to understand how it works, or not? Bye, Luca (19 years ago, 13-Jun-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| (...) Thank you really much! I could build a castle bus for king Leo... what would you say? ;-) Bye, Luca (19 years ago, 13-Jun-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Armitage Hotel
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| (...) Perhaps you could try Castles... they're relatively self explanotory : ) A porter or two obviously placed and an airport shuttle may help... ; ) God Bless, Nathan (19 years ago, 13-Jun-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Armitage Hotel
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| (...) That color scheme, which I agree is nice, also apparently means "firehouse" to the mundanes. At every show it's been to, I hear someone in the crowd say something about the "firestation". Despite the lack of bay doors, and the shops on the (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jun-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | The Sideshow
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| Barker Bob: (URL) "Ladies and Gentlemen... Presenting to you, from the far corners of the World... The Strange, The Unusual, The Bizarre! Magnificent examples of the almost minifig. Come one, come all! And, enter if you dare!" "From parts unknown, (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jun-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
| | | | | Endcap Pizzeria
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| Hi guys, Here's something I built recently for the rtlToronto layout: (URL) I hope you guys like it! Thanks to Derek who let me have the "land" in his section of town. Calum (19 years ago, 13-Jun-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Armitage Hotel
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| Oh my goodness, that is fantastic. Wow! e (19 years ago, 12-Jun-05, to lugnet.town)
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| This is really nice. It has an attractive colour scheme and a certain 'elegance' to it. It is this type of MOC that make me think I'll have to build town one day... Thanks for sharing and God Bless, Nathan (19 years ago, 12-Jun-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Armitage Hotel
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| (URL) I'm happy to present the Armitage Hotel. I had this completed back in Feburary, but alas, I'm really slow to get pictures taken. In fact, I still haven't had a deticated photo shoot. But I grabbed pictures from the various layouts it's been in (...) (19 years ago, 12-Jun-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.org.us.michlug, FTX) !!
| | | | | KCCUSA Summer Block Party
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| (URL) 5 statues together>> As promised in this (URL) teaser> thread... I am happy to (at long last) announce that Milton Train Works™ has been, as overall contractor, with significant help from members of MichLUG, working in partnership with (...) (19 years ago, 12-Jun-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.aquazone, FTX) !!
| | | | | Re: MAN Midibus in city scale with opening doors
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| Even after my usual 'I am not a townie...' disclaimer, this is really great! I am very impressed with the scale and compact nature of the detail... I pay you the highest compliment at my disposal: You should build castle ; ) God Bless, Nathan (19 years ago, 12-Jun-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| (...) Very nice - looks just like the real thing. Nice use of stickers too. And I like your rear view mirror on the side. I'll check back again when the brickshelf folder is public to see how you did the doors... -Matt :) (19 years ago, 11-Jun-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | MAN Midibus in city scale with opening doors
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| Hi to all!!! I’m very happy to show you my last town creation. I've built a little town bus fit for the Lego City scale, because it is 6 studs wide and about 6 bricks high. This is the newest model which will be part of the public transport system (...) (19 years ago, 11-Jun-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | House on the Oasis
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| I have finally finished something ;) Page 1: (URL) Page 2: (URL) 3: (URL) I saw the brochure for the house, I wanted to see what it would look like and also in LEGO ;) I loved the idea of so much surrounding water and the spaciousness of the house. (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jun-05, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town) !!
| | | | | BrickFest Hosts the “Build the Trust” Adult LEGO Enthusiast’s Model Contest
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| BrickFest Hosts the “Build the Trust” Adult LEGO Enthusiast’s Model Contest The BrickFest Team is proud to announce its participation in celebrating the LEGO Group’s 50th anniversary of its System of Play by hosting a competition for the adult LEGO (...) (19 years ago, 3-Jun-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.general, lugnet.town) !!
| | | | | ILTCO at the National NMRA convention in Cincinnati, July 2005
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| ILTCO would like to invite everyone to come see the largest LEGO train layout ever (~50 x 70 feet, or well over 15 x 20 meters) at the National Model Railroad Association (NMRA) National Train Show, July 7-9, 2005 in Cincinnati!!!! The show is open (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town) !!
| | | | | Re: Bus Iveco Fiat 480.12.21 Turbocity from Turin, Italy
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| (...) Thank you John for your suggestion! Tile the whole roof would be really nice if Lego would produce the 8x16 light gray tile (at this time there are available only in red and black). If I would use a lot of 1x8 tile the final effect woudn't (...) (19 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Cars by 'psytekk'
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| (...) If you mean the wheel arches, they are from the new City sets (new for 2005) (19 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Cars by 'psytekk'
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| (...) Welcome! Your work is beautiful. I love it! A question: I don't recognize one of the elements you use. It's the wheel-hubs on SUVs. Where is that part from? -Suz (19 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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