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| (...) Nice motel. Brings back memories of when we went down there, before we had any kids, and crammed as many people in one room as we could... Now you need to build a section of (URL) Morey's Piers> and a working Sea Dragon... (18 years ago, 30-Jun-06, to lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Wildwoods Doo Wop Motel
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| The summer weekends spent along the Jersey shore have been a constant getaway for my family when the kids were younger. We'd essentially drive down to the Wildwoods and stay at (URL) various motels> that lined up the beach. These motels had the (...) (18 years ago, 30-Jun-06, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | Storm drain puzzle / Keep Them Rolling
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| Hello All, First, a small quiz for you lot: Can you figure out what parts I've used to build the inlet grating of the storm drain seen in the following picture? And how I've attached those and the lid of the drain? (URL) I'm trust that many of you (...) (18 years ago, 29-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.fun, lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | New LEGO city at FAO Schwarz
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| Hi everybody! A few weeks ago, Dan Parker, Nathan Sawaya, and myself -- along with members from The LEGO Company -- unveiled a new LEGO display at FAO Schwarz in New York City. The minifig-scale city of "Bricktropolis" is built on a 6-foot (...) (18 years ago, 28-Jun-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny, FTX) !
| | | | | LDD to LDRAW Conversion Fixes
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| I've been tinkering with the "ldraw.xml" file in LEGO Digital Designer (LDD), and have come up with the following list of fixes for good LDD/LDRAW conversion. In case you hadn't already discovered, if you append ".ldr" to the end of the file name (...) (18 years ago, 28-Jun-06, to lugnet.cad.ldd, lugnet.lego, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.build) !!
| | | | | LDD Signal Box for Save 9V Trains Contest (and John Neal)
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| Here's an LDD model of a British railway signal box. (URL) Signal Box>>(URL) The roof layout comes from one at Oakham, theough the steps are turned around here and the door set back to allow for a wider view from the windows. The roof lifts off to (...) (18 years ago, 28-Jun-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | Scaffolding
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| Here's some scaffolding I made at the weekend. I'm mainly a spacey kind of guy, but I guess you could use this in a townie/train scenario. (2 URLs) Pete (18 years ago, 26-Jun-06, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
| | | | | Re: A Few Firehouses
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| (...) Thanks, Dave. Sorry for the late reply -- I am offline on the weekends and much of the day on Fridays. The firehouse "jlcreation" was inspired by a newer firehouse in The Bronx. Unfortunately, the firehouse was involved in scandal over the (...) (18 years ago, 26-Jun-06, to lugnet.town)
| | | | | ILTCO @ NMRA Nat'l Train Show Press release
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| Hi All, There has been a press release by the NMRA about our up and coming layout, thought I'd share it with you. (URL) more generic info on the show visit www.iltco.org and there is a news blurb and linked article with all the detailed information. (...) (18 years ago, 24-Jun-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.iltco)
| | | | | Another tram / light rail from Turin!
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| (URL) After my first attempt to build a tram from Turin ((URL)), I've decided to make another one in the same scale (1:37). The model I've chosen is the "Fiat ML 7000", a tram that I use very often. This tram is about 28 meter long and it is someway (...) (18 years ago, 24-Jun-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | Re: A Few Firehouses
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| (...) There is some great details in these building. I really like Picture "18". Those details at the top are great. I will have to borrow that design. I also really like how picture "jlcreation" has that cement block look. Very convincing. Keep up (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jun-06, to lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: My New Building MOC.
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| (...) I love the top. Great job! I use yellow for hidden parts of my buildings too. I like the mention of PAB in your write up. Glad to see a MOC that was heavily made possible by PAB. Very nice. Jonathan (18 years ago, 23-Jun-06, to lugnet.town)
| | | | | My New Building MOC.
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| Hello all, I just wanted to share with you my newest Town MOC. First a little back story on how this MOC came about. I had been messing around with making a 6 sided shape using 2x8 plates and 1x4 hinge plates. After building several disk, I stuck (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jun-06, to lugnet.town) !
| | | | | Several new MOC's
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| I have uploaded pictures of quite a few MOC's to a web picture gallery. Among them are: • A front-end loader and a dump truck at minifig scale with working technic mechanisms • Technic 6-legged walkers, a Technic vehicle that automatically circles a (...) (18 years ago, 22-Jun-06, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | BrickFest Bulletin: Town/Train Contests
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| (URL) Town/Train Contests Announced for BrickFest! The BrickFest Staff is happy to announce the Town and Train Competitions for BrickFest 2006: There will be 5 awards for train, and 5 for town. Train 1) Best Steam Engine-Themed MOC --Must be (...) (18 years ago, 21-Jun-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
| | | | | Re: A Few Firehouses
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| (...) Thanks, Mark. L8 is my second favorite! Thanks again, Jonathan (18 years ago, 13-Jun-06, to lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: A Few Firehouses
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| (...) Your buildings are amazing. I especially like 18.jpg. Wonderful job!! --Mark (18 years ago, 13-Jun-06, to lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: A Few Firehouses
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| (...) Thanks! E289/L138 is my favorite. It took a couple of attempts to get it to where it is now. The first version came out really large. It is the most recent firehouse I have built as well, though it has been built for about two years. I tried (...) (18 years ago, 12-Jun-06, to lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: A Few Firehouses
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| (...) Incredible work, Jonathan! I'm sitting here drooling over the realism, the amazing attention to detail and the SNOT construction methods - especially on E289/L138's firehouse. Just awesome. -Steven (18 years ago, 12-Jun-06, to lugnet.town)
| | | | | A Few Firehouses
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| I decided to put all my firehouses into one folder on brickshelf (though, I forgot to take photos of one of them). Here they are: (URL) Some have been seen before, some have minor adjustments to previous versions and a couple haven't been shown (...) (18 years ago, 12-Jun-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town) !
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