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(...) All fabulous, as always. Have you considered trying one of the 4 plate high windscreens for the brush truck and the NYPD ESU truck? I am wondering if it might look more prototypical? Here is some food for inspiration for another addition to (...) (18 years ago, 6-Sep-06, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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I've just uploaded photos of two new minifig-scale rescue vehicle replicas. On both vehicles, I have bricks going in almost all directions (upside down, sideways). Both also have 1/2 brick offsets with the cab of the trucks 6-wide and the body (...) (18 years ago, 5-Sep-06, to lugnet.town, FTX) !
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Hi Erik, (...) Actually wasn't much improvement. It was too earthy and not washed out enough. Light yellow would be perfect but it has too limited a range of plates. (...) Do you think it would be worth sacrificing the horizontal lines for this? I (...) (18 years ago, 5-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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(...) Nice job Tim. The improvements I imagine : Colors : replace yellow by tan. The colors must be washed out. When I look the original picture, the first thing which comes to me is the vertical lines, resulting of the rust which flown. I will (...) (18 years ago, 5-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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(...) Its getting there but I think you (I?) have set yourself an impossible task. Maybe some grey and bley and brown and brrown combos would help? One small thing tho, its not a freight car, its a loco! Tim (18 years ago, 5-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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My first (in years) MOC built out of bricks without (almost...) CAD. A little corporate chopper from the near future. (2 URLs) BS> (URL) Flickr> Tim (18 years ago, 5-Sep-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, FTX)
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Hi all, Knowing I have an interest in dirty models, Tim David told me to build (URL) this> well kept delight. I'm relatively pleasedish with what I made but would be interested in hearing other peoples ideas on how to improve it as I know it's far (...) (18 years ago, 5-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Thanks, Rob. I am not a rtltoronto person but I think some other groups might be interested in these as well. (I know I am!) x-posted to .town & .trains Jonathan (18 years ago, 5-Sep-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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the mediaeval village of st. paul de vence is located in the south-east of france on a 60-foot rocky outcrop. its landscape, natural site, architecture and buildings are all protected by law as part of the national heritage. the buildings in this (...) (18 years ago, 3-Sep-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, FTX) !!
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(...) I knew that was coming. :o) (...) Right. That is what I was after. It has the same flavor. (...) Excellent! Thanks Tim. Jonathan (18 years ago, 30-Aug-06, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) They imported Soviet cars to the US? ;) It's the right era and let's face it, it 'borrows' a lot of US design elements. And now that you've reminded me of your Diner again I have to repeat how much I love it. I've uploaded the (URL) MPD> if (...) (18 years ago, 30-Aug-06, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Nice. Would look good outside my diner, I think. (URL) I am going to put it on my vehicle list . . . Thanks! Jonathan (18 years ago, 30-Aug-06, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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So, after doing a Gallery (Klaus Dobisch as I've since been informed) style Soviet plane I've decided to move on and mimic another German builder. So here is my Pobeda in the style of (URL) misterzumbi>. Of course I also made it smaller... five-wide (...) (18 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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Tim that plane looks awesome!!! I hope you create more planes like that. I am amazed at the amount and the diversity of LEGO models that you produce! - John "Tim Gould" <t.gould(AT@)lancast...c(DOT.)uk> wrote in message news:J4KCJC.IFF@lugnet.com... (...) (18 years ago, 26-Aug-06, to lugnet.town)
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Well, I have finally gotten all the missing pieces together and finished building the actual model, so here it is: (URL) MOCpages: (URL) Brickshelf: (URL) I had to make some changes due to little mistakes I didn't notice in the digital model but was (...) (18 years ago, 26-Aug-06, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Appparently, it does cover both up and down in aeronauctical terms: (URL) I guess I always took it to mean down for some reason. (18 years ago, 25-Aug-06, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) That is a big droop! I thought dihedral was upwards toward the tips, or does it cover both up and down? The Sopwith Camel was always described as having a noticable dihedral on its lower wings combined witha flat upper wing to give it a (...) (18 years ago, 25-Aug-06, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Wow. That plane certainly needs some Viagra(tm)... I didn't realise they drooped so much. Might be time for a version 2 I think (ps. replied to your other post at jlug). Tim (18 years ago, 25-Aug-06, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Actually I was referring to what could be called the "wing droop" as shown in this photo: (URL) (18 years ago, 25-Aug-06, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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--snip-- (...) Thanks. Do you mean the teardrop cross-section (my first plane and I have no idea of the terminology)? I tried to capture it a bit but with the limited range of wing parts available I didn't get it quite as much as I would like. (...) (...) (18 years ago, 25-Aug-06, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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