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--snip-- (...) Hi Steven (and Jonathon), Sorry for the delay but I've been on holidays for a while. Thanks for your comments. I'll probably finish it off sometime, although my main interest was in getting the front done right. Complicated shape with (...) (18 years ago, 13-Sep-06, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Agreed. That mosaic is really nice. Stickers too! I have been thinking of adding Ten House to my collection of NYC Firehouses, but I am still hesitant to do it, unfortnately . . . Not to hi-jack this thread, but, coming soon from me are (...) (18 years ago, 12-Sep-06, to lugnet.town)
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Every year the Western Washington Fair in Puyallup invites a train club to display at the Fair. This year that club is the Puget Sound LEGO Train Club (the first L-guage club so featured since the PNLTC displayed in 1999). The PSLTC has a 32'x15' (...) (18 years ago, 12-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.wa)
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I don't know who built/posted the pics on brickshelf, but I like the mosaic design of the truck. Also, since it is Ten House, virtually destroyed by the 9/11 disaster in NYC, I thought I'd highlight it here. linkage: (URL) got to visit 10 house on (...) (18 years ago, 12-Sep-06, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Thanks, Tim!!! I'll second what Jonathan wrote ... It looks awesome! And the attention to detail is incredible! I'm a Mac user, so I don't have the software to download the instructions. Any chance you can post some instructions as jpegs? (...) (18 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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Steven, Wonderful looking trucks. Thanks for posting your latest pics. Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Asbury" <stevenasbury@comcast.net> To: <lugnet.town@lugnet.com> Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 12:58 AM Subject: Re: LAFD, NYPD (...) (18 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Hi Tim, I am so glad you picked up on this. I just knew you'd have an incredible take on it. I can't say enough, I am just stunned. I was able to get some building time in last night, but quickly realized this: I make pretty good buildings. My (...) (18 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Rusty Freight Car - an experiment
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(...) I can see the idea of this, but I'd take it further. The white is very bright and contrasts too much with the very dark rust colours. I'd lose the stripe (or use a different colour entirely - sand blue?) and swap the white for something (...) (18 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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| | Re: LAFD, NYPD minifig-scale models
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--snip-- (...) I'm not on the list and it's actually seven wide - six looked too small since it's such a big looking truck. It started off as six so it should be easy enough to convert back again if you like (2 URLs) MPD with instruction steps> Let (...) (18 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) I should be home this evening and have a few minutes to experiment. If not, I'll see what I can come up with this weekend. Bearing in mind that I am truely flattered to be asked and by the inclusion of me with Pierre, Masahiro, Martin and (...) (18 years ago, 7-Sep-06, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) My work always gets better with collaboration, so I appreciate the feedback. I'll give both ideas a try. I like how you were able to achieve the proper alignment on your (URL) ambulance>. -Steven (18 years ago, 7-Sep-06, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Steven, you are truly the master of the minifig fire and rescue apparatus. The detail and scope of your work is amazing. I think you should try to move the front axles of your SuperDuty chassis trucks forward a stud or two to more properly (...) (18 years ago, 7-Sep-06, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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In lugnet.town, Jonathan Lopes wrote: (snipped) (...) I've tried a couple of times to build one of those. But I could never come up with a satisfactory design for the cab/windscreen. (URL) Photo here> It's the combination of the flat windscreen and (...) (18 years ago, 6-Sep-06, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Ah, you're right. I don't know what is wrong with my brain these days . . . (...) Hmm, I didn't anticipate that. My apologies. Here is another link: (URL) I was referring to the 2002-2003 Mack/Saulsbury ESU trucks a little ways down the page. (...) (18 years ago, 6-Sep-06, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Thanks, Jonathan! Do you mean these windscreens? (2 URLs) If only they came in 6-wide (Hint, hint... Lego Direct: Are you listening? :-) And these in 6-wide too ... (URL) I tried to view the linked photo, but it wants a username and password. (...) (18 years ago, 6-Sep-06, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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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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