Raystafarian
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[REVIEW] Ingmar Spijkhoven Building Experience Kits
Raystafarian replied to Polarlicht's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
These are nowhere on my radar, but I read the entire review - thanks! -
A bit late, but I think that's pretty cool - good job. I'm sure the solid black faceplates were tricky, I wish Guy-Manuel's faceplate was more uniform, but I imagine you're using the tiles to reinforce the internal bricks. Missing a little bit of black around the "ear" portion too, but overall - great!
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[KEY TOPIC] Official Lego sets made in LDraw
Raystafarian replied to legolijntje's topic in Digital LEGO: Tools, Techniques, and Projects
Irregular 75969 Hogwarts Astronomy Tower - Theme: Harry Potter LDR File (Studio 2.1.10) Errors: 1x 3062bpb058 Brick, Round 1 x 1 Open Stud with Blue Dragonfly Pattern; Trans-Light Blue Missing 3x 42205 Window 1 x 6 x 6 Flat Front, White Missing 3x 98138pb118 Tile, Round 1 x 1 with Waffle, Nougat Squares with Medium Nougat Edges Pattern; Tan Missing 2x 3069bpb779 Tile 1 x 2 with Groove with Envelope with Red Wax Seal and Gray Highlights Pattern; White Missing 1x 57360 Hinge Cylinder 1 x 2 Locking with 2 Fingers, 7 Teeth and Axle Hole on Ends without Slots; Black Missing 1x 67632pb01 Owl, Spread Wings with Black Beak, Yellow Eyes and Ligh Bluish Gray Rippled Chest Feathers Pattern (HP Hedwig); White Missing 4x 3062bpb065 Brick, Round 1 x 1 Open Stud with Reddish Brown Mandrake Face and Open Mouth Pattern; Medium Nougat Missing 1x 75969stk01 Sticker Sheet Missing All minifigs Missing Sorry, posted this in the LDD thread before. -
I'm very excited for the stingray! Has an owl come with wings spread before? Looks like an HP polybag 30420 will have a snowy owl with wings spread - I haven't seen that before.
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[MOC] Apollo recovery mission - addition to Saturn V 21309
Raystafarian replied to Kaero's topic in Special LEGO Themes
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My MOC of a Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua), scale is roughly 1 stud : 1 in of an adult bird, the smallest of adult birds. The model is about 19 studs tall and roughly 13 studs wingtip to wingtip and feet to tail. The axle holder on underside of the bird should be near the center of gravity and a 5L axle into 2L stud holder should support the bird with minimal reinforcement. As with my Laysan Albatross, to say this isn't inspired by the work of Thomas Poulsom would be disingenuous at best and an outright lie at worst. The model was first built in Stud.io and then went through several revisions of the physical model. The most time consuming portion of this build was the head - I designed it with sub-models and once I got it mostly together, I ran into a few things. I first needed to have it attach to the body which was actually a few days of brainstorming for me, despite how simply it attaches in this final model. Next was aligning the 4x4 plate for the back of the head properly and then finally adding in the white crescent on the head without the rest of it falling apart. I'm not sure it's the best way to make a head, but it's a good start and I'm sure I'll be experimenting with it more for future birds. Bricksafe gallery with more photos, io file and pdf instructions.
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Where to get rare colors?
Raystafarian replied to gvb2003's topic in Digital LEGO: Tools, Techniques, and Projects
Bricklink would be my choice. Just find the part and then see what colors are available and put them on a wanted list to buy e.g. https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?id=508#T=P&C=42. Then you can use "easy buy" to source the most cost effective purchase. Just sort by sellers that will ship to you. Sometimes rare colors will be expensive. There also might be a better option in NZ, as I only purchase from US sellers that ship to my US address in Japan, otherwise shipping gets ridiculous. -
It's simply pining for the fjords. Thanks!
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My MOC of a Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis), scale is roughly 1 stud : 1 cm of an adult bird, give or take a few cm. The model is about 34 studs bill to feet and 84 studs wingtip to wingtip when not folded at all. There is a vertical round brick with axle hole on the underside of the model near the center of gravity so the bird can be displayed in flight. To say this isn't inspired by the work of Thomas Poulsom would be disingenuous at best and an outright lie at worst. The model was first built in Stud.io and then went through several revisions of the physical model. My favorite part of the build was trying to figure out how to keep the bill attached to the head securely - It was also kind of tricky to get the legs to extend out past the tail, which is a defining feature of the albatross. The only part I'm not completely happy about is the eye - the bird should have a dark patch around the eye, but that was near impossible to do with the way the plates are stacked on the face. I also know there under-wings should have some dark pattern on them, but that was simply too difficult to do - adding more (smaller) plates would make the wings too fragile to stay together. Overall, I'm pretty happy with it. Bricksafe gallery with more photos, io file and pdf instructions
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Which is the best CMF Series? Thanks for playing
Raystafarian replied to Itaria No Shintaku's topic in Special LEGO Themes
Looks like I missed the end, but thanks for the game! -
Scale Modeling Building Help
Raystafarian replied to Jim's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
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Which is the best CMF Series? Thanks for playing
Raystafarian replied to Itaria No Shintaku's topic in Special LEGO Themes
I kinda feel 'meh' for all of those. -
[MOC] Bulldozer
Raystafarian replied to damjan97PL's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
Funny story, I was driving back from a hike over the weekend and passed a place that had a bunch of excavators in the yard, with their name on them - learned of Sumitomo-Kenki heavy equipment -
[MOC] Bulldozer
Raystafarian replied to damjan97PL's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
Looks pretty good - the gaps in the blade throw me off a little bit, but I like it. -
List of models of rockets, spacecrafts and probes
Raystafarian replied to Kaero's topic in Special LEGO Themes
Thanks for this! As for 10213 and 10231, they are both modeled on the NASA space shuttle orbiter, but they aren't branded NASA and don't correspond to any of the six actual orbiter names. Nor do they seem to suggest any particular STS mission. The difference of 27 parts, I hear, was to make the model more sturdy, I think with some technic connections. I would say they definitely count.