SeaKing61

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  1. Posted · Edited by SeaKing61

    I tried that today with about 15 BPs, but the all weighed the same :sadnew:

    Either none of them had chrome vaders, or they all did! You just lost out on 15 Chrome Vaders!!!! :tongue:

    How much does one of these fetch on bricklink? Is it really worth all the effort? Why not just varnish a regular Vader and pretend :wink:

    Laurie

    Edit: I'm not suggesting anyone sell fake vaders, i'mjust saying you could pretend for your own amusement :sweet:

  5. Posted

    I think that in the true Lego city spirit we should have 5 police stations, 4 firehouses, 16 construction sites, 2 houses and 1 shop. Otherwise it just wouldn't be realistic.

    What would people think about there being a slightly silly block? I was thinking about having embassies for different themes, much like the Castle Community Build has embassies for the different castle factions. I thought these could all be on one block so as not to distract from the general realism of the city. They should still be proper buildings though, not trees or ribcages like in the castle build.

    I think that made sense... :wacko:

    Laurie

  6. Posted

    That baseplate is 48x48 studs, whereas the park on the plan is 64x64 studs! it'd be easier to use 4 32x32 green baseplates. It'll be more expensive for the baseplates but you'll save on green bricks! Baseplate maths is really helping my 16 times table, thanks Lego.

    Your ideas for a park sound great. Maybe a basketball or tennis court would break up the green. There's only so much space you can fill with paths, plants and trees :tongue:

    I'd love to build a warehouse/parcel depot for square one. I'm short on funds at the moment and it's a bit of a big'un for LDD so I'll graciously allow anyone who wants that idea to have it. For a small fee of course :grin:

    Laurie

  7. Posted

    Hinckley, in England Laurie is more often a guy's name, whereas in America it seems to be a girl's name. I am, as it happens, a guy. At least I was when I last checked. Incidentally there's a place near Leicester (where I live) called Hinckley.

    To keep on topic, after being led off topic by badly behaved admin, I love Juckfozzers. Also, I'm just finishing off a shop with a 2 storey apartment above it and have an old fashioned firehouse with a modern extension planned. I'd love to make these compatible with the community build. I just need to think of something for the shop to sell.

    Mr. Laurie

    PS I drive a lovely open top bus, not a limousine.

  8. Posted

    Hold tight and we will probably start a new topic with a new name and guidelines and everything.

    And everything? That's an awful lot of things, is everything. I'm expecting a very long topic.

    In all seriousness I think that once some guidelines are set, and hopefully a visual representation of the zoning system will be in place, then it'll be a lot easier to get started on this. Don't forget very strict Juckfozzer rules please. Thanking you kindly

    Laurie

  11. Posted

    I ordered a bunch of 2x2 bley tiles from pick-a-brick a couple of months ago and they've really lasted. Well worth the investment in my opinion if you want quality juckfozzers (and what kind of fool doesn't want a quality juckfozzer?). You could also use 1x2 tiles to make patterns as long as you have some 1x1s to fill in the gaps. The pavements in a town will vary enormously. I could go outside and find a number of different patterns and colours of paving slab. I've mixed bley and dark bley in my town and use lots of different size tiles. I reckon even plates could be used as not all juckfozzers are paved. A black plate would resemble a tarmac portion of juckfozzer quite well in my opinion. Variety is the spice of life when it comes to juckfozzers. This isn't like the community castle build where a solid continuous wall was a necessity.

    Reading this post back it appears I spend a lot of time studying paving. This isn't entirely true, I just love juckfozzers.

    Laurie

  12. Posted

    The beam in the middle holds the sides on! I could hold them on another way, but I quite like it like this. It's just meant for scrap, not large pieces of cargo or machinery. Those vehicles are not what it was designed for, just what was to hand at the time. I may try your suggestion as it's not very secure at the moment.

    Laurie

  13. Posted · Edited by SeaKing61

    I prefer option 1, with the juckfozzers as part of the road modules. People would have to remember that any steps or porches that overlap with the pavement would need elevating one plate (or 2 if that standard is chosen). Of course, even if we chose option 1, that doesn't mean people can't have a bit of juckfozzer on their building plate. We don't want it looking to regular and inorganic, or do we....?

    Laurie

  14. Posted · Edited by Hinckley

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    This is a MOC I uploaded to Bricklink a while ago. It's a simple Scrapwagon using the standard split-level train base and a bunch of dark brown 2x6 plates. It's supposed to be a rusty old wagon used to carry scrap and various materials not worthy of a nice shiny hopper wagon.

    A side view of the rather simple carriage.

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    Blimey! It's empty. Sorry about that blue brick amongst all the bley and brown. It won't happen again, I promise.

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    As you can see it is highly monkey accessible; here they are using it to transport some decrepit 4-wide vehicles.

    scrapwagon.jpg

    Unfortunately this young monkey's taken a liking to this nice yellow car, reminded him of his favourite yellow fruit he would later state in court.

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    This Metroliner Cargo lorry has a very secure cab, so the monkeys are just taking its wheels and selling them on to a suspicious looking fellow in a motorbike helmet.

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    Although this is a rather simple MOC, I likes it. And before any starts lambasting me for those untiled sides I didn't want to tile them so there!

    C&C appreciated, unless you're just gonna say that scrapwagon would be a more accurate description if I dropped the s!

    Thanks for looking,

    Laurie

  15. Posted

    A tiled juckfozzer? You guys are crazy. We need to apply some logic here as to whether a tiled 9v juckfozzer would fly into a tree any better than a studded 9v juckfozzer. Then, and only then, can we decide on the pavement,i mean juckfozzer, standard.

    Laurie

  16. Posted

    I wouldn't worry too much about that gap. It's not too noticeable and a worthy sacrifice to be able to maintain the shape of the nose and windshield which i think you've got spot on. I like the flowers on the side too, a very clever way of showing its purpose.

    Laurie

  24. Posted

    The problem with making an aircraft out of Lego isn't getting an aerodynamic shape, a flat plate will generate lift after all. Just stick your hand out a moving car's window and angle it and you'll feel the air pushing your hand upwards,that's lift baby. The problem is getting the structure to be light enough and generating enough power using a 9v motor. Both are impossible as far as I'm concerned. I did make a lovely little Cessna 152 out of lego yesterday but I haven't taken any pictures so it's not going into a tree just yet, or ever.

    I'm intrigued by the idea of making a lego glider and then launching it by running it down a long straight train track at full speed. I wonder.... * Gets out his old aerodynamics textbooks*

    Laurie