Strikeman

I'll be there on Sunday as a visitor since I'm going to FanWelt on Saturday. It's going to be a very fun weekend :-)

You should buy a new computer, that always works for me And if that still doesn't work, you should replace that thing between the keyboard and the computer, I forgot the name now ... But seriously now: try another browser (anything other than Internet Explorer should do).

Hey cimddwc, Loving your layout; this is a really immersible layout. Like I posted on Flickr, you could use hinges to close those big openings and use one of these as a handle. Those won't have any visual impact I think.

That is gorgeous! This is going to be :cry_happy: AWESOME *huh* once completed!

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The overall look of your dock is very nice, I like it And it's been a while since I've seen brickbuilt sails, yours are really good !

Also in combination with Basebrick, as I have my complete inventory on that website.

This crane is fantastic ! The details, and especially the leg mechanism is very clear Zblj, they don't support the model indeed.

I think PFTE tubing is going to work better than vinyl tubing. you have to search for 1/8" OD (outer diameter), which is 3.2mm. maybe some sort of Teflon PFTE tubing like this one: http://www.store.cle...lon-Tubing.html or something like this: http://www.coleparme...ack/EW-06605-27 I do think it's important to have a thick wall and the ID (inner diameter) be as small as possible.

akiyuki just posted this of a loop of 17 of his own GBC modules, the one more crazy than the other. He is a god among men when it comes to GBCs

I'm going to buy the book but I'm appalled at Amazons pricing strategy. I live in Belgium, we have no Amazon. I have to order in France or Germany (neighboring countries), the UK (neighboring country if you don't count the sea that separates us) or the USA. So I dutifully check the prices and much to my dismay this is what I get (sorted by distance from my home): Amazon.de: 22.00 € (free shipping) Amazon.fr: 22.79€ (free shipping) Amazon.co.uk: 24.16 £ (free shipping) 29.94 € Amazon.com: 16.93 $ + 7.98 $ shipping = 24.91 $ or 19.00 € I would save 3 € if I order the book in America and have it transported about 7000 miles to me ?! That's not cool Amazon, not cool at all I will order it in Europe of course because it's ridiculous to have it transported that far (and it'll take a lot more time). This reminds me of a car I was looking at a few months ago ... the Fisker Karma would set me back 102k $ (78k €) if I buy it in America. It would set me back 102k € (that's a whopping 24k € more) if I buy it in Europe. The kicker: the car is made in Europe, just like Sariels book ...

Gabor, that's a very nice package you have made there ! Do you have a video of it driving around ?

Heh, I hope it helps you pull this of because I love your rollercoaster If you ever need more train tracks, motors and/or manpower, feel free to ask; if you're not too far up north in the Netherlands I might be tempted to come over there

This is way cool maybe you can use a dual link setup to pull the cars up, or divide them in a few smaller loops. Adding a hook to the bottom of the second cart (or even all of them) will allow for transitioning between the smaller loops. Zblj, are you referring to the threads used in 8043 ? Because I think those might be a bit too wide maybe ?

This is amazingly beautiful , I especially like the rainpipe, the use of the "brick" bricks, and the way you made the roof. Why exactly aren't you entering the competition with this one ?

B-OV-36C While browsing through the newest posts in madayartists topic about his massive impressive super large medieval landscape MOC , I stumbled across a link to pictures taken at fanabriques 2012 which supersympa linked on page 37 of this topic. I was watching these photos and my jaw was constantly on the floor , but then I came to this and I just have no words to describe this ... I just LOVE it. Does anyone here know who made this ? More photos, interior, amount of bricks/work ? I know that the Capitol Hill in LEGOLAND is more architecturally correct, but I personally find this one more impressive! PS: sorry about these pictures being 1024px wide instead of 800px, these are the original photo's from Hoth Bricks and I didn't want to copy, crop and rehost them. On that note, I think it might be time to start thinking about new rules and maybe set a larger maximum size for pictures as 800x600 is starting to get pretty archaic with current internet speeds, but that's just my opinion though

These look amazing !! I wish I was able to do something like this McLovin, I think prateek was referencing Y U No Guy with what he said I think he knows Eurobricks is not a phone

They are only two simple specular system of gears. Thanks for your compliments! May I assume that by pulling the lever, only 1 of the two gear trains is running ? Which would in turn mean that you are winding up 1 spool and the other spool is wound out by itself because of the turntable pulling on it ? Or am I completely missing something here ?

tiger, looking very good. The size of the door is impressive and I think your representation of it is pretty spot on. The gondola's are looking good as well, but that's something we already knew you were capable of :-) New brick released this year: Part 98283, 1 x 2 with masonry pattern.

I voted for the sherrifs office + jail because I think this theme will also appeal very much to the younger crowd, and we know how much they love the police and firefighter sets. Current modulars are mostly made for AFOLs and mostly used for displaying purposes. I think the open ended buildings that mb built give these sets much more playability than the current modulars where you always have to remove floors to be able to play.

It isn't that strange Admiral Croissant, I think the arrows are self-explanatory. The post itself is only as long as the green arrow, but Dreamwebs avatar, title, information and extra flags take up the space of the red arrow. Therefor, if Dreamweb makes a post that is less long than the red arrow, there will always be a bunch of whitespace at the end of his posts. Also, on-topic: this is a pretty MOC, I like the fact that it isn't a studless build actually. Not to say that studless builds are not cool, it just has a more LEGO feel to it when I can actually see the studs

Here's the link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryanmcnaught this thing is massive and fantastic !

In stark contrast with American trucks, European trucks are almost always cab over motor styles. This is mainly due to length restrictions on our roads. This means most of them look like this: Before I realized I had I had a few of these newish windscreens, I set out to build a truck with a straight window, closed on the sides, with the bricks I had at hand. I'm not 100% certain about it, but I thought I'd show it nonetheless to get some feedback. I used a bunch of techniques I hadn't implemented before, this was a fun exercise The most difficult one was adding the 1x1x2 panels to the side of the windows, as this gave me an offset of 1/5th stud on both sides. Headlight bricks came to the rescue though Since I built it in white though, the age of my bricks really shows, and I apologize in advance for that. I have only focussed on the cab for now. I'll probably add the gas tanks later on, if I don't just take it apart A few more pictures can be found in this Brickshelf gallery Comments and suggestions welcome, as always!

Holidays are over, back to building :-) I've used my time off to reorganise my whole LEGO room, and now I can build things without moving boxes around all the time. Downside is I had to remove my city layout for the moment, but I'll learn to live with that ... On to the next one. It's the first iteration and comments are more than welcome. I'm particularly unhappy with the outriggers, so any good suggestions will be listened to ! The 1987 - Snorkel Squad was probably my most beloved fire-fighter vehicle. I only have two though, so there wasn't much choice I loved making scenes with small high rises that I'd build and fire-fighters rescuing townspeople from certain death The only gripe I had (and still have) is that the cab isn't completely closed in the front: you can see the minifig drivers legs when sitting in the cab due to the low nature of the vehicle. The original instruction manual: And in real bricks: And with boom and outriggers extended: When converting it to 6-wide I ran into some problems. I couldn't really make it a lot longer because I couldn't extend the boom and I didn't want to make it much higher, making for less leeway when rebuilding the cab. However, except for the outriggers, I think I managed to capture its look in 6-wide version. Remember, the plan is to keep the sets recognizable. The new outriggers actually lift the whole thing upa little bit, providing more stability when using the boom. I think I managed to give it a more "current" look, even with the limitations of the small cab. I didn't have this set twice, which meant I had to cheat with another boom. Overall length is increased by a little over 4 studs All images link to higher resolution images, rest of the images in this Brickshelf folder. Comments and suggestions more than welcome !

15 years of no LEGO and this is your FIRST studless build *huh* I wish I had those kind of skills