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    They are a beauty. How well do the sides hold on to use?
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    I think it is neat the way they added the mining truck to the open pit mine scene on the box. Clever of use of perspective to show an actual smaller scaled model. It works too since giant mining dump trucks would look small in the distance road going down into a very large open pit mine.
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    I believe SP GP30s use Bloomberg trucks. Some railroads like Soo Line bought GP30s with the AAR Type B trucks. I opened the file with MeshMixer and it says 36mm in diameter.
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    It's a beast. Trucks are hard to distinguish if they are Bloombergs or AAR Type B. I found a 3D print file for a 1:32 scale garden railway wheel with LEGO axle hole. http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:26739
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    Good work. I think the arm could also have a hydraulic cylinder or two at the turntable base since you have one at the midpoint. For minifigure workplace safety, outriggers should be deployed before lifting.
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    You could use large cockpit nose pieces to model this prototype:
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    Very good. How long did it take? You can embed video by removing the "s" in the URL's "https"
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    It is a personal choice what you buy or how pure you want to be. Not a problem unless you try to resell those parts as real LEGO on Bricklink.
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    If you find PF LED expensive, Lifelites and Bricklites aren't exactly inexpensive either. Making your own with inexpensively sourced LEDs would be a minimal cost option. Don't forget to calculate current limiting resistors.
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    Thanks. Thanks. I believe those type of ships were called explosion ships or hellburners. The Japanese in World War II used EMBs--motor speedboats filled with explosives in the Pacific sea battles. Thanks. I think you could be right. There is always making a claim on fire insurance. Thanks. Good idea, some rope on the craft for tying down the tiller. Fireships were also popular with the Dutch. Thanks. The Chinese used rafts with burning bales of hay or wood. Once the target ship caught fire, it can be challenging to put out the fire since there were no fire water hose or chemical foam extinguishers back then. Buckets of water can only do so much. Little out of control fire can grow into big fire.
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    Nice job. Color selection is good. With low gun ports, you'll have to be careful when firing guns under swell conditions.
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    Nice. Bacon does make everything better.
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    There might be people who buy from BL MOC Shop. Not everyone has the skills to MOC. It may depend on the type of MOC. Whether it is something they want and willing to spend money on. Can't say for sure since we don't have access to actual sales number. 1. no 2. no 3. n/a
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    Seller pays the Paypal fees. The merchant processing fees for Paypal are higher than credit card processing fees. I guess we could see a price increase in LEGO if Paypal becomes a very popular payment option for LEGO. Somebody has to pay for the convenience. It is easier to pass the cost to everyone than have different pricing based on payment method. Although some Chinese food places give you discount if you pay with cash.
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    I licensed my whale oil processing as a factory. What is your fishing MOC?
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    Thanks. Yup, there is more than one way to cut metal. A jeweler's mitre saw, bolt cutters, etc. would work too. You can get fibreglass reinforced cutting discs for the Dremel. They cost more and not as exciting since they don't shatter. I would love to have one of these for cutting small metal objects if money is no object.
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    Build what you like. The hard work will be in promoting it to get to 10K votes. Train related Ideas haven't been reaching 10K votes except for the Back to the Future train. That train didn't get approved in the Review phase. Good luck.
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    Car Talk

    dr_spock replied to Tarfful's topic in Community

    I think a compression test could be used to check for valve damage without taking the heads off. It sounds like it is a lot of work to get the heads off on the Subie. Good luck.
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    MegaBloks started as a Canadian company. They are now owned by Mattel. They were made in Canada originally. Now they are produced in China as my MB Hello Kitty set has made in China on it.
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    I received an order of train wheels and frames but they didn't come with the axles. Here is how to make your own metal axles. 1. You'll need 2mm diameter metal rods. You can find them at local hobby stores or online. 2. Cut the rods to 40mm in length. You can use an original LEGO metal axle for reference. 3. Smooth out the ends with a metal file or bench grinder. 4. Optional: Buffer them to a shine. It was pretty wild when the cutting disc shattered and flew everywhere. Wearing eye protection is a good idea.
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    Cool build. Good work compressing it. Are there any pics of the building when it was first opened?
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    I think Rey has already taken care of the Jar Jar Menace. Day 349 of 365: Speedering by dr_spock_888, on Flickr They can still change the title since the marketing materials haven't been made or released yet to the public.
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    You could drive down to the USA to buy King's Mech. It's 23.99USD right now versus $31.99CAD in Canada. At the current exchange rate, $23.99USD comes out to $31.45CAD. You will save 54 cents CAD plus whatever difference in sales taxes.
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    The First Order of Business: Strike Back.
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    Cool. It would be great if the slides came in a transclear version.
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