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Post by greypilgrim on Jun 5, 2016 16:01:10 GMT -9
Went to Genet Models and had some webpage facing of a patent drawing service. Right URL address - just viewing totally wrong page from someone doing business since 2005!
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Post by greypilgrim on May 22, 2016 15:11:43 GMT -9
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Post by greypilgrim on Apr 30, 2016 2:10:02 GMT -9
@ lightning: I finally had some time to investigate and try out your wheel, but now I only get a 404 error. Could you re-list that zip file - or did you just move it elsewhere?
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Post by greypilgrim on Mar 31, 2016 14:17:31 GMT -9
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Post by greypilgrim on Mar 30, 2016 23:34:22 GMT -9
The landing pad builds for my grandson's birthday are complete (and delivered this past week). For the super-sized version, I created a pair of notched blank walls to reinforce the side walls: I GIMPed two of the side walls end-to-end, then stretched it out for the correct length. I used black foamcore as bases and sandwiched between the upper and lower pad surfaces for durability. This did mean the top landing of the ramp access falls just shy of the landing pad surface itself, but I considered it acceptable, if not even prototypical. [Okay, there, my old model railroading background is showing through - lol.] The comparative sides:
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Post by greypilgrim on Mar 23, 2016 15:34:30 GMT -9
hackbarth: where would you have put the magnets, and why? Sorry, I don't remember any moveable joints for that - or maybe I just missed them in the cursory examination.
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Post by greypilgrim on Mar 20, 2016 3:54:35 GMT -9
shep : 1)Thanks for the Lego sales links! 2)I'm a little more comprehensive of the basic cardstock skills than what you seem to be thinking ... but, I'm taking your suggestions with a smile ... ... No bad feelings either way, I hope! 3) I will admit that I am still quite the 'novice' using GIMP for design/alteration. But, that hasn't stopped me from successfully creating a graphic kitbash and having it published by WorldWorks Games. (I adapted a castle wall section with crenelations.) 4) Yes, American paper is 8.5 x 11" (216 x 279mm) which gives a 7.5 x 10" usable printing area after discounting for the half-inch margin of "no-print-land". Which is why I used the max size to make my upscaled pad. I had to print out the landing deck in four sections. 5) BTW, as a big star Trek fan, I like your 'Kirk' avatar.
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Post by greypilgrim on Mar 18, 2016 18:45:55 GMT -9
Thanks for the old Lego tip, shep - I'll keep my eye out for those as well. BTW, the double-length under wall comes out to 8 1/2 inches...
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Post by greypilgrim on Mar 16, 2016 13:34:11 GMT -9
Thank you Shep. Okay, so you are using the foamcore itself as the connector system - cutting it to shape before applying the texture printed cardstock. A useful technique in general. Unfortunately, here it results in a platform with several circles of the original size and not a single landing spot with one large circle, which is what I was looking for.
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Post by greypilgrim on Mar 15, 2016 16:38:14 GMT -9
Yes: the photo aleks out up is indeed the one in question. What I ended up doing was dragging the top and bottom into separate files in GIMP and expanded (scaled) one quarter section of each to twice its size (coming to 7.5"), resulting in a 15" square. (I was satisfied with the texture - it didn't seem to decay or bleedout as much as I had feared.) Then, in another file, I mended two of the support sides into one long wall; I placed two of these on a single page, as well as a third which I blanked out the detail (to save ink). Printing out two copies of this last page gives four long solid under-walls and two blank walls to support the underside middle - which will be notched and glued to the underside in a cross pattern, connecting to all four outside walls. shep: I appreciate your effort in describing your concept. I must confess, however, that you lost me - especially with the male and female parts. Do you have a pic? That might help me understand. I'll apologize if your concept is actually straight forward - but I've had a really long day with overtime at work and my brain may be a bit foozie. I'll read it again tomorrow when it (my head) may be clearer. Thank you again for your suggestion! [Yes I'll get a comparative pic after they are completely assembled for my grandson at the end of the month; first, they have to travel flat in my airline luggage.
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Post by greypilgrim on Mar 12, 2016 11:16:36 GMT -9
Yes, there is. Yes, I have it. Unfortunately, for my wanted purpose, it has a concrete-style texture rather than the machined metallic as used in the Landing Platform. This concrete pad is 5x5 as a quarter, so it would make a 10x10. Again, there is no extra sections to extend the overall size beyond this. My apologies, I guess I'm in the middle of a "More-more-more, Giant Economy, Supersize It" kick at the moment...
[Wow, look at this - I started a discussion - LOL ]
*EDIT* Sorry, squirmydad - my brain is fuzzy today, too. Your comments are correct as to size - and Dave's is a nice metallic, as well. (I've got several of his pieces and am purchasing this one as well as we text.) My comment here above is addressed to the 7x7 (overall size) ground tiles that Chris put out. Sorry for the confusion.
I was interested in the bigger size for Chris' Landing Pad because my grandson is really into Star Wars Legos - and this texture, to me, really smoked of star Wars heavy industrial flavor.
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Post by greypilgrim on Mar 12, 2016 5:44:42 GMT -9
[Sigh] I have GOT to find the time to get more of Chris' other stuff made up!
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Post by greypilgrim on Mar 12, 2016 5:39:25 GMT -9
@vermin King: Thanks for the tip! The original pad is 7" square. How big did you print out your larger version? 10x10" Or did you print half out twice for a 20x20 ? How well did the texture quality hold up at that expanded size?
*EDIT* Pic?
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Post by greypilgrim on Mar 12, 2016 4:23:05 GMT -9
Chris - I am in the process of building some paper terrain for for grandson's birthday (he is a big Star Wars Lego nut!), and I build the Landing Pad.
My question is: did you make a version that was modularly expandable. Perhaps where you took the quarter arcs of the circle for the corners, and had straight line sections to expand the sides, and 'blank' tiles for the center(s) - giving a larger landing "grid" for a larger platform? Or did you ever consider it?
I really like the texture flavor for the Landing Platform, and just wish it could be made bigger.
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Post by greypilgrim on Feb 2, 2016 13:26:32 GMT -9
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Post by greypilgrim on Jan 23, 2016 4:05:46 GMT -9
Guess which one was the first I had to build from that set? [Yeeeesss, I watched the original "Love Bug" in the theater when it was originally released.]
[little necrothreading here]
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Post by greypilgrim on Jan 23, 2016 3:20:56 GMT -9
Guess which one was the first I had to build from that set?
[little necrothreading here]
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Post by greypilgrim on Jan 23, 2016 3:14:22 GMT -9
Thanks, guys! I may never get to this level of greebling [sp?], but I appreciate you efforts. Inspiring.
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Post by greypilgrim on Dec 21, 2015 12:03:03 GMT -9
Since it is coming down to the wire on this joyous holiday, I wanted to take the moment to wish everyone who hangs out here a very Merry Christmas (or other observed seasonal holiday) and a Happy New Year. The best of luck in all your cardstocking projects and designs, and a wish for wellness for all of you and yours!
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Post by greypilgrim on Oct 3, 2015 15:44:45 GMT -9
Whew! Just finished two days of downloading everything. Never know when I'm going to want to use something. Waste not, want not. My sincere gratitude for all of his devoted work!
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Post by greypilgrim on Sept 29, 2015 13:54:11 GMT -9
Just as an update to Jaynz' note - the WorldWorks Games site is back up...
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Post by greypilgrim on Sept 1, 2015 11:01:01 GMT -9
Nicely done!
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Post by greypilgrim on Sept 1, 2015 10:59:03 GMT -9
This is only your *first* effort? I only wish I could ever get that good. Even if you don't win - KEEP IT UP !
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Post by greypilgrim on Aug 20, 2015 14:28:37 GMT -9
So, finally, here is my Ebbles Podtel build (more fully described over on the WWG site) ...
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Post by greypilgrim on Aug 1, 2015 1:40:24 GMT -9
cowboycentaur - thanks for the link - some great stuff overthere!
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Post by greypilgrim on Jul 29, 2015 16:47:51 GMT -9
cowboycentaur - am I correct in assuming that is a Walking Dead reference? if not, what and where?
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Post by greypilgrim on Jul 28, 2015 11:31:55 GMT -9
I'm building the Podtel now - *and* doing a TLX semi-conversion over on WWG. The bulbous windows have always screamed at me to be used as 3D architectural fascades for the TLX buildings in order to have something different from the straight verticallity [sp?] of the buildings. Yeah, something to make them *pop*!
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Post by greypilgrim on Jul 28, 2015 11:25:59 GMT -9
Ah! - I didn't realize the age of the post's origin. Thought the Tip Jar being up was a new thing... In the immortal words of Miss Emily Litella: "Never Mind."
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Post by greypilgrim on Jul 27, 2015 9:33:15 GMT -9
Although I have already everything, by one mechanism or another, I have to say that I do not have enough thumbs to put up for you Chris. ...'cept to say the Tip Jar link isn't working as of 1330 hours central time...
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Post by greypilgrim on Jul 18, 2015 14:17:56 GMT -9
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