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Re: New Connectors I presented my solution to brick built roads at BW this past year. I too used a 4 stud wide connector but I was only able to get 1 circuit. The problem I think with your design is having the…
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Re: 10249 Winter Village Toy Shop Christmas Tree Sure you may but I will see if we can get a better one at the show (fixing the background).
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Re: RMS Titanic MOC (in progress...) Very interested, can't wait to see how it turns out!
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Re: 10249 Winter Village Toy Shop Christmas Tree Thought I'd post a pic of the tree in the Christmas layout, now that I have it basically completed. I think this is the earliest I have ever completed a layout for a show, 10 days away.
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10249 Winter Village Toy Shop Christmas Tree
Hi all, Sorry for the long absence but for my first creation in a while, I present you the Christmas Tree from the 10249 set all lit up. The parts I used were:…
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Re: Eiffel Tower # 10181 Hi, sorry for the delayed response, work sucks... Anyway here are a few more photos. I used the following bricks/plates as additions or replacements to wrap the wire around: 2921 Brick,…
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BW2017: Power Distribution through Brick Built Roads
Fort those who were not able to attend BrickWorld Chicago 2017 or my presentation in general, here are the PPT slides and my LDD files. http://www.brickshelf.…
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Re: Light up Disney Castle # 71040 I have put a Pico light behind a clock though it looks more like from above. If I brought it in the middle, the tube in the dish would have focused the light only on the stud and not provided the…
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Re: 2-Channel Micro LEC with Flash? Or... this could be a whole kit. Here's the parts I used: 2 4073 TrRed Plate 1 x 1 Round 2 4740 Black Dish 2 x 2 Inverted (Radar) 2 85861 White Plate 1 x 1 Round 1 3957 Light Bluish Gray Antenna 1 x…
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2-Channel Micro LEC with Flash?
You already have the 2-Channel Micro Lighting Effect Controller with Flickering Effect but I was wondering about one with Flash. I would be able to use this in my crossing lights where each channel…
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Switches
Hi Rob, I have been thinking for a while about switches and the LED lights. While I have a few of the On/Off Pushbutton switch and it works well in the base of the ET and as an overall switch for my…
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Re: Stadium lights? +1 on the Cool White Picos and Strips but you probably already knew that :)
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Re: Assembly Square Complete, lit, and on the COMPLETE Modular Street! To add to this thread and to present a alternate to Hugh's wonderful work, I give you my latest lighting design. I did not look at Hugh's work before I started because if I had I would have added…
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Re: Lights Too Dim? Another solution is to make a thicker extension cable. I used some of the Connecting Cables and 26 AWG stranded wire and that helps the dimming solution.…
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Re: Friends Hot Dog Cart hrm... more I think about it, the less useful the micro effect board would be in this case. You could use the multi effect board instead. The room issue would be different though.…
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Re: Friends Hot Dog Cart Here's the wiring schematic
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Re: Everyone gather at the Town Hall!! Nice writeup. Wish I had the time to re-do my TH :)
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Re: Palace Cinema # 10232 I too am looking forward to what you have done. Were you able to light the front facing strip of lights? I have not figured out how to run the wires behind the 1x2 jumpers.
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Re: Lego Set 10254 Winter Train I have some questions to help try to answer this question: 1) Will the train have Power Functions or just static display? This will determine how much room you may have to work with.…
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Re: Wiper contact Hrm... I'll have to think about that. My first though is to go with a non LEGO solution, like swapping out the axle brick with a brass one.
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Re: Wiper contact This slip ring would be useful for the Wind Turbine (Set 4999) too! I've wanted to have a blinking red light on the tip of each of the blades.
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Re: Friends Hot Dog Cart Here's a 4sec video of the grill.
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Re: Friends Hot Dog Cart yes it will be at Cantigny. I'll work on the video/agif and a schematic.
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Visio icons
Has anyone (aka Rob) thought about providing icons for all the Brickstuff products so we could produce wiring schematics? After writing up the Hot Dog Cart wiring description,…
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Friends Hot Dog Cart
I have a tendency to buy Friends sets, mainly because of the animals and the different color pallet. I wind up heavily modding the sets for use in my city.…
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