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cheng

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« on: March 10, 2006, 04:08:11 AM »
sorry, my pictures are not very clear  :oops:

my cannon ball loading equipment is constructed from original PM parts...anybody can identify the parts ?  :)
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« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2006, 12:53:43 PM »
very impressive cheng, just dont metion that ur pictures arent clean I would have noticed that...
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« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2006, 07:03:28 PM »
i think they look great cheng and although i cannot figure out what part exactly u used i find the way u used it great! ur on a roll with ur customisations cheng!!! :D
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« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2006, 09:25:53 AM »
hey Flash and all...
here's as clear as i can take it....there must be someone out there who can identify the original PM parts....its the prototype of our modern day machanical scoop...only that its hand-powered  :P
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« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2006, 01:21:37 AM »
i daresay i can tell what it is cheng, if i am not totally mistaken those parts were used as an harness for the old generation playmobil oxen.
well thats my guess anyway...
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« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2006, 02:57:09 AM »
Spot on Flash !  :D

see you around!
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« Reply #6 on: March 15, 2006, 04:33:14 PM »
Hi Cheng,

a very nice troop.

Cheers
Bennain
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« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2006, 08:08:03 PM »
Cool pics! Thanks for sharing them, cheng. :)

Is that one of your spare computer mouse balls they are planning to shoot from the cannon? :wink:
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« Reply #8 on: March 19, 2006, 05:38:16 AM »
Quote from: krystal
Cool pics! Thanks for sharing them, cheng. :)

Is that one of your spare computer mouse balls they are planning to shoot from the cannon? :wink:


my boy passes those balls to me when his mice 'dies'  :lol:
they are a bit too heavy(maybe thats why they 'died'  :lol: )
...so i had to invent this carrier
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« Reply #9 on: March 19, 2006, 10:14:08 AM »
Computer mouse balls!  Now there's an idea!!
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« Reply #10 on: March 19, 2006, 06:03:50 PM »
yep dan!  :lol: great idea cheng!  :D
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« Reply #11 on: March 19, 2006, 08:18:22 PM »
I really like your "carrier," Cheng ...
(I would never have thought to use the oxen harness as a cannon ball carrier.)

And, mouse balls ... WOW !!!
(It is very difficult not to make some jokes here!) ...  :lol:

Great imagination and creativity, Cheng ...

All the best,
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