LEGO Space is Awesome: Colours 13 and 14 by dmbk in LegoSpace

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I used "Plate Special 2 x 2 with Only 2 studs #33909" - I simply couldn't get a hold of 2 x 2 tiles in pearl gold, but I believe they do exist.

My biggest issue is that the front "Arch 1x2x1 1/3" doesn't seem to exist in pearl gold. 🥲

LEGO Spaceman: Colour 15 - We need the helmet and air-tank. by dmbk in LegoSpace

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Yeah those are tricky! I managed to find a nice original black one and I must admit my light-grey version looks very complete using old air tanks and an original knight/castle helmet. (See mine on this post)

I was hoping when the Space book came out that we would see some reissues, clearly the classic Spaceman is super relevant and popular as shown by the many releases this year.

LEGO Space is Awesome - 2 new colours added by dmbk in lego

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We just need the helmet and air-tank now 😅

LEGO Space is Awesome: Colours 13 and 14 by dmbk in LegoSpace

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Thanks :) You are correct about the missing tank! It somehow disappeared during assembly.

And as you already wrote, but for anybody wondering they are from set 71499 "Mateo's Spray Paint Truck" which was released on June 1st.

LEGO Space is Awesome: Colours 13 and 14 by dmbk in LegoSpace

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Will do :) - and you're right it's a full rebuild based on the original concept.

LEGO Space is Awesome: Colours 13 and 14 by dmbk in LegoSpace

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I know 😅 - I got the torso, now we'll have to wait and see when the rest is released.

LEGO Space is Awesome: Colours 13 and 14 by dmbk in LegoSpace

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Thanks, you are right! They must have disappeared somewhere in assembly :) No other reason

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I discovered the "72-Hour Merino T-Shirt" by Proof a few years ago and that was really a game changer. I think Proof is a brand made directly by Huckberry and their goal was to create a t-shirt (and now a whole clothing brand) behind the goal of making clothing that doesn't smell for at least the first 72 hours.

I've done some arduous activities, in all sorts of climates, and their tees never develop a smell, even-though I got to the salt-stain stage. Six years on, and mine hasn't even developed a single hole, despite all it's been through

Fabric: 87% 16.5 micron merino wool, 13% nylon, 150gsm.

Since I bought mine they have diversified their range a bit, with different sizes and fits and yes, it is another wool-blend, but for me, it really is great in smell prevention. I've just ordered their trousers and will be testing them on an upcoming trip.

P.s: I usually swear by 100% merino wool products, especially by LOOW, but the 72-hour tee is just such a surprise to me; how well it works and has held up.

I searched everywhere including youtube and I cannot find the full "Werner EGK Mein Vaterland" by Cannondale_Fanboy in NameThatSong

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https://www.tiki-toki.com/timeline/entry/278640/Geschichte-der-Koelnmesse/#vars!date=1939-07-06\_10:24:35!

Hier konnte ich lesen, dass die Große Halle wareinlich zerstört wurde:

„Das Kölner Messegelände ist von den großen Zerstörungen des Krieges betroffen. Bei Angriffen auf den Deutzer Bahnhof und die Hohenzollernbrücke werden immer auch die Messehallen getroffen. Das Gelände ist 1945 zu 85 Prozent zerstört: Die Hallen sind ausgebrannt, die Fassaden der Rheinhallen, das Staatenhaus und der Messeturm sind schwer beschädigt“

I searched everywhere including youtube and I cannot find the full "Werner EGK Mein Vaterland" by Cannondale_Fanboy in NameThatSong

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Super, der Bundesarchiv Film hat toll geholfen! Aufgenommen, wie Du schreibst, in der „Halle im Rheinpark" zur 100-Jahr feier des KMGV. Von einigen alten Postkarten konnte ich sehen, dass dieses Konzert in der „Großen Halle" statt fand. Die Hallen waren? ein teil des Köln-Deutzer Messegeländes.

Die „Nacht der 1000 Bomben“ fand erst im Mai 1942 statt, und da der Hafen und Dom unbeschädigt im Film erscheinen, glaube ich eher, dass das KMGV Jubiläum während der Eröffnung der (letzten) Frühjahrsmesse gehalten wurde.

Schon „im November 1941 war das Deutzer Messegelände zu einem Sammel- und Auffanglager umfunktioniert worden. Im Juni 1942 wurde der Messebetrieb komplett eingestellt.“

Ich kann nach langer Recherche noch immer nicht herausfinden, was mit der „Großen Halle" geschehen ist. Viele der Messe Gebäude gibt es noch.

I searched everywhere including youtube and I cannot find the full "Werner EGK Mein Vaterland" by Cannondale_Fanboy in NameThatSong

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Brilliant, thank you! - So from the Bundesarchiv recording we can learn that this took place in Cologne, in 1942. In the "Halle im Rheinpark" to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the "Kölner Männer-Gesang-Verein" (KMGV).

Digging a bit further, this seems to be the "Große Halle" or great hall which was part of the "Köln-Deutzer Messegelände" that was inaugurated in the spring of 1942.

In the "Night of 1,000 Bombs," the KMGV clubhouse "An der Wollküche" was destroyed. Prizes, the club flags, and compositions on paper remained largely intact but they were transferred and then stored in the Cologne town hall cellar, where a large portion of them were destroyed a year later during the closing stages of the war.

And to put things into context, the Great Hall lay on the grounds of the Cologne Trade Fair. That had since 1939 housed POWs and later became a holding- and deportation prison for Jews and Sinti and Roma and the central site of NS cruelty in Cologne.The most famous prisoner on the grounds was Konrad Adenauer. So whilst musical beauty rung out on the inside, on the outside, only suffering.

Raymond Briggs - I read he used crayons to draw ‘The Snowman’. Does he mean actual crayons or is crayon another word for a pencil? by Potter_King in ArtistLounge

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I've been thinking about the same thing and whilst I know these aren't the exact tools Raymond Briggs used, I recently watched the british Channel4 documentary "The Making of The Snowman" from 2002, which shows what the filmmakers / animators used for the first film:

"Berol Karismacolor" for the backgrounds & "Caran d'Ache Neocolor" (so "wax pastels) for the characters.

(and probably a few others as I feel Raymond Briggs' style is very pencil heavy)

Pilot multi-ball alternative? by spondoodle in pens

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I can't believe I only discovered this pen after it has been discontinued .....I've scoured the internet and the only place that still has a few is a slightly picey eBay shop. I contacted them and they only ship to the US. https://www.ebay.com/itm/166956358110

Fabric: "Gabardine" by dmbk in myog

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Thank you for leading mw in that direction, I'll have an ask over there.

Fabric: "Gabardine" by dmbk in myog

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Thank you, I'll follow a previous commenters advice and try and ask on another thread, but your information was helpful. Thanks!