Steel City LUG | Nancy Flury Carlson | Activity https://steelcitylug.com/members/carlsonf/activity/ Activity feed for Nancy Flury Carlson. Mon, 05 Oct 2026 23:32:02 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 2294aaf57a8512e1a6002ee4e606dc01 Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic Forum badges for interests in the forum Site Admin https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/forum-badges-for-interests/#post-72221 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 20:47:39 -0400 That was a fun list. I selected some that are more aspirational right now than real. Also @bengood921 first you made me laugh out loud with your comment about sorting. Then you made me cringe – because I did select Time Cruisers, only because I know for sure that one or more of my son’s old sets are Time Cruisers. I hope you’ll still be my friend.

]]> 0 9566154c9f030fd872321b82a34f08a0 Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic Hello, I'm Steve! in the forum Introductions https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/hello-im-steve/#post-70898 Fri, 28 Aug 2026 02:24:06 -0400 Welcome, Steve. Hope to see you at future events!

]]> 0 bb0b764cc42bf085ba500e2dddb625e6 Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic Get Paid To Design & Build - Westinghouse Atom Smasher in the forum All Things LEGO! https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/get-paid-to-design-build-westinghouse-atom-smasher/#post-70710 Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:55:00 -0400 I appreciate so very much all the effort you all are putting into this.

]]> 0 b8268898a971f8952db6c7d3d4a143e9 Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic Get Paid To Design & Build - Westinghouse Atom Smasher in the forum All Things LEGO! https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/get-paid-to-design-build-westinghouse-atom-smasher/#post-70630 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 21:49:59 -0400 Josh and Michael, you two are my heroes!

]]> 0 ea07ac89c4b2747538410f4e29e36f45 Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic Westinghouse Atom Smasher in the forum All Things LEGO! https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/westinghouse-atom-smasher/#post-70611 Sat, 08 Aug 2026 15:36:32 -0400 @schu54321 that Atom Smasher is smashing!!!

]]> 0 c91108558cf297a9bd20fce4a3377115 Nancy Flury Carlson started the topic Get Paid To Design & Build - Westinghouse Atom Smasher in the forum All Things LEGO! https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/get-paid-to-design-build-westinghouse-atom-smasher/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:35:39 -0400 I don’t know how to re-name a thread so I’m starting a new one. Long story short, Westinghouse reached out to me to see if I could give them a proposal to design and build a LEGO Westinghouse Atom Smasher that they can keep. At first I said Yes Of Course but then realized I have no idea how I would actually design it because that’s just not my…Read more

]]> 0 0b5747440f00fb3c9e2551da1f05e6b0 Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic Westinghouse Atom Smasher in the forum All Things LEGO! https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/westinghouse-atom-smasher/#post-70492 Fri, 31 Jul 2026 20:57:52 -0400 So Josh – You actually know how to design and build things right? The atom smasher was the first instance of a Van De Graaf generator / particle accelerator. Highly cool. I just emailed my Westinghouse contacts telling them that I do not have the “Magic Happens Here” skill set to get from the idea in my head to a finished product. Are you…Read more

]]> 0 49464cd4f996a72fbdf4671660f9da62 Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic Westinghouse Atom Smasher in the forum All Things LEGO! https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/westinghouse-atom-smasher/#post-70487 Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:10:18 -0400 Thanks Josh and Bob for your comments!!
Overnight my left brain has caught up with my right brain. It actually makes way more sense for me to take myself out of the loop and instead serve as the intermediary to connect someone in the LUG, who already has the ability to do this, with Jenna at Westinghouse. Is anyone interested? I really hope so!!…Read more

]]> 0 42c68b51339bc634272a3ce6e719d9ab Nancy Flury Carlson started the topic Westinghouse Atom Smasher in the forum All Things LEGO! https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/westinghouse-atom-smasher/ Thu, 30 Jul 2026 18:38:45 -0400 Hello LUG, I need help! Today I received an email from my Westinghouse contact, Jenna Slimm, asking me for a proposal to build an Atom Smasher. I need advice on doing the proposal and I would love help from someone who could partner with me or advise me on using Stud.io to design it.

Our emails are below:

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Hi Jenna,
This is…Read more

]]> 0 879f96c3898544ba169337fa1d13b843 Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic X12 Atomic Powered Locomotive in the forum MOCs https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/x12-atomic-powered-locomotive/#post-70155 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 17:31:32 -0400 That video is amazing! Bravo

]]> 0 821300112b8e6ce21a5c9505150ce263 Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic X12 Atomic Powered Locomotive in the forum MOCs https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/x12-atomic-powered-locomotive/#post-70128 Sat, 27 Jun 2026 01:36:50 -0400 @playingwithechoes awesome nuclear train there. Do you want to exhibit it at the American Nuclear Society outreach table at the Vintage Grand Prix? I’m planning to be there with my reactor, cooling tower and microscale AP1000 plant on Saturday and Sunday July 18 and 19. Or any of your other nuclear stuff?

]]> 0 4cc4e4f2d09838ccc83b0bf370d977e4 Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic Project Cabeese in the forum MOCs https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/project-cabeese/#post-69636 Mon, 11 May 2026 21:44:37 -0400 Those are so nice. I would like to live in the little red one on the bottom, kind of like a Tiny House.

]]> 0 d66b3900a13af794d57c54ce938eaaf3 Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic SteelCityLUG has a LEGO Ideas Fan Designer! in the forum Site Admin https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/steelcitylug-has-a-lego-ideas-fan-designer/#post-69465 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:36:04 -0400 Congratulations! Great news!

]]> 0 0be0852f87b219b5ddce19d8762e6dbf Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic hi, I'm Wrigley! in the forum Introductions https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/hi-im-wrigley/#post-68557 Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:41:37 -0500 Welcome Wrigley, looking forward to seeing you at a future event. This is a great group.

]]> 0 ea11faa0b061d18d836be0db0e4f32df Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic Threadjacking in the forum All Things LEGO! https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/threadjacking/page/64/#post-68477 Thu, 19 Feb 2026 20:25:45 -0500 Thanks so much @gabevistica!!

]]> 0 de37f72cd98b230fa52f966f2a6e5fca Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic Threadjacking in the forum All Things LEGO! https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/threadjacking/page/64/#post-68461 Wed, 18 Feb 2026 22:34:15 -0500 Can anyone tell me what this piece is called? I recently received a nice nuclear power plant set that was designed by a third-party provider who did not supply real LEGO bricks in the set. So I painstakingly replaced all the pieces but this with real LEGO. If anyone knows what it is called or a part number, I would appreciate it.

]]> 0 2dbd56f75337a2df379982c1982c674b Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic Threadjacking in the forum All Things LEGO! https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/threadjacking/page/63/#post-68091 Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:49:02 -0500 OK, that time it worked. I was going to mention the LEGO Ideas Architecture: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that is currently looking for votes. Maybe my message failed last time because I attempted to link the URL so I’m not doing that this time.

]]> 0 aa35def2a3483ed9c36caaeec4a9f73e Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic Threadjacking in the forum All Things LEGO! https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/threadjacking/page/63/#post-68090 Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:47:30 -0500 I’m testing if I can reply to this thread because the last time I tried, it disappeared.

]]> 0 6162cf47fda28c31af92f68d8c2142d6 Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic Hi, I’m Spencer! in the forum Introductions https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/hi-im-spencer/#post-67894 Wed, 21 Jan 2026 22:02:26 -0500 Hi Spencer, welcome to the LUG! Looking forward to seeing you at future events or your shop!

]]> 0 8572ac1bb86c5995a92f99d97b6fffb0 Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic Hi! I'm Tom in the forum Introductions https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/hi-im-tom-2/#post-67893 Wed, 21 Jan 2026 22:01:04 -0500 Hi Tom, welcome to the LUG. We hope to see you at Ross Park Mall this weekend sometime, or at future events.

]]> 0 88cf34643e55a4595a1bb6323a2ef253 Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic Hi, I’m Carlie! in the forum Introductions https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/hi-im-carlie/#post-67892 Wed, 21 Jan 2026 21:57:53 -0500 Hi Carlie, welcome to the LUG. Looking forward to seeing you at Ross Park Mall this weekend!

]]> 0 ca8a5bd4c07fede7b825ca05262cd2c8 Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic 2025 q4 build challenge in the forum Build challenges! https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/2025-q4-build-challenge/#post-67285 Mon, 08 Dec 2025 17:31:23 -0500 Here’s mine. If there is a subcategory for best use of a Dwight Schrute throwing star, I’m definitely in the running.

]]> 0 d93f65c09b5cee991f042650c722e4a1 Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic Hi! Sarah here! in the forum Introductions https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/hi-sarah-here/#post-67138 Tue, 02 Dec 2025 03:38:09 -0500 Hi Sarah! Welcome to the LUG. The Ultimate Brick Show was a great place to check us out – hope to see you at future events.
Nancy

]]> 0 95f4f1022f0d792b667dae7eb4b75393 Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic Hi, I'm Nick! in the forum Introductions https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/hi-im-nick/#post-66267 Mon, 06 Oct 2025 01:46:13 -0400 You’ll like the LUG! Welcome

]]> 0 ff12cb847f85e4a144417122d124ba03 Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic New member - Alan H in the forum Introductions https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/new-member-alan-h/#post-65535 Mon, 11 Aug 2025 00:20:19 -0400 Welcome to Alan and Del. You have found a great LUG here. I won’t be at Q3, unfortunately, because of travel, but I hope to meet you at a future event.

]]> 0 56ca636f37dc2da910c14edaf0724ee8 Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic VW Nardo and Beetle in the forum MOCs https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/vw-nardo-and-beetle/#post-65279 Tue, 22 Jul 2025 00:34:01 -0400 I might have to make one of those Beetles! I’m on my third, a 2019

]]> 0 c802db6f1326f5d09032724afd1922a1 Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic Introduction- Anna in the forum Introductions https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/introduction-anna/#post-65275 Tue, 22 Jul 2025 00:28:51 -0400 Hi Anna, welcome to the LUG! Hope to see you at an event or meeting in the future.

]]> 0 2f0a5423782506d0f2c3ecdf3b11624c Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic Bricklink: STEM Nuclear Waste Transport in the forum MOCs https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/bricklink-stem-nuclear-waste-transport/#post-65212 Sun, 20 Jul 2025 01:18:32 -0400 Really nice! Liked.

]]> 0 9fc3c3400673d8f2fe25f197365e710b Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic Hello from Wilkinsburg in the forum Introductions https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/hello-from-wilkinsburg/#post-63398 Sun, 02 Mar 2025 18:36:14 -0500 Hi Sean, welcome to the LUG!

]]> 0 6d5700df679f72afc9d5cbb3e27bf27a Nancy Flury Carlson's profile was updated https://steelcitylug.com/activity/p/48568/ Thu, 13 Feb 2025 15:31:22 -0500 0 06e07e25716fb1acbed48bee97bccfb9 Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic Great to meet everyone! in the forum Introductions https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/great-to-meet-everyone/#post-63120 Thu, 13 Feb 2025 15:21:31 -0500 Welcome to the LUG. Love the wedding photo idea! I look forward to seeing more of your builds.

]]> 0 263912b3b56c5a2befad0905aabb6c80 Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic LUG Cookbook in the forum Off Topic https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/lug-cookbook/#post-63039 Sat, 08 Feb 2025 04:29:22 -0500 Fresh Cranberry Cookies – from https://www.justalittlebitofbacon.com/fresh-cranberry-cookies/

For the Cookies:
2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp table salt
1 tbsp cornstarch
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 tbsp lemon zest
14 tbsp (7 oz, 1 3/4 sticks) unsalted butter cool room temperature
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup…Read more

]]> 0 3361c4dc0de8c000a33bce501efc1638 Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic Threadjacking in the forum All Things LEGO! https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/threadjacking/page/61/#post-62959 Mon, 03 Feb 2025 00:05:49 -0500 Lots of great tie-ins for you @smallfrost! I can tie my being laid off from Westinghouse at age 58 to the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster. Westinghouse and other commercial nuclear vendors went from a posture of preparing to sell many new plants, to an intense industry-wide shift to analyzing and defining lessons learned from the disaster, and…Read more

]]> 0 2a094c06b443b33906b816694ccd6409 Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic LUG Cookbook in the forum Off Topic https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/lug-cookbook/#post-62920 Sat, 01 Feb 2025 17:21:26 -0500 On second thought I think it might be worth listing the ingredients in the chat, so maybe it would be easier to search. I don’t know whether a search of the threads would hit on words in the attachments but I think it’s unlikely. So here are the ingredients for Elsie’s Spice Bars:

SPICE BARS – 350 ° F – Makes about 60 2”x ½” bars
1 cup short…Read more

]]> 0 04aea01b889b27a0789d074347e94477 Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic LUG Cookbook in the forum Off Topic https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/lug-cookbook/#post-62918 Sat, 01 Feb 2025 17:13:10 -0500 My grandmother Elsie Dalton Schumacher reportedly developed this recipe for spice bars. I guess my mom didn’t like them or wasn’t on recipe-sharing terms with her mother, because I never heard of them until I was on a road trip with my aunt Jean, who had a box of these spice bars. I thought they were great so she gave me the recipe. I thought…Read more

]]> 0 f9601f936b71111404a52e3964c6f581 Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic Hello- new member in the forum Introductions https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/hello-new-member/#post-62805 Wed, 29 Jan 2025 02:22:22 -0500 Welcome to the LUG. It’s a great place to be.

]]> 0 31a03487c8b6824f8db0155dd5143113 Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic Creepy crawlers in the basement in the forum Off Topic https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/creepy-crawlers-in-the-basement/#post-60950 Wed, 09 Oct 2024 01:38:59 -0400 I’ve never seen a bug in Josh’s basement so I voted No. I agree with all the above comments about how courteous Josh is being to poll the group on this, and join in thanking him for hosting the group and all the LEGO stuff. A special thank-you to Greg for posting the super creepy centipede.

]]> 0 3c32567e18a4deee2caba4b5aa89a122 Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic Brickfilm: Just Another Cliffhanger in the forum MOCs https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/brickfilm-just-another-cliffhanger/#post-60352 Sun, 01 Sep 2024 02:34:42 -0400 That was excellent!

]]> 0 6d9f09e003f87e649949347392ac0556 Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic First-Time Builder, So Many Questions in the forum All Things LEGO! https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/first-time-builder-so-many-questions/page/3/#post-57949 Sun, 03 Mar 2024 14:32:43 -0500 @greg, I did want to have it done for the Home Show but it’s not worth the aggravation and rush to try and solve it before Tuesday. I think that it is not minifig scale – I think minifigs are proportionally too tall. The tower would be about 19 inches high but a real cooling tower is around 660 feet.

@rcgrier3406, thank you for your good ideas…Read more

]]> 0 acd5c7f45c569eccea581efe4369f3d2 Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic First-Time Builder, So Many Questions in the forum All Things LEGO! https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/first-time-builder-so-many-questions/page/3/#post-57941 Sun, 03 Mar 2024 04:57:37 -0500 Thank you @greg for your thoughtful answer AND your attention to proper grammar. I will welcome your thoughts when you get to take a look at it.

]]> 0 0f20c9395edcec1b37597aa62e42b705 Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic First-Time Builder, So Many Questions in the forum All Things LEGO! https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/first-time-builder-so-many-questions/page/3/#post-57930 Sat, 02 Mar 2024 23:28:20 -0500 @greg, such a nice offer and what a fun-looking cone. Am I reading the room correctly that glue is NOT an option?!! I’m trying to figure out how a cone would look as part of this. Maybe if I could build enough supports on the bottom and the cone could sit on top of the supports, maybe it would work. I still don’t think the top cylinder…Read more

]]> 0 76478299f20c45a626df0101923239ee Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic First-Time Builder, So Many Questions in the forum All Things LEGO! https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/first-time-builder-so-many-questions/page/3/#post-57917 Sat, 02 Mar 2024 22:33:44 -0500 @greg yes you are right, hundreds. So depressing. I had originally thought about that design you posted, but when I found the AP1000 I dropped everything.

I forgot to add the picture of the Studio Stability warning. In my opinion baed on handling this thing, the Studio warning does not even highlight half of the poor connections. So bummed!

]]> 0 bea2315fcf6be853dadec7dd84d8b2bd Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic First-Time Builder, So Many Questions in the forum All Things LEGO! https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/first-time-builder-so-many-questions/page/3/#post-57915 Sat, 02 Mar 2024 22:29:08 -0500 Then I started playing around with building some internal supports but again, the angled connections between that top cylinder and the slanted sides are just too frail. The whole cylinder itself is very frail as well. It’s a series of hinge clips sitting on jumpers, so each hinge is supported by only one jumper stud on each side.

]]> 0 d74a9f868edee1cd26e33fea04a4aeca Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic First-Time Builder, So Many Questions in the forum All Things LEGO! https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/first-time-builder-so-many-questions/page/3/#post-57907 Sat, 02 Mar 2024 22:26:42 -0500 It’s awful. It might be possible in a no-gravity situation to put this together, but on Earth it will not stick. At one point I thought I could build a paper wall to hold up the sides, but it didn’t fit (I would have to cut it out later). Then I thought of a balloon, which I still think is a great idea (I just have to pop it later). But it…Read more

]]> 0 5ba47e3c40c4e53e4a74e661de138c42 Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic First-Time Builder, So Many Questions in the forum All Things LEGO! https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/first-time-builder-so-many-questions/page/3/#post-57901 Sat, 02 Mar 2024 21:45:21 -0500 I’ve concluded my cooling tower absolutely will not stick together in real life. Either I use super glue or waste hundreds of dollars. Any thoughts? Will I be shunned? It’s all my fault for being naive in Studio, which clearly states there are “122 clutch power issues (106 warnings and 16 cautions) and 22 stability issues.” Of course I never…Read more

]]> 0 742208d42d8fd386a908ca655e559734 Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic First-Time Builder, So Many Questions in the forum All Things LEGO! https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/first-time-builder-so-many-questions/page/3/#post-57084 Fri, 26 Jan 2024 13:49:29 -0500 I bought a Hazmat Guy and I had to change his head to a smiley face because he looks too frantic. He came with what looks more like a pressure washer. I’ll have to put that Geiger counter on my list of things to get… Thanks!

]]> 0 ad390fad811441e4ac8b13237fa3303a Nancy Flury Carlson posted a new activity comment https://steelcitylug.com/activity/p/44241/#acomment-44324 Sat, 06 Jan 2024 02:14:09 -0500 Love those ideas! I will look into it.

In reply to - Greg Schubert replied to the topic First-Time Builder, So Many Questions in the forum All Things LEGO! @carlsonf that looks pretty awesome! It is no small feat making round shapes out of square pieces. A minifig […] ]]> dcca36b6303279174b3ad6362b15da26 Nancy Flury Carlson posted a new activity comment https://steelcitylug.com/activity/p/44243/#acomment-44323 Sat, 06 Jan 2024 02:10:10 -0500 Great idea. I have printed out a two-page AP1000 Fact Sheet from the Westinghouse web page. Also I’m going to contact Westinghouse Communications to see if they would like to provide anything else. I also want to find a good image of the specific plant my model is based on, the Sanmen plant in China. It was the first AP1000 to become operational.

In reply to - Bob Grier replied to the topic First-Time Builder, So Many Questions in the forum All Things LEGO! @carlsonf that looks great!! One suggestion I would have for when you display it would be to bring one or two of […] ]]> 92807760f980f58fd5485775ae0a55ac Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic First-Time Builder, So Many Questions in the forum All Things LEGO! https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/first-time-builder-so-many-questions/page/3/#post-56493 Sat, 30 Dec 2023 16:20:21 -0500 Today I finished the AP1000 reactor building. I’m looking forward to displaying for the first time at the Ross Park Mall! The roof will just be resting on top so that it can be lifted off easily and people can see the inside better.

]]> 0 447c4cdd9c300cdf8d7bee40f1fed4e7 Nancy Flury Carlson replied to the topic First-Time Builder, So Many Questions in the forum All Things LEGO! https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/first-time-builder-so-many-questions/page/3/#post-56345 Mon, 18 Dec 2023 12:42:32 -0500 Thanks Tim, it will be a cutaway view of the containment building, so people can see the plant components inside. The outside containment is basically free-floating so maybe I will be able to lift it off to reveal the entire inside build. But if I decide that’s too risky, the main components will still be visible.

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