Steel City LUG | Nancy Flury Carlson | Mentions https://steelcitylug.com/members/carlsonf/activity/mentions/ Activity feed mentioning Nancy Flury Carlson. Mon, 14 Sep 2026 17:23:55 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 a339378fcf7a8dcd796d427716d98abf Bob Grier 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-70690 Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:49:39 -0400 @playingwithechoes, once you have a digital design put together, do enough of a test build to check it for overall stability and for it’s ability to maintain the bulb like shape. @carlsonf ran into issues with the stability of her Cooling Tower when going from the digital design she found online to the real thing. We were able to change a few…Read more

]]> 0 dab7a4275273b929ea6b659545d5b9cb Greg Schubert 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-70600 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:48:40 -0400 @carlsonf, as you probably know, there is a LUG member who is obsessed with nuclear models AND who is an exceptional MOC designer. Perhaps @playingwithechoes would like to take this on.

]]> 0 9c4b315914114181d352f689cbdae434 Bob Grier replied to the topic Westinghouse Atom Smasher in the forum All Things LEGO! https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/westinghouse-atom-smasher/#post-70483 Fri, 31 Jul 2026 13:53:34 -0400 I’d also be glad to help with this @carlsonf!! I did the initial draft of the proposal for the Airport Model, as well as the material take-offs and parts estimate. Fair warning though, I am NOT the person to help out with a Studio model!!

]]> 0 a646e36ff86ea547d786dcd1c8328be0 Bob Grier replied to the topic International Day of Play - LEGO Crafts and Art Thread in the forum LUG discussions https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/international-day-of-play-lego-crafts-and-art-thread/#post-69937 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 20:47:33 -0400 Paula came through, so in addition to the stuff I’m already bringing and displaying, I’m going to do a live build of Project Hail Mary!!

To do that, I’d like a little more table space, so @carlsonf, can I slide your space 1/4 table up to fill the gap between you and @poppyperiscope, and then put @schu54321 on the corner so I can pick up another…Read more

]]> 0 9b44b4ff623704ab6cc5ff141d59f031 Marcella Spear replied to the topic LAN Update: Transition of LAN Program to LEGO Fan CoLab in the forum Contributing member discussions https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/lan-update-transition-of-lan-program-to-lego-fan-colab/#post-69511 Tue, 28 Apr 2026 23:48:03 -0400 Thanks @carlsonf. Jordan did post this today:

We are working to review migration forms weekly and provide feedback. We have actually been conducting our first review yesterday and today of the forms already submitted. My concern is for the communities that wait until the end, to submit their form and if that form is not done so correctly, then…Read more

]]> 0 5bbc0ccb06d2011719456e55e17bf9a3 Greg Schubert replied to the topic Q2 Meeting Date Poll in the forum LUG discussions https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/q2-meeting-date-poll/#post-69099 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 16:00:27 -0400 I picked up a donation yesterday. It is my understanding that Nancy is going to sort it. I could transport it to @knb112 and she can bring it to the meeting if both Krista and @carlsonf are going to attend the Q2 in Penn Hills on Saturday.

]]> 0 01eeed3df0681c48c0ba87bc1a8967f4 Marcella Spear replied to the topic 2025 Penn Hills Library Swap / Fall Install in the forum LUG discussions https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/2025-penn-hills-library-swap-fall-install/#post-65885 Sun, 07 Sep 2025 15:31:05 -0400 Thanks everyone for making our display great. @carlsonf – I have your build from the last display. I also have the tri colored heart, but don’t remember whose that was.

]]> 0 78a1fdc4fe784d5ca87f490f7cac68cd Tim replied to the topic Help Wanted - Bricksorters, a Pittsburgh LEGO startup in the forum LUG discussions https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/help-wanted-bricksorters-a-pittsburgh-lego-startup/#post-64559 Sat, 31 May 2025 00:22:56 -0400 @carlsonf sounds like your cup of tea! 😀

]]> 0 517de22a47b0fb5fb1be3c970ea0425b Tom Frost replied to the topic Sets for Sale - Frost in the forum BUY / SELL / TRADE! https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/sets-for-sale-frost/#post-63750 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 00:29:55 -0400 @carlsonf A swap meet is a meeting where members bring things they are interested in selling or trading. We had one at Dan’s two summers ago that was great, but I don’t think there has been another one since. I decided to post a list of things I had available in the meantime to see if anyone was interested in anything, and I could bring to the…Read more

]]> 0 060fcf1fe662a0959334dde3f1c43759 PLAYINGWITHECHOES replied to the topic Threadjacking in the forum All Things LEGO! https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/threadjacking/page/62/#post-63624 Wed, 12 Mar 2025 19:23:36 -0400 For reference if anyone wants to build in Lego nuclear energy related things as part of Pittsburgh’s history. Atom smasher and first commercial power plant- sound like something @carlsonf might be interested in.

Of course, I keep building the educational train models that helped that part of the STEM industry in keeping the lights on.…Read more

]]> 0 a5ef1c3837c6ad7e129732e781f88ce6 Tom Frost replied to the topic Threadjacking in the forum All Things LEGO! https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/threadjacking/page/61/#post-62916 Sat, 01 Feb 2025 15:44:58 -0500 I wanted to see if anyone might be able to help @smallfrost with a school assignment. Jonah needs to interview someone who has direct experience of a national or local historic event and had their life directly impacted by it. Topics have ranged from local topics including the closure of West View Park, Hurricane Ivan flooding, and the decline of…Read more

]]> 0 315f706aeafc6a44d147b186cfa48343 PLAYINGWITHECHOES replied to the topic 2025 Home and Garden in the forum LUG discussions https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/2025-home-and-garden/page/2/#post-62797 Tue, 28 Jan 2025 14:17:29 -0500 @argonvesher, I’m intending the Behemoth Bridge to be front and center to the R104 and R120 track layout. It’s built in the LUG colors and may sport a special LUG banner on the bridge so like that LUG box car that my Big Boy hauls, every photo of the bridge should have the LUG logo in it. 🙂
It has two manual modes should anything happen to the…Read more

]]> 0 af636ecb9f0510332c61fa397bb42b2c Bob Grier 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-56505 Sat, 30 Dec 2023 21:34:38 -0500 @carlsonf that looks great!! One suggestion I would have for when you display it would be to bring one or two of the LDD cut-away views for the Reactor Building and annotate what some of the components are. That would help non-nuclear people (like me!) understand what they’re looking at!!

]]> 1 379284d80812aabde7c95cb89c834461 Greg Schubert 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-56500 Sat, 30 Dec 2023 20:55:55 -0500 @carlsonf that looks pretty awesome! It is no small feat making round shapes out of square pieces. A minifig scale Geiger counter would be a nice addition. 🙂

Have you seen the CMF called the Hazmat guy? I think @joshhall used a bunch of them in the Dig into Reading display.

]]> 1 88b3a128b387d87b7b06fa70b0c95ea6 John S replied to the topic Double railroad crossing gates in the forum MOCs https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/double-crossing-gates/#post-51343 Mon, 13 Mar 2023 13:32:21 -0400 Josh shared the almost completed v2 on fb. E managed to get a Power functions motor running off the 9v train track that’s it’s installed on.

Definitely a fun project to get done, especially just using the parts available in the random bin.

Completed by @joshhall, @rcgrier3406 and myself. And thanks to @carlsonf for starting to sort that gia…Read more

]]> 0 d0387441c4bb9ba769657b528491ba4a Greg Schubert 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/#post-50451 Fri, 03 Feb 2023 14:06:46 -0500 @carlsonf, somewhere I recall that you had light bluish grey 1×1 bricks on your wish list. I think I have a thousand. I sent you a PM via SteelCityLUG.

]]> 0 5759a07fc02ae7d8b295d46da096ad9d Tim replied to the topic First-Time Builder, So Many Questions in the forum All Things LEGO! http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/first-time-builder-so-many-questions/#post-47908 Sat, 12 Nov 2022 16:40:04 -0500 @carlsonf I agree completely and am looking forward to seeing your MOC.

]]> 0 3365777edd1dfd519802f1a53ef50430 Greg Schubert replied to the topic First-Time Builder, So Many Questions in the forum All Things LEGO! http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/first-time-builder-so-many-questions/#post-47879 Wed, 09 Nov 2022 19:49:15 -0500 @carlsonf is this a particular plant that you are building? it sounds gigantic!

LDD is basically dead, but I heard you can import the .xlf files into stud.io

]]> 0 6bc8cfc4d35c2c817d475aa655168213 Benjamin C Good replied to the topic 2021 Q4 build challenge - Alt build in the forum Build challenges! http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/2021-q4-build-challenge-alt-build/page/2/#post-42599 Sat, 29 Jan 2022 07:10:28 -0500 >> Well if none of the Master Builders have claimed naming rights to the rocks in your build, and it’s not too late, how about flurinium?

I’ve been aware for some time that I never replied to this one and I don’t wanna leave Nancy hanging @carlsonf, even though this thread is essentially done at this point.

Sadly, I got this message too late. Y…Read more

]]> 0 46490fbe91c9bae4f0c8b3955a3c0436 Bob Grier replied to the topic Profile - Birthdate in the forum Site Admin http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/profile-birthdate/#post-42075 Sat, 11 Dec 2021 22:00:45 -0500 @carlsonf, I ran into the same thing when I joined 4 years ago (mine is in 1953)!! Some things never change!!

]]> 0 435a2846b5d87b90af1102211109060d Renée replied to the topic 2021 Q4 build challenge - Alt build in the forum Build challenges! https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/2021-q4-build-challenge-alt-build/page/2/#post-42004 Wed, 08 Dec 2021 11:46:10 -0500 Love the knolling, @carlsonf! And the photo makes a better parts reference for working on the rebuild than the one in the back of the manual. (I also saw a circuit board at first glance)

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