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Re: Classic scale building?
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Sun, 14 Mar 1999 04:32:17 GMT
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Gary Istok wrote in message <36E955E1.75B33582@umich.edu>...
> I was just wondering.... I know that most of you folks build on the
> minifig scale (5 brick high doors) using all those "wonderful"
> (sarcastic) minifigs. Is there anyone else who builds primarily on the
> classic scale (3 brick high doors - sort of the "HO" train scale)
> without the minifigs? Or am I (pretentious as it sounds) alone?
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> Stuck in the '60s....
> Gary Istok
I've built an Empire State Building on a scale of 1 brick = 1 floor. My
original plans were for 2 bricks = 1 floor, but I soon realized the folly of
my ways when I came to the startling conclusion that the number of bricks
required doesn't double when you double your scale, it quadruples! This
should have been obvious, but I had to think about it for awhile. Of
course, if you don't make your buildings solid (which I don't), it may not
be quite 4x, but its more than double, that's for sure.
So I don't see how people can make skyscrapers using the minifig scale.
Just seems like it would take WAY too many bricks. And it would be way too
tall to fit in a normal home too. If I remember right, a brick is about
3/8 of an inch high (or so). So, I figure an 8' ceiling could accommodate
about 51.2 floors at 5 bricks = 1 floor. That's 1/2 of an Empire State
Building. Even if I had enough bricks, it would take a large ladder and a
16' roof!
Kim Toll
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| (...) Ummmm, If you make your buildings solid, the factor is 8! Think about is starting with a 1x1 brick. If you double each dimension, you have a 2x2x2 volume, which is 8 1x1s. Even a 1 brick/floor empire state building is going to be awfully tall! (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
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| I was just wondering.... I know that most of you folks build on the minifig scale (5 brick high doors) using all those "wonderful" (sarcastic) minifigs. Is there anyone else who builds primarily on the classic scale (3 brick high doors - sort of the (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
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