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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?
>
> 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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> 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.
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!
Cheers,
Ralph Hempel - P.Eng
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> > be quite 4x, but its more than double, that's for sure.
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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.
Duh.... Of course, your right. Volume would increase by the cube; the
square only gets you area. That's probably why I was comming up with ~ 4x
difference; I was just estimating brick counts for the four faces, not for
the full volume... Guess I should do a better ananlysis before posting, eh?
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> Even a 1 brick/floor empire state building is going to be awfully tall!
>
> Ralph Hempel - P.Eng
Mine came out to be just about 4' 2" tall (including the antenna (or is it a
lightning rod?) on the top). It was quite the fun project! I didn't need a
ladder, but I did have to stand up to do the last 20 floors or so (I usually
do my lego work on the floor... I get cramps in my legs, but it works OK).
Kim Toll
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