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Re: Rensselar Troy Building
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Date: 
Fri, 17 Oct 2003 05:30:11 GMT
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In lugnet.build.arch, Alfred Speredelozzi wrote:
In lugnet.build.arch, Erik Olson wrote:
What's the piece on the front of the capital? (One piece offset plate or
multiple pieces?)


I guess I don't know what you mean by capital.  Most of my creative techniques
in this building can be explained by a lot of 1x1 headlight bricks and even more
1x2 "jumper" plates (plate with one off-set stud).  I'd be happy to explain
more, if you can clarify.

The capital is the top of the column. It looks kind of like a bracket where 1x2
plate has two side thingies offset at an angle, plus round plates on those..
never used it before, I'm guessing at what I'm seeing there.



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  Re: Rensselaer Troy Building
 
(...) Yes, I see what you mean. Sorry, I am not very well versed in actual architecture terms, thoa I suppose I will be learning as I continue to build! Anyway, at the top of the column are 4 1x1 headlight bricks--two facing out and 2 facing in. (...) (21 years ago, 18-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.arch)

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  Re: Rensselar Troy Building
 
(...) Yea, it did. :) I hear it is much better in most of the buildings now. There has been significant renovations all over campus. Its like a completely different school. (...) I guess I don't know what you mean by capital. Most of my creative (...) (21 years ago, 17-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.arch)

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