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Re: New micro moc: Suburban Development
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lugnet.build.microscale
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Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:54:24 GMT
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In lugnet.build.microscale, Ted Godwin wrote:
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The school bus is great. Nice detail using simple pieces.
But the masterpiece for me is the house under construction. The framing is
great and even a board being sawed! Great details all around.
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Thanks! The school bus was the first thing I created for the entire display,
and it helped set the tone of the whole model. There are some things I’d change
on the bus (it doesn’t have a door, for example) :) but what can you do? The
whole micro town literally grew outwards from the school bus, starting with a
little diorama of the kids getting on the bus, then the house behind them, then
some trees, then a car in the driveway, etc.
I have mixed feelings about the house under construction... because of its
design, it feels a bit like cheating to me. The plates are turned upright and
wedged in between studs, which isn’t very sturdy (and, as I’ve learned,
technically “illegal” by TLG’s design standards!). But most of all, the second
floor is simply balanced atop the first, which really feels like cheating. LEGO
is about interconnected bricks, not balancing colored plastic pieces atop one
another. :) Alas, I’ve never been a purist and it looked so cool that I just
couldn’t resist. :)
I also did another “illegal build” on the
cube truck. Although it’s hard to see from the angle in the photo, the truck’s
“window” is a black 1x2 brick
with pin. It’s only half-way inserted into a 1x1 technic brick. It stays in
place properly, but it stresses the pin and will eventually cause it to break.
(All this “illegal info” was gleaned from Jamie Berard’s great
presentation at Brickfest last
summer, by the way.)
And thanks for noticing the board being sawed at the construction site! When I
realized that the circles from the
minifig
pully lined up with the holes in a
1x2 grille, I realized I had
the perfect 4-piece-tablesaw. :)
Sean
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Sean Kenney
LEGO Certified Professional
http://www.seankenney.com
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| Wow, what can I say? The school bus is great. Nice detail using simple pieces. But the masterpiece for me is the house under construction. The framing is great and even a board being sawed! Great details all around. (17 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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