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Re: Why are slope bricks textured?
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lugnet.general, lugnet.parts
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Mon, 14 Mar 2005 08:26:50 GMT
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> OK, I would love to give some special reason, but I know of none. Ever since
> the sloped bricks first came out in red (1958) and blue (1960), they have had
> the textured finish. The simplest explanation I can think of is because most
> roofs are not smooth, but either ridged (roof tiles) or staggered (roofing paper
> or roofing slate). Perhaps when the sloped bricks were being designed by TLG in
> 1958, they tried using smooth sloped bricks. And maybe they didn't look all
> that realistic that way. Can't give any insight beyond that, except that the
> coarseness of the sloped surface changed over the years. In the 70's the
> texture was more pronounced than earlier or later sloped bricks.
>
> Gary Istok
What about the 3x6 slopes? Okay, I know they are a little different but they
don't have that "texture" you are speaking of.
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 | | Re: Why are slope bricks textured?
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| (...) Do you mean part 3939? [LDrawPart 3939:46] Going by the data collected on Peeron, this part first appeared in 1978. For the next ~13 years, the part only appeared in transparent colors. So I'd guess it was intended as a windshield/canopy, (...) (19 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: Why are slope bricks textured?
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| (...) OK, I would love to give some special reason, but I know of none. Ever since the sloped bricks first came out in red (1958) and blue (1960), they have had the textured finish. The simplest explanation I can think of is because most roofs are (...) (19 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts)
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