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| I can't wait to see it in person, Rick. It looks fantastic! I'll have to work hard to top that one by may. ;-) (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| For all you "Mech-nics": After seeing all the current interest in Mechas lately, I wanted to try my bricks at one - but something different. I came up with a six legged spider "cobbled" together from "useless" pieces such as: 2 Burps, a bunch of (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce)
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| I think that the technic beams method is the best, but there's also another one you can use if you have lots of plates. First, make your roof shape out of plates: this is your roof's first layer. Use only plates of the same color as your roof and (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| That's a pretty interesting discussion! I suspect that your beams would be much stronger if you used the 1/3 high bricks instead of the standard 1 brick high. I have noticed that the 1/3 size bricks bind considerably more tightly than the full size (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| For those interested, you can check out my updated Stormbringer page (URL) Dickinson (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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