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Re: New MOC: 8 wide Lotus Esprit S4
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lugnet.build
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Fri, 21 Sep 2001 23:17:11 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Bram Lambrecht writes:
> A. Mark Wilburn writes:
> > A question though; why do you turn the doors studs in instead
> > of studs out on some of your 8 wides?
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> Usually, it's a matter of how they're attached. On some of the cars (like
> the Charger), the doors have to be built backwards so that I can get a 1/2
> stud offset by putting the "tubes" under a 1x3 plate into the holes in the
> studs on the hinge plate. Since many of the hinges are attached using a 1x2
> headlight brick on its side, it's easier to make the bottom of the plates
> flush with the sides of the car rather than the top. On the Esprit, the
> studs face inward so the door is closer to 4 long than 3 long. It would be
> difficult to attach the 2x4 plate if the studs faced out.
> Maybe something I just said makes sense...
Yeah, I see; it's unfortunate LEGO doesn't have a 1x3 with 2 studs on top
with half stud offsets (using the 1x2 tiles with single stud on top makes
going from 3 studs to 2 very flimsy!); as for the 2x4 plate... hmm, you're
right, I can't think of another elegant way to do that... LEGO would have to
come up with a 4 x 2 plate with only 6 studs on top, and no studs to allow
for being placed imediately under a plate hinge... In the meantime though,
would a 2 x 3 plate work, with either a 1 x 2 tile (not attached to the
door) to take up the space left at the hinge joint, or even just leave a
gap? Oh well, at least I see why now (it always seemed like an odd aesthetic
choice!)
> Hope to see more of your MOC's soon!
> --Bram
Me too; I haven't built any MOC's in a LONG time due to my console internet
gaming addiction (anyone else play Dreamcast games online?) but I am itching
to make SOMETHING. The hard part is trying to find a small project I want to
do that you haven't already done ;) (Like the 1977 Lotus you just did; which
I gave up on after not being able to find a way to convert it to a submarine)
Mark W.
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 | | RE: New MOC: 8 wide Lotus Esprit S4
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| (...) Well, it's either a slightly hollowed out look or the hollow studs, which I don't like much either. (...) Heheh...it's not a '77 Lotus though :) I think you'd have to go to a slightly bigger scale to make it convert (12 or 16 wide?) I'd love (...) (23 years ago, 22-Sep-01, to lugnet.build)
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| (...) Thanks! (...) The tapered front was an afterthought...but I really like the way it turned out. It looks much less squared off than when it was 8 wide all the way. (...) Usually, it's a matter of how they're attached. On some of the cars (like (...) (23 years ago, 20-Sep-01, to lugnet.build)
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