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Re: Narrow "Dutch" buildings.
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lugnet.boats, lugnet.build
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Sat, 29 Sep 2001 22:29:21 GMT
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In lugnet.boats, Frank Buiting writes:
> In lugnet.boats, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> > In lugnet.build.arch, Eric DeGiuli writes:
> > > These may be what you are looking for:
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> > > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=4260
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> > <knip>
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> > Hey, Frank, I've never seen ANY of that stuff before!
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> Well it was announced here:
> http://news.lugnet.com/general/?n=29792
> but most of the discussion about it went on in lugnet.trains so you might
> have missed it.
Yep! That’s the one! Excellent!!!!
I would have replied earlier, but I am afraid that I was so inspired by it
all, that I sat and built one of the buildings (until about 1:30 in the
morning!).
Previously, I had bought and sold Lego on Ebay; read about Lego on LUGnet;
and bought Lego at flea markets . . . but I had never really BUILT anything
of significance. I must, say, it took a LOT longer that I thought it would,
as well as more brain power – perhaps because, as a child, my creations
were rather samey, and simply involved inserting the occasional window into
a same-coloured brick wall, and plonking a roof on top.
Ah, but now that I have started building again as an adult, I am finding
that it’s very liberating! For example, previously I might have looked at a
particular angular brick, and said “hmmm, that’s the nose cone of a speed
boat”. But now, using a bit of SNOT technique, it becomes the bottom of a
bay window (1). Jet engines become chimney pots. Two 4x1 arches, one
mounted upside down, and with a fence behind, becomes a circular window with
a grill. I now look at bricks to see what they could become, rather than
what they are.
The first one I built was a copy (sort of) of the building in the centre at
< http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/felsir/Muelheim22April2001/misc17.jpg
> . Tan and green bricks were replaced by white and brown (bought from lego S@H when I thought I was going to build a train carriage with them). And once I had adapted a design, it was easy to create the next one! Of course, the thing that I like about that style (lots of tall, thin, and different houses crammed into a small space) means that you can build a house to fit the number of bricks you have. Hundreds of classic 2x2x1 windows, and 1000s of white bricks? Build a big, wide house! Only 4 grey arches, none of which are the same? Build a tall thin house (See the building on the right at http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/felsir/Muelheim22April2001/amsterdam06.jpg > ). Only a handful of grey 1x2? Use them as “edging” stones. The old “classic” 2x3x1 door the wrong scale for your minifig house? Use it as a window. < http://www.1000steine.de/gallery2/g108/1.htm > How liberating to use my imagination – rather than my memory of childhood creations – to build stuff.
Actually, talking of grey arches and bricks, does anyone else recall the
rather excellent sand green office building, with grey “lintel” arches above
each window? I did a search on LUGnet, and found a thread discussing it,
but the link to the picture seems not to work. Shame – I used to visit that
page occasionally just to admire it!
Anyway, thanks again for pointing me in the right direction, and providing
me with inspiration. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have some building to do .
. . . . hmmm, now where did I put those grey arches, rocket nose cones,
pirate ship rigging and pink Belville accessories . . .
Robert
#1005
(1) Except it is not a bay window. I know that there is a proper name for
windows that stick out beyond the face of the building on a floor other than
the ground floor. However, I can’t remember what it is!
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| (...) Well it was announced here: (URL) most of the discussion about it went on in lugnet.trains so you might have missed it. Anyway it was a meeting of LEGOfans in Germany. The row of houses are build by Johannes "JoJo" Koehler. There are more (...) (23 years ago, 24-Sep-01, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.build)
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