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| | | Hi all, Can someone please help me finding ideas about tree building? I am mainly trying to build a pinetree forest for a logging camp, but large oaks and other sorts of European trees are also welcome. TIA, Pedro (23 years ago, 15-Oct-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.pt)
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| | | | | (canceled) —Amy Hughes
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| | | | | | | Re: Trees: how to build them? —John Gerlach
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| | | | | | (...) Here are a couple that I built for the new GMLTC layout: (URL) two sizes of "multi-node leaf things" (good term, Amy!) are just stacked on a piece of Technic flex tubing, and the tubing is stuck into the center of a brown 2x2 round brick. An (...) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.pt)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Trees: how to build them? —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | (...) much better height than out-of-the-box LEGO trees. What does the terrain of 2x4 white bricks represent in the picture? Dave! (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Trees: how to build them? —John Gerlach
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| | | | | | (...) That is the 'grid' layer of the 'grid and tower' system we use to build up from baseplate height to just below ground level. Check out my crude drawing here: (URL) left to right: 2x2 brick towers (between 5 and 7 bricks tall), 2x4 brick grid, (...) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | | | (canceled) —Amy Hughes
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| | | | | | | | Re: Trees: how to build them? —James Brown
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| | | | | | (...) GMLTC has access to something like 2 million + bricks... they use *everything* for filler. (and it kills me, too.) :) thanks, James (23 years ago, 19-Oct-01, to lugnet.build)
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| | | | | Re: Trees: how to build them? —Eric DeGiuli
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| | | | | I have a stylized deciduous tree that I've made in this picture: (URL) you use the small Lego leaf pieces, then it looks coniferous. I used different pieces from 80's space sets for the branches: Space Robot Arm: (URL) Loudhailer: (URL) Gun: (URL) (...) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | | Re: Trees: how to build them? —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | | (...) Who, me? (Yeah, like there are so many other Shiris just hanging around here...) Anyhow, it's nothing as nice as Eric makes it, but here: (URL) seen much better, more realistic trees... Trainhead Ben made some awesome ones, and Chris makes (...) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.build)
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| | | | | Re: Trees: how to build them? —Johannes Koehler
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| | | | | Hello! Building trees is really an interesting aim. I've built a weeping willow (URL) a birch: (URL) better pics ain't available because I've got only a VisionCommand camera :-( Of course buildings like that are very fragile. And every time if one (...) (23 years ago, 19-Oct-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.pt)
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| | | | | Re: Trees: how to build them? —John Neal
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| | | | | (...) Hey Pedro- Check out these built by John Gerlach of the GMLTC: (URL) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.pt)
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| | | | | Re: Trees: how to build them? —Joel Jacobsen
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| | | | | (...) Pedro, I just came across this thread. For ideas that I've come up with -- there are 2 evergreen style trees and a couple deciduous style trees in the sub-folders here: (URL) borrowed ideas from Ben Beneke's wonderful evergreen trees: (URL) (...) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.pt)
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| | | | | Re: Trees: how to build them? —Adrian Drake
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| | | | (...) I used two simple methods to build trees for my pine forest, using the Palm Tree fronds stacked in groups of 3 to five sets. On some of them, I used barrels as trunks, and on others I used Palm tree trunks. With the palm tree trunks, you can (...) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.pt)
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