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Re: Chrysler Building - My Version
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lugnet.build
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Thu, 15 Aug 2002 13:46:58 GMT
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Sid Mark Dinsay writes:
> Howdy all!
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> No, not a Star Trek model this time. Rather, my version of the Chrysler
> Building, inspired by a recent visit to Toys 'r' Us and my love of
> architecture in general. Check it out here...
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=23406
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> The whole... darn... thing took about a week to finish. It's different from
> the model built by the Lego masterbuilders in that:
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> 1) ...It's at a smaller scale (the original Lego version featured 3 x 4
> windows; this one mainly feature 1 x 2's)...
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> 2) ...The building isn't uniformly colored (the setbacks are of a different
> color than the main tower and spire, but I think it came out well!)
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> 3) ...There are no clear bricks whatsover.
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> Please, LMKWYT!
Very nice. BIG! Only a week? How long did you spend planning it? To bad
there isn't a good source of bulk clear bricks. I'd really like to get my
hands on a good quantity.
I guess we could try to get some off the sculptures at TRU...no, that would
just be wrong.
Great job Sid. Grand Central next?
Best,
Jonathan
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| Funny you should mention GCT, Jonathan... I tried it once after seeing it in the Ultimate Lego Book... and gave up. Seeing Chrysler in the Book and then in person at the TRU in Times Sq. was the true impetus... I sat down one night and measured out (...) (22 years ago, 16-Aug-02, to lugnet.build)
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| Howdy all! No, not a Star Trek model this time. Rather, my version of the Chrysler Building, inspired by a recent visit to Toys 'r' Us and my love of architecture in general. Check it out here... (URL) whole... darn... thing took about a week to (...) (22 years ago, 15-Aug-02, to lugnet.announce.moc) !!
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