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Re: New WTC design prototype
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lugnet.build
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Mon, 20 Jan 2003 00:51:23 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Sean Kenney writes:
> But it would cost about $2500 per tower. I
> know I'm a loon, but even that's a bit much for me
Okay, I'm a bigger loon, so I thought it might be do-able, but unless you can
get tiles a lot cheaper than I can, or I've done the calculation incorrectly,
it'd be $2500 *per side*, and that's just the tiles. Not as bad as my
minifig-scale design, but still beyond my means.
Nice job, BTW. I look forward to seeing this done.
Amy
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| (...) Actually, my math was only off a little, but I didn't include the black plates. Here's the whole thing, with tiles and plates: The facade is built in chunks that are 24 studs tall (sideways). A chunk uses twelve 2x2 tiles, three 2x8 plates and (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.build)
| | | Re: New WTC design prototype
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| (...) Oh, yeah... I remember reading once a long time ago that you'd designed a minifig scale World Trade Center. Did you ever make a CAD model of it or anything? I'd love to see it! Sean --- Sean M. Kenney The Brick Apple - New York City in Lego (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.build)
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| (...) LOL! :) Glad it made an impression. :) (...) Thanks! Yeah, leave it to me to try some crazy design that no one else would dare. :) The genesis for this idea was to cram more vertical beams into the model than my previous design (which only had (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-03, to lugnet.build)
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