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| (...) Well yeah... but it would be interesting to build one of the correct _physical_ proportions, if only to say that you did it. (As has been established, this works out to 2 studs wide, 8 studs across, and 15 brick-heights high.) (...) Yes... (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-04, to lugnet.build)
| | | | | Re: Proportions for a 2001 Monolith in LEGO?
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| (...) 1 4 9 ?? where have I heard that before?... I had no idea it was 1 4 9 ! OK, seriously. What I'm driving at is that if you want to do it in bricks and do it the easy way, studs up, the dimensions I gave for bricks of 2x8x15 high convert to 40 (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-04, to lugnet.build)
| | | | | Re: Proportions for a 2001 Monolith in LEGO?
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| <snip> (...) Dunno about checking--my brain is a little fried today (long week of checking numbers and cross references here). If I recall correctly from reading the book, the 1 x 4 x 9 dimension comes from the squares of "the first three numbers": (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.build)
| | | | | Re: 3 ideas I had
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| (...) Actually I think this idea was used in 5850 The Royal Crystal Palace. Well, ok, I think it uses cones. Frank (23 years ago, 24-Jan-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle)
| | | | | Re: Proportions for a 2001 Monolith in LEGO?
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| (...) You'd never know that I minored in Math.... There's a common divisor there I didn't notice. Make that 2x8x15. >> Mark (23 years ago, 24-Jan-04, to lugnet.build)
| | | | | Re: Proportions for a 2001 Monolith in LEGO?
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| (...) Ed Toton made a lunar Monolith scene, but the dimensions weren't listed (it's way too small to be 2x8x15, though): (URL) Thomas did make a LEGO-based movie version of 2001, and according to the responses, it did include a Monolith that (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-04, to lugnet.build)
| | | | | Re: Proportions for a 2001 Monolith in LEGO?
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| (...) DOH! You are right... I was going on the ratio of the brick being 6x6x7, but it's actually 5x5x6. Serves me right for posting something like that without checking first. So...at the *PROPER* LEGO dimensions, the Monolith would then be... (drum (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | Re: Proportions for a 2001 Monolith in LEGO?
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| (...) I'm not sure I agree. A 1x1 brick is 20 LDU wide and 24 LDU high, ne? (...) 7x20 ldu or 140 ldu wide (...) 28x20 ldu or 560 ldu across (...) 54 x 24 or 1296 ldu high 1296 isn't 9 times 140... or is my math wrong here? I get 1260 as 9*140 I (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.build)
| | | | | Proportions for a 2001 Monolith in LEGO?
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| Bringing this back to a LEGO oriented discussion... My sincerest apologies if it's still a bit nerd-oriented. In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Larry Pieniazek wrote: ... a brief discussion on clone brand proportions and how they could be used to recreate (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.build)
| | | | | Big Ugly Yellow Building
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| Is it a mosque? Is it an office building? Who knows! What I know for sure is that it's BIG and YELLOW. This building appeared in IndyLUG's GATS train layout in October 2003 and January 2004. (2 URLs) The building rests on 4 green baseplates and has (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, FTX)
| | | | | GAT Prototype Preview
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| Check out the preview of our latest MOC from our (URL) homepage.> (2 URLs) ACPin & Sons (23 years ago, 22-Jan-04, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | Re: 3 ideas I had
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| (...) Ah, my mistake. I can't recall any specific uses of that design that I've seen, but I'd still be surprised if it hasn't been used before by someone (flip it upside-down and it sounds like a neat idea for part of a nano-scale building). I (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle)
| | | | | Re: 3 ideas I had
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| (...) They do, but they spin freely in the sockets. I'd lean more towards using black friction pins (maybe with black axes to make them less obvious?) which will both grip on the inside of the hub and the axle handle. Er, they grip the axe a bit (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle)
| | | | | Re: 3 ideas I had
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| (...) What I actually meant was to stick 1 x 1 round bricks on each of the 4 prongs, not just one in the middle. (23 years ago, 21-Jan-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle)
| | | | | Re: 3 ideas I had
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| (...) Here's another way to get 120 degree angles with hinge bricks: (URL) got the idea from Jon Palmer: (URL) course, four axes spinning around would be pretty easy--I'd use the 4x4 round brick in brown as a hub: (URL) technic half-pins fit into (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle)
| | | | | Re: 3 ideas I had
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| (...) Three might be tricky to pull off. There are only three pieces that I can think of that allow you to attach things at exactly 120 degree intervals, and one of them is a fairly new TECHNIC tri-beam that only comes in two sets. This is probably (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jan-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle)
| | | | | Re: 3 ideas I had
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| (...) Hey, Do you have any pictures of it? It would help. I will try to build what you are trying to explain. Erik Bush (23 years ago, 20-Jan-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle)
| | | | | MOC: De Naald - the Needle
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| Hi, Sometimes you don't know what hit you... (2 URLs) Full Gallery> "De Naald" (needle) was the self constructed ship of notorious assassin Sharakk. He built it's ship in the early 22cnd century (earth time) to have the best possible craft for hit (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jan-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| Firstly is a Siege Engine thingo that I saw on a bugs bunny (I think) cartoon. Basicly, its a giant thing with 3 axes on it in a circle thing, as it moves along the axes spin around. Secondly is a lamp I came up with. Grab one of the 4-pronged parts (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jan-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle)
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