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Re: Proportions for a 2001 Monolith in LEGO?
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Sat, 24 Jan 2004 20:32:15 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Mark Tarrabain wrote:
> Well yeah... but it would be interesting to build one of the correct
> _physical_ proportions, if only to say that you did it.
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> (As has been established, this works out to 2 studs wide, 8 studs
> across, and 15 brick-heights high.)
...which is the minimum size required to achieve the 1x4x9 dimensional ratio. I
have been unable to find any evidence that the actual physical dimensions are
known, beyond one person's claim that the physical Cinerama screen (which has an
innacurate ratio of approx 4x10.79) is actually the first of three Monoliths
seen in the movie. Without getting Clarke to state it outright, movie footage
of the lunar Monolith is probably the best source for Monolith-to-human ratio.
> I think it would be easier to just use technic bricks (inside the
> construct, they would be completely concealed by smooth bricks on the
> surface, and mounting bricks at 90 degree angles so as to get the bricks
> building with the studs facing both up and down. Of course, using
> such a construct would mean that it couldn't be just 2 studs wide
> anymore because there wouldn't be enough room inside...
There are two major problems with that. The first is that you'd have pins
marring the smooth surface on at least one side. The second is that you'll have
a gap of approximately 3/64" between the two sections on each face.
> You *MIGHT* be able to build it with only 4 studs wide, but I think it would
> need to be at least 6 studs wide (with all other dimensions proportionately
> increased) in order to be large enough to conceal a working and sturdy
> brick reversing mechanism by at least one stud thickness of smooth
> bricks for the outside of the monolith.
As I mentioned in a previous post, it is entirely possible to build one that's
five plates thick by 8 bricks wide by 18 bricks long, with tiles covering the
two largest faces, which keeps it at the exact same dimensions as the 2x8x15
vertical construction. I've already figured out a SNOT method that would make
it work, but I'd need a lot more black tiles than I own...and the end result
might be a touch on the fragile side (it'd help greatly if it could be built one
plate thicker).
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| <snip> (...) I am of the belief that you guys are nuts! :) (No offence intended) the simplest solution, as far as I can work out, is to build it for the most part studs up, and use some 2 stud long technic axles inside the inner tubes of the brick, (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-04, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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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... (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jan-04, to lugnet.build)
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