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Subject:	Re: ToPleSs : the Art of building between the studs
Newsgroups:	lugnet.build, lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.trains
Date:	Mon, 18 Oct 2004 22:10:50 GMT
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In lugnet.announce, Erik Amzallag wrote:

TOPLESs is the acronyme of Tile Or Plate Located between Enough Studs.

And because a picture is better than an explanation :

Matt Chiles used this technique heavily in his roller coaster, and referred to it as “pony-eared” (the 2x2 plate is pony-eared into the 2x4 plate).

This comes from the old castle sets, before there was a horse element. The ears of the horses were attached to their heads in this fashion.

I wish I could include some links to the roller coaster, but the site seems to be down at the moment.

Tony Hafner
www.hafhead.com

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		Re: ToPleSs : the Art of building between the studs
(...) It wasn't just me who came up with term "pony-eared". It was coined when we were talking about the technique at a PNLTC meeting a couple of years ago in Portland. ToPLeSs is a pretty good name for it too though. :) (...) Enough down-ness. (...) (20 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.trains, FTX)

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		ToPleSs : the Art of building between the studs
Hello ! The second thing I presented at BricMania (Grenoble, France, July 2004) after the moo-torized cows ( (URL) ) is a presentation about a building technique : TOPLESs. TOPLESs is the acronyme of Tile Or Plate Located between Enough Studs. And (...) (20 years ago, 9-Oct-04, to lugnet.announce, FTX)

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