To LUGNET HomepageTo LUGNET News HomepageTo LUGNET Guide Homepage
 Help on Searching
 
Post new message to lugnet.buildOpen lugnet.build in your NNTP NewsreaderTo LUGNET News Traffic PageSign In (Members)
 Building / 15395
15394  |  15396
Subject: 
Re: Cornered roofs
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.build
Date: 
Thu, 2 Dec 2004 07:52:15 GMT
Viewed: 
4697 times
  
Tim David wrote:
> 
> In lugnet.build, Adrian Egli wrote:
> > In lugnet.build, Sonnich Jensen wrote:
> > > Hi all!
> > > 
> > > I am building a building, with octocal walls. I use hinge bricks anf plates,
> > > which gives me almost 45 degrees walls.
> > > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1004790 • <snip>
> > > Can anyone help me with a hint for a brick, roof part or anythinbg for a roof
> > > for this?
> > > 
> > > S
> > 
> > I've got a suggestion- try wings.
> > 
> > I (very) vaguely recall seeing a MOC, likely a castle one (Anyone in castle know
> > what I saw?), that used a roof design very similar to what you're trying to make
> > but the builder used plates, wings and hinges to hold them altogether.  Granted,
> > the geometry involved in pulling it off would give a migrane but all the
> > available wing sizes we have today could make it possible.
> > 
> > HTH
> > 
> > Adr.
> 
> I too remember seeing a round(ish) building using wings to create a round roof.
> However I'm pretty certain it was a railway water tower and was in a fairly
> recent Bickshelf gallery of a show. Anyone point me in the right direction?
> 
> Tim

Wasn't a railway water tower, but I've done a couple of roofs like
this.  First one was a seven sided building (based on an actual seven
sided bank in Halifax).
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=93772  Uses 8x4 wings.
Next was an octagonal barn (place to hide the code pilot controlling the
cows) http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=947891 Uses an
assortment of different wing plates as I was short on them.  They are
held in place by 1x2 hinge bricks on jumper plates.

In such a small space you might be just better off with making a rounded
roof using plates, like the back bit of the chapel here:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=93775 (sorry, haven't
figured out how to photograph black well)

Gail Meagher



Message is in Reply To:
  Re: Cornered roofs
 
(...) I too remember seeing a round(ish) building using wings to create a round roof. However I'm pretty certain it was a railway water tower and was in a fairly recent Bickshelf gallery of a show. Anyone point me in the right direction? Tim (22 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)

11 Messages in This Thread:





Entire Thread on One Page:
Nested:  All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:  All | Brief | Compact
    

©2005 LUGNET. All rights reserved. - hosted by steinbruch.info GbR