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In lugnet.build, Jason J. Railton wrote:
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In lugnet.build, Shaun Sullivan wrote:
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I’m soliciting solutions to a not-unfamiliar SNOT-construction quandry:
What’s the best way to attach brown bricks butt-end to butt-end (the ends
opposite the studs) securely, using only brown pieces that are readily
available (i.e. available in quanitity on Bricklink)?
The best solution I’ve come up with is to use these pieces periodically:
and then the two halves are secured together with some cross beams.
Any other ideas? The goal is to have a smooth surface on top, so the
delicious technic plate (e.g. part 4263) mated to two 2x2 L-shaped plates
(part 2420) won’t work as the technic plates have rounded edges. Technic
pins leave little gaps, and 1x1 bricks with 3 studs aren’t produced in brown
yet (are they?). Soooooo, let the brainstorming begin!
.s
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What do you mean by ‘on top’? Are these butt-to-butt bricks supposed to form
a flat surface, or upright walls with the studs facing out left and right, or
a vertical wall with studs up and down? Can you handle sticking-out bits or
studs on one side or the other?
The simplest thing I can think of is a line of 1x4 technic plates, each with
a 2x2 plate on top. Then, join them together with 2x2 plates pushed into the
holes upside down.
That way, you get a line of just one-plate thickness alternately two studs up
and two studs down. But, it’s two-studs deep, so if you can’t hide that it’s
no good.
Jason Railton
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My best idea for doing this flush in a 1-brick thick wall is to make a line of
headlight bricks, if you can get enough in brown. You alternate one upright,
one face down, one upright, one face down, all pushed together. If the last one
is upright you can use a 1x1 technic brick for neatness. Then you put a 1x1
plate on the downward face of the face-down ones. Now you have alternating
studs top and bottom.
There’s another neat trick from doing upright/face-up/upright/face-up headlight
bricks to get a regular 1/2-stud stepped base for building on.
Jason R
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| (...) What do you mean by 'on top'? Are these butt-to-butt bricks supposed to form a flat surface, or upright walls with the studs facing out left and right, or a vertical wall with studs up and down? Can you handle sticking-out bits or studs on one (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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