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Re: Octagonal building technique: help!
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lugnet.build
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Sat, 12 Mar 2005 21:12:11 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Ondrew Hartigan wrote:
> unfortunently the faset brick isin't very usefull past using it with another
> faset part. the easyist way to acheive the octagonal look is to use hinge
> bricks or plates and angle the walls.
On that note, there's a few particular sizes of 45 degrees that work well enough
within Lego tolerances. Like, a 45 degree wall of length 7, 17, 24, 33, or 41
will all join up with the hinges Ondrew mentioned, and be pretty darn close to
accurate. Close enough such that the brick tolerances compensate. You might also
get lucky enough with walls that are 14, 27, or 31, but I haven't ever tried
them. Also, there's lots of "true perfect" sizes that aren't QUITE 45 degrees.
Another potential solution is to only connect one side of the angled walls. So
the unconnected side just gently rests against its fixed neighbor. Not perfect,
but it can work in a pinch.
You can also be really daring and try some SNOT techniques and get even more
'valid' lengths like the ones listed above (especially since most windows widths
in multiples of 2, which is fairly easy to SNOT around.
DaveE
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| I used the parts linked above to make some octagonal towers in a large castle MOC I built recently. At the bottom, I attached two opposite sides (parallel) to the supporting pieces below the tower, and then let the other 6 sides "float", just (...) (20 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.build)
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| (...) unfortunently the faset brick isin't very usefull past using it with another faset part. the easyist way to acheive the octagonal look is to use hinge bricks or plates and angle the walls. here's the parts that will be most usefull: (2 URLs) (...) (20 years ago, 12-Mar-05, to lugnet.build)
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