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Re: Octagonal building technique: help!
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lugnet.build
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Sun, 13 Mar 2005 17:24:37 GMT
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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 resting on tiles for support. This was quite stable, especially
since the towers connected to wall segments at various points higher up. I
don't have the MOC in front of me, but I found a point at which the octagonal
shape was closest to a perfectly symmetrical shape, but for the scale I wanted.
It was not a "perfect" fit. As I recall, if I measured the number of studs
between parallel panels, I believe that I got them to be 14 studs one way, and
15 the other. This was with 6-wide wall segments (which was the size I needed).
I don't know if you can picture what I mean, but you can find these dimensions
by building a "brace" between parallel walls, across the octagon. Build two of
these, at right angles to each other. Good luck!
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| (...) Thanks to all who replied! I got to look at the Lunar Lander which the exact same idea as you guys. (URL) I will get the time to put in the finishing touches to my FIRST MOC and post pix of it soon. Cheers, Ram (20 years ago, 11-Apr-05, to lugnet.build)
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| (...) 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 (...) (20 years ago, 12-Mar-05, to lugnet.build)
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