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Re: Yellow Low Sloped Corner Bricks?
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Date: 
Sat, 5 Jun 1999 03:10:56 GMT
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John Cromer wrote:
I think it's called "gabled" because it is an otherwise normal 1x2
roof piece with a gabled overhang on one side, ie a vertical triangle
like a gabled roof.

This isn't the piece I was referring to... the one you just described is
the one Gary said Rob F calls a "gable connector"... which is another
misnomer, I think, since it connects rof peaks, not gables (which are at
the outer end of a piece of roof). The one I was commenting on, the
"gable end", is the tiny 1x2 one which is a pyramid cut in half, used at
the outer end of a piece of hipped roof.

Kevin



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  Re: Yellow Low Sloped Corner Bricks?
 
(...) Right, gotcha. Sorry for the confusion. I agree with you, the name "gable end" for that piece is confusing. What's better? 1x2 hip roof end? 1x2 half pyramid? Or the LDRAW name, Slope Brick 45 1 x 2 Triple? I don't know. John C. ps. To muddy (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)

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  Re: Yellow Low Sloped Corner Bricks?
 
(...) I think it's called "gabled" because it is an otherwise normal 1x2 roof piece with a gabled overhang on one side, ie a vertical triangle like a gabled roof. So that name refers to the appearance of the piece not it's actual function which is (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)

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