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Re: lookinf for info on 1/16th offset building techniques.
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lugnet.build
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Sun, 15 May 2005 00:06:20 GMT
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Geoffrey Hyde <gdothyde@bigponddotnetSPAMCAKEdotau>
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"Jason J Railton" <j.j.railton@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:IGHM6x.G1I@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.build, Geoffrey Hyde wrote:
(snippage)
> Geoffrey - sorry, I was forced to change hosts when I moved out of an NTL
> cable
> area. Well, actually I moved into another one but was glad for the excuse
> to be
> shot of them. My website curently hangs around under
> <http://www.joefish.co.uk
> www.joefish.co.uk>, or <http://homepages.tcp.co.uk/~j.j.railton
> homepages.tcp.co.uk/~j.j.railton> if you'd prefer not to have the
> occasional
> spyware-touting re-director's pop-up.
I do apologize for having to redirect back to lugnet.build but I tried
emailing you and your old ISPs mailserver bounced the message right back and
I already have way too many newsgroups I pick up already to go after every
single newsgroup on lugnet. BTW I find Microsoft's IE6 will easily block
that pop-up - I never even had to worry about it. :) You may want to
investigate pop-up blockers somewhat and see what you can install. Believe
me, pop-ups are not necessary or desirable.
> The way it came about was I worked out that by building sideways with
> SNOT, each
> plate I added was 0.4 of a stud ([5] plates [x 0.4] = [2] studs). I could
> also
> do 0.2 of a stud using the half-plate recess of headlight bricks, or the
> half-plate overhang of the 1x2-2x4 bracket.
I think I get the general idea. Although I would like to see the individual
steps you used, or a sort of "exploded assembly diagram" so I can make sure
I've got the general technique straight.
> But, jumper plates with their one stud in the centre were a 0.5 stud
> offset, so
> if I could combine the two methods I could get [0.5 - 0.4 = 0.1] stud
> offsets,
> and that's what that picture shows.
>
> There are headlight bricks, plates and hinges to get the 0.2, 0.4, 0.6 &
> 0.8
> offsets, then the same techniques but starting on jumper plates to get the
> 0.1,
> 0.3, 0.5 0.7 and 0.9 stud offsets.
Time for some more bricklink orders. ;) The main reason I want offset stud
building is so I can line up some parts of a MOC currently in progress that
may well depend on more than the standard LEGO brick distance between studs
if it's to function properly.
> What you find is that a plate (0.4 studs) is very close to half a stud
> (0.5,
> obviously), and I've used this to disguise a few features on some of my
> <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1097434 other>
> <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1218035 models>.
I saw that post and was intrigued at the use of the minifig legs. :-) Are
there any substitutions possible? Also, check out the new SW sets, TLG have
decided to use some bricks with studs on two opposite sides in the new
models. It may make offset stud building even more possible than before.
;-)
http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/47905
and
http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/52107
I used peeron because it has the image for the first one. I can't find an
image yet for the second one.
I'm not sure if bricklink uses the same part numbers but they do have the
set inventoried and will probably have pics soon.
--
Cheers ...
Geoffrey Hyde
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