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obsessive-compulsive (was Re: Technic piece wanted.)
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lugnet.build
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Wed, 16 Jun 1999 19:06:04 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> Simon Robinson wrote:
> >
> > Perhaps the test should be whether you can hide the non-lego part, either
> > by having it a long way away from the Lego (like a plug connected by a lead)
> > or by burying it inside your Lego model and surrounding it by bricks so
> > you can't see it. Would you be happy with a non-lego transformer if
> > you could do that? :)
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> No. The true craftsman would know. I'm not a true craftsman but I would
> know too.
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> The GMLTCers rag on me all the time because I want to get details that
> the public will not see correct, such as making buildings symmetrical
> and architectually correct instead of scaffolding up something.
>
> I think where I went over the top the worst was in making wiring
> chases... there is a spot on the back of each module where speed
> controllers can go. That spot (wide enough to hold 3) is done all in
> yellow. Each speed controller has a wiring chase leading into the middle
> of the module to run wiring down. I got excessively obsessed about
> making sure that the walls of the chase were yellow too, even though you
> can't see the wall color unless you take the controller out and peer
> down it with a flashlight. People actually threw things at me because I
> wouldn't stop going on about it. (1)
I know *exactly* where you're coming from. My current project has a 4 story
tower that starts about 7 bricks above ground (mountainscape) The outside is
modeled with BURPs and black & grey bricks, but I was running very short on
bricks at the time, so the center is supported with white 2x2 columns. Even
though someone would have to literally tear the tower *and* the mountainside
apart to see those bricks, I know they're there, and it bugs me every time I
look at that tower.
I've come very close myself to fixing it several times, but the upper part of
the tower took me several days to get right, and I just can't quite make myself
risk messing with it.
My friends call me anal. They just don't understand. ;-)
James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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