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Subject: 
Need help making a skyscraper
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Date: 
Thu, 20 Apr 2000 19:00:06 GMT
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Hi everyone, does anyone have any ideas or pictures that they can show on how
to make a skyscraper, i need one for my town, but i don't know really what to
do first.  This is my first skyscraper and i just need a little help.  Thanks.



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  Re: Need help making a skyscraper
 
(...) All I can say is make sure you put plenty of supports in it, so it don't collapse on itself. And get a lot of one color of brick. I have seen a LEGO Chrystler Building on the net, but I'll be darned if I can remember where. It stood like 8 (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.build)
  Re: Need help making a skyscraper
 
(...) I have a couple photos on my web page of my skyscraper (well, kneescraper...) (URL) is just walls made of 1x bricks, and stands 34L by 32W. The floors are the green baseplates, held up by 2x plates. The advice I would give is to butress both (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.build)
  Skyscrapers.com (Was Re: Need help making a skyscraper)
 
(...) A new web site may be of interest to you (and other skyscraper enthusiasts). It is (URL) . I just found it today, and it has a lot of work needed but looks like it will quite an informative site. I also bought a book yesterday called (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.build)
  Re: Need help making a skyscraper
 
Hi Rex, I have built many sky-scrapers. You can see them here: (URL) tend to use as much "glass" (windows) as possible. This saves on bricks and makes the structure much lighter. The light weight limits the amount of structural stress on the (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-00, to lugnet.build)  

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