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Re: Reason 5H bricks are good
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lugnet.build
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Wed, 20 Jan 1999 04:04:01 GMT
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Steve Bliss writes:
> I was
> inserting stacks of 1x4 bricks between the horizontal beams, to provide
> rigidity (is that a word?).
Yes.
> Now, this problem is pretty easy to solve by making sure that my
> diagonal beams cross on either side of the brick-stack, so the bricks
> can't move. But it's even easier to use 5H bricks instead.
I've often thought that those taller bricks would be cool to use in big
structures, like some of the big skyscraper/office building types. That, IMO,
neither limits creativity nor violates integrity (or purism). It only does so
when the object built is much smaller.
-Tom McD.
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| (...) I could see that. Also, the smoothness of the 5H bricks (fewer inter-brick lines) would increase the asthetic appeal of skyscraper models. My big problem with 5H bricks is when they give the illusion of solid construction. Without adequate (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Reason 5H bricks are good
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| I found an application where two 1x2x5 bricks worked much better than 5 1x4 bricks. I was building a framework with Technic beams (basically the same thing I posted to lugnet.cad.dat the other day). I was inserting stacks of 1x4 bricks between the (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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