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Re: Large Buildings?
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Fri, 16 Mar 2001 00:27:24 GMT
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My natural history museum is around that side and its replete with special
pieces (rather than using standard bricks).
http://members.home.net/hmltn1/topia/natural.htm
You might also try my Monorail/Train terminal as its at least 1x2 baseplates
(not as big as yours)
http://members.home.net/hmltn1/topia/transit.htm
A good idea for covering a lot of area is to use the trans-clear or blue
thin-walls. Unfortunately, they are a bit expensive (I think $7.99 for 25
which doesn't go very far on that scale!) You can get them slightly cheaper
at Brickbay.
Another idea is to mount plates side-ways. It is easier to cover large wall
areas with plates than bricks (although it might not look as good). You
must mount the plates vertically by using brackets, or by erecting a
framework of vertical technic beams and then attaching the plates (just like
a real building).
If its a warehouse, then you can have a bunch of garage doors on one side.
This would be a good excuse to use the plates sideways. You can build the
framework from regular bricks and have HUGE door openings (which is actually
realistic for a warehouse). Then, you can use plates to fill them in. This
is doubly cool because you can get away with using different colored plates
than your main framework (since its ok for the doors to be a different
color).
Another way to save bricks (sometimes) is to use arched openings. This
carves out "empty space" that doesn't need to be filled in with bricks. The
catch is that you must get the arches (which aren't cheap except in gray)
and it can be tricky to make the empty spaces look correct. Sometimes you
just end up having to put another wall behind anyhow. However, you can use
the plate idea to fill in that space. Here is a picture of construction I
did using this very technique (I was running out of yellow bricks):
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/bhamilto1/Hall/Interior/station.jpg
Notice where the arches are with the shields sticking out. This is where I
used plates (with the shields as extra decoration).
If you really want to skimp, then you could purchase a few of the 15" by 15"
gray baseplates ($11 each so maybe not THAT cheap). You could use thse as
roof pieces. I've seen other people cut these up. I suppose that you could
make them into walls, but it would probably look ugly.
If you need regular bulk bricks, its cheaper to get them from Brickbay than
from LEGO (www.brickbay.com).
I hope that helps,
Brad
Duane Hess <DNJHESS@ZDNETMAIL.COM> wrote in message
news:GA9D6C.Btx@lugnet.com...
> I am currently working on a large vehicle project, but I don't want my
> minifgs exposed to the elements. Does anyone have any links to websites or
> pictures of large buildings constructed out of LEGO bricks? I am thinking
> along the lines of large warehouse structures roughly 3 x 2 baseplates in
> area and 30 bricks high. I have a rather small collection (< 50K pieces), • so
> straight brick construction is out of the question.
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> Any tips, tricks, suggestions, etc would be appreciated.
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> -Duane
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> P.S.
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> I'm not totally averse to buying a couple bulk packs though, so long as it
> doesn't break the bank.
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