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Re: Large Buildings?
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Fri, 16 Mar 2001 15:12:12 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Amy Hughes writes:
> In lugnet.build, Duane Hess writes:
> > along the lines of large warehouse structures roughly 3 x 2
> > baseplates in area and 30 bricks high.
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> You'd need about 2400 1x4s, minus any windows and doors. $100-$150 from the set
> busters, depending on color.
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> My church uses straight brick construction for some walls, but they're two 1x's
> thick - white on the inside and red on the outside. Not cheap. For some of the
> large walls I used 32x32 baseplates covered with bricks. If you're using 2x's
> rather than 1x's for the walls, you use 40% fewer bricks when you place them
> studs-out or studs-in rather than studs-up. My church mosaic walls use 32x32
> baseplates back-to-back, with both the inner and outer surfaces covered. You
> don't get any savings when you do both surfaces, though :-) Here's a
> not-so-clear interior shot...
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> http://www.amyhughes.org/lego/church/PreciousInChurch02.jpg
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> Those panels are 64-studs tall (total 4 32x32 baseplates per panel). They're
> mounted in a track formed by 1x's studs-up. You'll need a lot of small pieces
> to do this. Two baseplates back-to-back plus a 1x tile on one side (at the
> edge, covered by the track) neatly fill the space of one stud.
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> You could do something similar without covering the baseplates that form the
> walls. Create tracks at the corners, in the center of the side walls, and two
> more in the back wall, and place 32x32 baseplates (7 of them) in the tracks to
> form the walls. Do the front of the building with bricks, so you can put doors
> in it.
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> 32 studs-out equals 26 2/3 studs-up in height. You get the extra 1/3, and have
> a smooth surface to rest the walls on, by placing tiles under the wall panels.
> You'll need 2x8 or longer plates, 2 or more thick, staggered, to bridge the
> tops of the baseplates between the tracks. It's a lot easier than doing it with
> bricks, unless you have lots of long ones.
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> Is this making any sense?
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> Amy
It makes perfect sense, except my cat won't help hold the wall in place :-)
I have started construction of the building. It has expanded in scope, just
like it probably would in real life. My footprint is now 3 x 4 base plates
(32 x 32 studs). I have used the old road baseplates mounted sideways to
build two walls. A third wall is built out of standard grey plates which
will eventually include doors of some sort. For now I have just left the
rough opening. The fourth wall I hope to make out of standard bricks. The
height is roughly 27 bricks. I found that the height is short for what I
need, but final vehicle assembly can be accomplished outside.
I don't know if I will get a roof made, or not. I'm running low on grey
baseplates (yes the 32 x 32 again) and still want to make some exterior
details such as a parking lot and driveway. My only major problem there is
the size of the table I'm building on, since I have it about 60% covered
already.
Thanks for all of the suggestions!
-Duane
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