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In lugnet.build, Brad Hamilton writes:
> Hi Eric,
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> That is a REALLY big model. I think that the dome seems "round" enough.
> The scale is so big that the bricks seem to melt into a continuous sheet.
This is easily the biggest thing I've ever built. Hey, you grow up, you
start thinking big :-)
After looking at more domed cathedrals, it probably shouldn't be as round as
it is - most domes are more elongated.
> The overall building layout looks like it a bit more of a mix of Romanesque
> and Renaissance (sort of like Florence Cathedral
> http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Florence_Cathedral.html ) than
> Gothic, but its nice.
I guess it was more of an overall impression of a bunch of Italian
cathedrals than anything else. You're probably right - it does seem
somewhat more Romanesque than anything else. Then again, since so many
cathedrals span style periods, I can get away with some artistic license :-)
> I like triple arches used in lower part of the transept. These strike me as
> a Gothic features although I can't place them on any buildings. Did you
> come up with this pattern yourself or did you get it from an existing
> building?
It's something that's used more in Northern architecture. Again, with the
mish-mash of styles. You can see an example, albeit a smallish picture, at
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Durham_Cathedral.html
> I'm assuming that the color differences are due to lack of bricks.
Bingo. Ideally, I would have an entirely white building with a yellow dome,
but, while my stock of pieces is pretty big, it's far too heterogeneous in
terms of color.
> Interestingly enough, these remind me even more of Florence Cathedral. You
> can't see it in the picture I linked above (click on the picture and you
> will start to see some of this detail in the larger version), but the
> cathedrals in Florence all have multi-colored marbel on the front. Whether
> concsious or not, you have replicated this feel to some extent, especially
> on the dome.
> How did you attach the octogon pieces together? It looks like you used
> plates sticking out at various points and secured them with one stud on each
> edge.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=52705 sort of shows what I
did. I used 2x2 turn table flats to get the angle, then put 2 1x2 plates
with a single stud in the middle. This wasn't perfect - it took a bit of...
uhmm.... forcing... to get things to stay properly. At the top, I used an
overlapping system of tiles and flats to put things in place. This actually
held everything in place without direct interlocking studs. Putting the
dome on top cemented everything. You can sort of see this at
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=52700
Thanks for the comments.
Eric
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