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    Classic scale building? —Gary R. Istok
   I was just wondering.... I know that most of you folks build on the minifig scale (5 brick high doors) using all those "wonderful" (sarcastic) minifigs. Is there anyone else who builds primarily on the classic scale (3 brick high doors - sort of the (...) (26 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
   
        Re: Classic scale building? —Steve Bliss
     (...) I've built some stuff on the 2 bricks=1 story scale. Not much, just some post-modern office buildings. The problem many of us face is that we only have parts to support building at the 5- or 6-bricks per story scale. Steve (26 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
    
         Re: Classic scale building? —Bram Lambrecht
     (...) I've "built" (virtually only) a 20 story building at the scale. (Easily expandable to greater height.) You can see some renderings at: (URL) Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (26 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
    
         Re: Classic scale building? —Bram Lambrecht
     I'd like to post the skyscraper I designed to lugnet.cad.dat: (URL) MPD file is approx. 100 Kb. That's not too big to post, is it? The skyscraper that (loosely) inspired the model is in downtown Chicago near Grant Park (I think) Does anyone know the (...) (26 years ago, 13-Mar-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.cad)
    
         Re: Classic scale building? —Bram Lambrecht
     (...) I found the name! It's the New Pudential Building in downtown Chicago. When I went to Chicago a few years ago, I liked the design of the building because it was somewhat original. A month or so later, I was finally figuring out how LDraw (...) (26 years ago, 14-Mar-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.cad)
   
        Re: Classic scale building? —Terry Keller
     (...) Groovy, man. Peace and Love. No, I don't think you're pretentious at all. Or alone. (I am not a town/building person myself, so my opinion may not count for much) I think you build primarily for the esthetic value of the building - which is (...) (26 years ago, 13-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
   
        Re: Classic scale building? —Richard Dee
     On Fri, 12 Mar 1999 17:58:58 GMT, Gary Istok uttered the following profundities... (...) Some building facades have been "as close to the photo as possible" scale. So depending on the building, some have been small, perhaps to the scale you (...) (26 years ago, 13-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
   
        Re: Classic scale building? —Kim Toll
     Gary Istok wrote in message <36E955E1.75B33582@u...ch.edu>... (...) I've built an Empire State Building on a scale of 1 brick = 1 floor. My original plans were for 2 bricks = 1 floor, but I soon realized the folly of my ways when I came to the (...) (26 years ago, 14-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
    
         RE: Classic scale building? —Ralph Hempel
     (...) Ummmm, If you make your buildings solid, the factor is 8! Think about is starting with a 1x1 brick. If you double each dimension, you have a 2x2x2 volume, which is 8 1x1s. Even a 1 brick/floor empire state building is going to be awfully tall! (...) (26 years ago, 14-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
    
         Re: Classic scale building? —Kim Toll
     (...) 2x2x2 (...) Duh.... Of course, your right. Volume would increase by the cube; the square only gets you area. That's probably why I was comming up with ~ 4x difference; I was just estimating brick counts for the four faces, not for the full (...) (26 years ago, 15-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
   
        Re: Classic scale building? —Silas Pierrot
    Gary Istok wrote in message <36E955E1.75B33582@u...ch.edu>... (...) When you look at a city built at the scale a three brick high door it looks better than that of a 4 brick high door because it matches the scale of the roads better (If you look at (...) (26 years ago, 15-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
   
        Re: Classic scale building? —Gary R. Istok
    (...) You're right. I have about 200 of the older grey road plates (the 1980's ones without the sidwalk/bikepath. They really are better suited to the classic scale LEGO town. Interestingly enough, the roadway width is about the same as the 1960's (...) (26 years ago, 15-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
 

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