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I don't know if this has been posted to Lugnet yet, but check out this amazing town layout by Shinobu Yashiro (and friends): (URL) especially like the night scenes. KL (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.build.arch) !
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Oops - I put the reference to the 'famous" building, but I didn't notice that Shiri had clipped the original link to my LEGO building that bears a similarity (at least I think so): (URL) Hamilton <bhamilto1@home.com> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.build.arch)
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Thanks Shiri, I've thought about trying to tie them (the big pink pointed pieces) into a castle somehow, but this would be even more challenging than a town building. Interestingly enough, I found a famouse rococo-styled building whose facade (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: One new building, 2 new market buildings, A fake door for a peasant house, + more.
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Eric: As always, incredible work. (...) This (...) very (...) fantasy so (...) (URL) house struck me as the house of a wealthy merchant. Not ostentatious enough to ruffle the feathers of the nobility, but nice enough to indicate his preferred status (...) (25 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: Pictures of GFLTC at GATS Ft Myers on our stie...
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(...) All the LEGO Trains and etc. at the Ft. Myers show are my own, the other club members didn't make the trip. The station is a three sided model not much to the other side (all the picture are from the front of the display). I'll get more (...) (25 years ago, 18-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: Pictures of GFLTC at GATS Ft Myers on our stie...
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(...) elevator and escalator, restaurant, etc. Was the station a group project, or is that all one person's bricks? What does the front of it look like? I also like the bus on 1st street. Are there any other shots of it? --Bram (25 years ago, 18-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: Victorian Home Redux (was: Re: Sidebar stuff)
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(...) stripes are also a nice touch :) --Bram (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Victorian Home Redux (was: Re: Sidebar stuff)
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(...) curve-top bricks to make big awnings. As it is, my Pirate ships have most of 'em. (...) Wow, sounds like one of those Japanese-esque all-in-one bathroom stalls - shower, toilet, sink, etc, all in one. (...) Not all my minifigs live so well... (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: Victorian Home Redux (was: Re: Sidebar stuff)
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(...) Woohoo! Do it! (...) Well, perhaps I'll start something using brickshelf - I'll just build everything I can think of, plus everything I can find a link to and stick it in one place... Jeff Elliott (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: Victorian Home Redux (was: Re: Sidebar stuff)
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Wow, this is a lot of excellent house in a tricky package! But I especially fawn over the fixtures! The Rich/Elliott bathroom measuring 6x6 has it all: toilet, shower, sink, window, door. Wow! I really like the shower curtain rod effect, a great (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: One new building, 2 new market buildings, A fake door for a peasant house, + more.
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Hi Brian, (...) Check out this message and the replies to it... Eric explains his method in detail, plus some other methods are suggested. (URL)You know, I'm really a townie, but after viewing your pics I'm really, (...) C'mon, join us! The magnet (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: One new building, 2 new market buildings, A fake door for a peasant house, + more.
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Eric Kingsley wrote in message ... (...) for (...) You know, I'm really a townie, but after viewing your pics I'm really, really tempted to build more castle. Excellent job. I keep wandering back to your site with every update, so please, keep us (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: Architectural History Resources On-Line?
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Perhaps my method of using college texts and then looking up specific buildings or movements on the web is the appropriate technique? I just find that the art cannot be appreciated without sufficient visual input. The problem is that most internet (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: Victorian Home Redux (was: Re: Sidebar stuff)
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In lugnet.build.arch, Jeff Elliott writes: [...] (...) something from my head. I'm smiling now and I can't stop. Not only is your model wonderful and creative but to know you were up late building it, and found a workaround for the garage door... (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: Victorian Home Redux (was: Re: Sidebar stuff)
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(...) Uh..oops. That's just me trying to remember a term from a book I last read nearly a year ago. It's realy denticulated cornices. Denticultated is really "finely dentate or serrate"-m-w.com . Alan Random set:<set:6834> (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: Victorian Home Redux (was: Re: Sidebar stuff)
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(...) Very nice design! For anyone who missed the pic that tells all: (URL)I redid the kitchen (1st floor) with a square-tile floor (sadly, (...) Yeah, tiles are more fun. I used tile floors in my Fallingwater model, and it looked great! (...) There (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Victorian Home Redux (was: Re: Sidebar stuff)
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(...) Very nice, Alan! I only wish I had enough 1x1 tiles... C'mon Lego Direct! I couldn't find "dedilacted" in Merriam Webster - what does it mean, precisely? Or is it carpenter-jargon? Inspired by the discussion of the Victorian townhouse, I (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: Architectural History Resources On-Line?
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I tend to seek information about the particular style of building I'm contemplating. For instance, when I was designing a cathedral, I spent a while collecting bookmarks of good cathedral sites. To a certain extent, I guess that saying (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: One new building, 2 new market buildings, A fake door for a peasant house, + more.
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(...) You know I had thought about that but after thinking about if for a while I decided I liked the randomness that it gave the home. I might try lineing them up anyway but I am still happy with the way it looks. Eric Kingsley The New England LEGO (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: One new building, 2 new market buildings, A fake door for a peasant house, + more.
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thanks for posting the pics! Short and Sweet: Your house will look much better if the upper and lower windows line up vertically. Build On! John Matthews (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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