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That's a pretty interesting discussion! I suspect that your beams would be much stronger if you used the 1/3 high bricks instead of the standard 1 brick high. I have noticed that the 1/3 size bricks bind considerably more tightly than the full size (...) (24 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) I've worked on a different but similar problem, but haven't had time to finish up the write-up I started nor take accompanying pictures. Anyway, here is the write-up in it's current state, so excuse any areas where it still needs work: (...) (24 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.build.arch) !
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(...) Holy cow you are right! I am drooling too!!! Everybody go see it, or you're missing out! Bryan (24 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) Yep, I recognized it too... tres chic, I must say. (...) I think my keyboard is wrecked from the drool. ;-) -Shiri (24 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) I'm using a similar method for the floors of my current project (see "Idle Ramblings" in lugnet.castle for more info), except without the use of the 2-wide plates. I just stuck the tiles directly on top of the walls, and made the removable (...) (24 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) Yes very cool. I think this is Eric Brok's Estuary Stronghold. (URL) an incredible creation. I love Eric's Dioramas. I also love the White building/fortress/I am not sure what to call it. Another incredibly detailed model. Eric Kingsley The (...) (24 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) Maximum Droolage! Check out that castle!!! --Todd (24 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) Woo! *has an epiphany* This is _exactly_ the technique I need to use on the floors of my keep, since the floors on one side are an odd number of studs back from the technic-pin divide! Thanks! *furiously gets to work recreating each of five (...) (24 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.build.arch)
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Nice list Brad. I have used some of these myself. One method I have used on occasion is as Shiri mentioned the "support line" which can be used to hold base plates as well as 1/3 high bricks (sometimes a few columns in the centre of the building (...) (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.build.arch)
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Hey Brad, You've got some great ideas there! Some of them occured to me (and probably to other people) before, for example I'm sure many people use the "bound plates" method. In fact, I usually use this method. But while building my inn I discovered (...) (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.build.arch)
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Most stock LEGO sets use large, thin plates to create roofs and second-story floors. In some cases (like Fort Legorado, 6769), they have created super-large plates (black in this case) to do the job. What happens when you need to span a LARGER area (...) (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) Here's the BrickShelf.com folder for Adrian's houses... (URL) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) OK, I found another concealed link! Check out this for more incredible Japanese train and town stuff and don't miss the links at the bottom of the page! (URL) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) It's a bit hard to find on the site, but check out this link... it has a Lego Nagano in day and night - talk about lots of lighting bricks! Incredible! (URL) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) You and me both! Those are incredible structures. I wish I had the time to put effort into such buildings. Thank you Kaki for sharing these pictures. Very inspiring. Tim Strutt 8^) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.arch)
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"Kevin Loch" <kloch@opnsys.com> wrote in message news:FsHvwA.zG@lugnet.com... (...) Thank you for looking our town! The night scene, we used over 100 light parts. It was very fantastic scene. We are planning next Layout now. Shinob. (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.arch)
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That is fantastic! I especially like his "divers" building. It reminds me of the game "Myst." The trains are really nice as well. Brad Kevin Loch <kloch@opnsys.com> wrote in message news:FsHvwA.zG@lugnet.com... (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.build.arch)
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That country train station is new, relatively, to that site. His mixing of the wood and white bricks has a very nice effect. The roof details are very interesting too. Altogether that building has a look and feel that isn't common in the American (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) incredible architecture!!! ^^, ^^, ^^, --Todd (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) ...That's a great town! Those night shots are fab. I wish I had that many light bricks! :-) ...you can go back to ignoring me now... wubwub stephen f roberts wamalug guy ((URL) #160 (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.build.arch)
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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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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) stripes are also a nice touch :) --Bram (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.space)
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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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(...) 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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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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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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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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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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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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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(...) 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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