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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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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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I have been looking for something like this for the last 5 years. Let us know if you find it! I'll do the same! Build On! John Matthews Brad Hamilton <bhamilto1@home.com> wrote in message news:FrHsEo.Hsq@lugnet.com... (...) focusing (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.arch)
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Does anyone know of any good architectural history resources on-line? I'm specifically looking for the equivalent of an art history text focusing on architecture, but with lots of pictorial examples. So far, I've been using a combination of (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.arch)
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In lugnet.castle, Rob Drechsel writes: <snip> (...) Well that is a good question. Space is becoming a bit of an issue although I just got 36 16x32 Tan Baseplates and 4 16x32 Tan Baseplates in trades so that is pretty big. I like everything in my (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) I've added my own little victorian house with dedilacted cornices(little square things) at (URL) set:<set:1256> (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) Like everyone is saying, no one minds. (...) shops (...) type of tool or construction shop. Mabe a shop that sells stone and wood for buildings. (...) to (...) Rob (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) Thanks, Todd! OK, I've set up about 10 scans of my version of Suzanne Rich's townhouse on Brickshelf: (URL) commentary: The ground floor has a front door, an opening for stairs down to the lower floor (from the kitchen), stairs up, and (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) hey, nothing's greater than an oft-updated page! i often stop by your page and marvel at the terrific castle stuff. visiting your page helps take the sting out of the somewhat-disappointing 2000 sets. thanks for a great page, eric. ..joseph g (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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Thanks to everyone for your responses. I am glad you all like the blue house. It is kind of an odd color but like I said I like it better than I thought I would. (...) Oops! Thats the problem with big updates you always seem to forget to test (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) Not tired of any of it, keep up the great work. (...) buildings of similar style to get pics up of. (...) shops (...) to (...) correctly the door is offset half a stud? I've borrowed a similar technic from other members of PNLTC for the look (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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