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Re: New MOC: 6,000 piece Empire State Building
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Thu, 15 May 2003 18:31:14 GMT
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Sean Kenney writes:
All:

I have just completed a 4.5 foot tall model of The Empire State Building:

http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/794

This new model remains very faithful to the design of the real Empire
State Building.  I had to "fudge" things, obviously...  For example, the
scale would make a single window smaller than a single LEGO brick; I
compromized and finagled things to look semi-decent.  I  also didn't
want to simply reproduce The LEGO Company's 20-foot tall model,
which is very accurate, but very huge.   For the most part, the building
is microscale... it works well with traditional microfig people (1x1)
and my micro cars.

I think you captured this building very well in a different scale.  Was
there a reason for the red, white, and blue top?  Is Empire State lit up
that way now?

Ben



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Ben: (...) Yes... they change the lights atop the Empire State Building all the time, according to a schedule that reflects the current time of year, or a holiday. For example, it is usually orange for halloween, or pink and yellow for easter. They (...) (22 years ago, 15-May-03, to lugnet.build.arch)

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All: I have just completed a 4.5 foot tall model of The Empire State Building: (URL) new model remains very faithful to the design of the real Empire State Building. I had to "fudge" things, obviously... For example, the scale would make a single (...) (22 years ago, 15-May-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch) !! 

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