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Re: New MOC: 6,000 piece Empire State Building
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lugnet.build.arch
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Thu, 15 May 2003 18:31:14 GMT
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Sean Kenney writes:
> All:
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> I have just completed a 4.5 foot tall model of The Empire State Building:
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> http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/794
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> 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 (...) (21 years ago, 15-May-03, to lugnet.build.arch)
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