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Re: Eiffel Tower
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lugnet.build.arch
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Fri, 3 Mar 2000 02:12:00 GMT
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Thanks for using the C word Brad, I don't dare. :) I made a few prototypes
trying to make X shaped sections with no success. I just slapped it together
in about a day and a half. 247 hits and 5 guestbook entries since putting it
up this afternoon. Thanks to everyone who has checked it out.
In lugnet.build.arch, Brad Hamilton writes:
> Very cool.
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> Out of curiosity, did you do any structural tests or design before building
> it or did you just slap it up?
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> I used to slap things together, but as they got bigger, they would become
> way too unstable, so now I at least think about building a solid foundation.
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> I built a far more whimsical version of the eiffel tower. You can see it
> here:
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> http://members.home.net/bhamilto1/city2/overall.htm
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> There are some other shots on the web site of it, but I think you can see it
> the best in that picture.
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> Rick Kujawa <spacerocks@iname.com> wrote in message
> news:FqtCtF.37E@lugnet.com...
> > Please check out my version of The Eiffel Tower using basic blocks:
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> > http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=56166&a=2132422
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> > I hope you recognize and enjoy it. It was a challenge.
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> > I will have another picture up later today.
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> > Silas, I also have a First National Bank of Chicago building at my other • Lego
> > gallery. Type in my email address to get the albums list.
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| It looks great. It would have been hard to do the X shaped sections without going to a larger (more expensive) scale. Rick Kujawa <spacerocks@iname.com> wrote in message news:Fqtq40.1AD@lugnet.com... (...) prototypes (...) together (...) it (...) (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| Very cool. Out of curiosity, did you do any structural tests or design before building it or did you just slap it up? I used to slap things together, but as they got bigger, they would become way too unstable, so now I at least think about building (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.arch)
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