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Re: My latest cathedral.
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Date: 
Tue, 31 Jul 2001 02:51:02 GMT
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Amy Hughes <lugnews@amyhughes.org> wrote in message
news:GHBEEG.KG6@lugnet.com...
> I call it the "curl" problem, and yes, I have it in spades. The GATS • Church
> actually takes advantage of it in the curved walls. All the other glass • walls
> that are more than a few panels in size are supported somehow. In the GATS
> Church the glass walls slide into tracks, so they're braced on the sides. • In the
> church I'm building in my living room the glass walls are inset into the • corner
> columns by one stud, so they're also braced on the sides. The two clear • roof
> panels on that church are unsupported, but there are 1x2, 2x2 and 2x3 • bricks
> along the edges, and they lay flat, with gravity acting against the curl. • Those
> panels are very fragile, and they're a pain to fix when they break. The • GATS
> Church has four smaller wall panels like that, but they slide into tracks, • and
> the roof is built like that, but it also slides into tracks.
> 
> Does that make any sense?

Yes - That helps.  I'll have to try a 1 stud brace on the sides in future
stuff.

> 
> > Apparently, Paradisa didn't do so well.  I wouldn't touch them with a
> > 10 foot pole when they were out, because I thought that they were too
> > "girly."
> 
> Your point? :-)  I don't have such hangups, of course, but I wasn't buying • LEGO
> when they were out. Doh!
> 
> Amy

My point was that I could kick myself for being so gender biased.  I guess I
was just embarrassed.  My wife got me into buying Belville stuff and now I
really like the Paradisa sets.  In fact, I think that 6416 is a real
classic.  It is just loaded with my favorite parts, but I really like the
set as well.  I kept my only full copy built for several weeks, but finally
my lust for those big 6x6x9 windows won out and they found their way into
MOC buildings.



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(...) Thanks :-) (...) I call it the "curl" problem, and yes, I have it in spades. The GATS Church actually takes advantage of it in the curved walls. All the other glass walls that are more than a few panels in size are supported somehow. In the (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jul-01, to lugnet.build.arch)

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