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Re: micro moc: santorini
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lugnet.build.microscale
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Fri, 19 Aug 2005 00:10:08 GMT
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Deborah Higdon wrote:
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it seems greece is not as recognizable as i thought, or perhaps i’ve been to
my local greek restaurant more often than i should. the walls are plastered
with prints of “traditional” greek architecture, most of which appear to be
santorini - blue domes, round white buildings, bell towers and stairways of
dizzying heights. few in my lug recognized my first attempt at micro. what
does this say? terrible builder of micro or she doesn’t cook and eats at
greek restaurants a lot?
i believed it to be a relatively simple project considering the domes, arches
and curved pieces available, but recreating the steep, winding stairs was not
satisfactory since surrounding the jumper plate steps was next to impossible
if they did not sit at right angles. also frustrating was trying to recreate
a suitable cross for the church dome. scale would not allow me to use most
pieces, so i did without. the most fun was finishing it off with the fishing
boat. true to my mocs, there are no people around. everyone is in church.
enjoy santorini.
-§ deborah higdon-leblond §-
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I love it! Having been to Thera (now the modern island Santorini), I have to say
that your model really has the right look. Nicely captured with the blue tile
roofs and white domes. But you could have made the cliff a little higher.
Perhaps 20 or 30 bricks at least :) The ride up the switch-backs in a rickety
old bus with no guard rails was one of the scariest things I’ve ever
experienced.
Great model. Micro is just so much fun, isn’t it.
JB
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| (...) glad you enjoyed it. i've not yet been to greece, but i would imagine it to be a hair-raising experience to manoeuver through these hairpin bends! a higher cliff would have been nice, but i've heard i have a problem with size and manageable (...) (19 years ago, 19-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| it seems greece is not as recognizable as i thought, or perhaps i've been to my local greek restaurant more often than i should. the walls are plastered with prints of "traditional" greek architecture, most of which appear to be santorini blue (...) (19 years ago, 18-Aug-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX) !!
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