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Re: Welcome Part Two , Plus Links
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Tue, 4 Mar 2003 16:23:01 GMT
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In lugnet.build.microscale, Ashley Glennon writes:
> Welcome to all and thanks to Todd for adding this new group. Micro-scale
> building now has a home and is sure to grow as people discover and
> re-discover the joys of building small.
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> As one of the self-proclaimed pioneers in Microfig, here are a few of the
> links that have influenced me.
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> Shortly I hope to post my entire list of microfig links either here or on
> their own page. I hope this list serves as just a small sampler of the
> great creations ahead.
Ashley--
I rarely post, but I have been a fan of small-scale creations for a long
time. That cathedral of mine that you linked to, for example, is the last
remnant of a medieval walled city all built to the same scale. I wish I had
photos. (One of these days I will get a digital camera....) Thanks for your
enthusiasm in small-scale building. I will try to dig out photos of past
creations to contribute here. I might have some old pictures of a lunar
base, an airfield, and an old Saturn 1-B rocket somewhere.
Just out of curiousity... I have always thought of the pre-minifig
(including pre-proto-minifig) period as "classic" scale. The doors from
this period did not open and were 2 wide by 3 high; common windows included
the 2-wide by 2-high square windows, 4-wide by 2-high windows, and 6-wide by
3-high windows. I have often built at what I call "half-classic" scale
whereby the old 1-wide by 2-high windows serve as doors, with the 1x1x1
windows, the 2-wide by 1-high windows, and the 3- or 4-wide by 2 high
windows serving as the 'equivalent' windows with regard to the "classic"
scale. I also have built at what I call "quarter-classic" scale where
basically a door is two plates high and a window is 1 plate high. Do others
call these scales by these names? If not, how are they usually designated?
--Muze
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| Brian, Until late 1999 to early 2000, small scale building really did not seem to have a common name. Of course, there were references to quarter-scale, half-scale, etc. but as far as I know, nothing stuck. The irony is, prior to the advent of the (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.microscale)
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| Welcome to all and thanks to Todd for adding this new group. Micro-scale building now has a home and is sure to grow as people discover and re-discover the joys of building small. As one of the self-proclaimed pioneers in Microfig, here are a few of (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.microscale)
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