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| (...) Believe it or not, I worked some of this out whilst placing sheep. We use a lot of the sheep based on a 2x3 brick, but they all tend to line up in the same direction. So, next time you're building a flock, try this: Place two 1x1 round plates (...) (17 years ago, 19-Feb-07, to lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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| (...) This is very cool! It seems obvious now you've highlighted it, but I could never have spotted it. (I can't wait to use it in practice!) Thanks for sharing! Cheers Richie Dulin (17 years ago, 18-Feb-07, to lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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| (...) Indeed. Wider bricks/plates do result in a correspondingly larger gap though. ROSCO (17 years ago, 18-Feb-07, to lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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| (...) For the sake of completeness, it's worth to mention this technique not only works for any length, but also for any width of plate/brick. In other words, you're able to slant ? x 2, ? x 4 and so on by mirroring along the diagonal as well, using (...) (17 years ago, 18-Feb-07, to lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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| (...) Note that this technique is used in the nose of the UCS X-wing over a length of 28 studs: [LEGOSet 7191] ROSCO (17 years ago, 18-Feb-07, to lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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