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Re: Inn/tavern teaser
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Date: 
Sat, 11 Mar 2000 19:25:18 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Bruce Duncan writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Eric Kingsley writes:
> 
> > I will probably rework the Inn to make it more modular to give easier access
> > to the interior but I have no plans rightnow to change the exterior.
> 
> 
> I have seen several references to making creations more modular.  Are you
> talking about using technic friction pins?  I would love to be able to open up
> MOC's and show the insides of the structures.  If you are using the friction
> pins, what pieces are you using for the female halves of the joint?

Bruce I use technic pins (not friction pins)1 in most of my modular creations
like my Inn, Church, and City Wall.  I don't have pics of the pins on the in
but here are pics of the Church and City wall.

http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/castle/church/
http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/castle/citywall/

For most buildings I use 1x1 technic beams with a technic pin although with the
Wall I used 1x2 technic beams just because the wall was thicker anyway.

This tends to work OK if you don't have big sections and you can get away with
4 or less pins.  Once you go beyond that like I did with the Inn it becomes
quite a chore trying to take apart and put together the sections.


Eric Kingsley

1.  I think Technic Friction pegs are the ones with the "+" on one end and a
regular pin on the other "o".  The one's I use just have the "o" on both ends.

The New England LEGO Users Group
http://www.nelug.org/

View my Creations at:
http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/



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  Re: Inn/tavern teaser
 
(...) I've found that using the 1x2 or 2x2 bricks with the built-in pins works even better because you don't have to worry about the pin itself coming loose. The other side would of course be a 1x2 technic beam. (...) Actually, those are something (...) (27 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)

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  Re: Inn/tavern teaser
 
(...) I have seen several references to making creations more modular. Are you talking about using technic friction pins? I would love to be able to open up MOC's and show the insides of the structures. If you are using the friction pins, what (...) (27 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)

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