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Re: Even more 2000 comments
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Wed, 17 Nov 1999 16:35:44 GMT
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Eric Kingsley wrote:
> >
> > Great idea Steve. I was checking the Oasis Ambush out at KMART the other day.
> > With 30 percent off, I think I'll get a bunch of them myself. Recently I won
> > on EBAY 20 of those 2x2x3 extreme slopes in blue for $8. Now with those blue
> > corner slopes coming out, I may be able to do a nice Mansard roof in blue
> > slopes. Now I gotta figure out what I want to build underneath the
> > roofline..... Maybe an appartment building or some (European style)
> > government building.
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> > Gary Istok
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> I have been thinking of trying to model my City's City Hall (Melrose MA) ever
> since I saw all those extreme slope corners. I can't find a great picture on
> the Web. All I can find is this from the Melrose MA web site.
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> http://www.melrose.org/slide/Cityhall2.gif
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> The picture is small and it is hard to make out the roof line but believe me
> the extreme slopes would work well. If I do decide to model something like
> this I will take some pictures of the real building and post them for all to
> see.
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> Eric
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> The New England LEGO Users Group
> http://www.nelug.org/
Eric, yes that looks like a Victorian style, which used a lot of the Mansard
roofs. It's too bad that there are no inside corner extreme slopes. They would
come in handy as well. I don't mind that ther are no peak pieces (except for the
2x2x2 pyramid peak), because I put either tiles or fence pieces at the roofline.
Occasionally I change the pitch in the roof, and put some regular slopes on top of
the steep slopes. And if you don't have a lot of the steep slopes (a problem that
we ALL have), then intermingle them with 2x2 windows (with a 2x2 regular slope on
top of the window of the same color as the steep slopes) in a sort of dormer look.
By putting these dormer windows at regular intervals throughout the roofline, you
will be giving it a Parisian look.
Gary Istok
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| (...) day. (...) won (...) blue (...) ever (...) on (...) top of (...) that (...) on (...) look. (...) The style was called Second Empire after the Second French Empire under Napoleon III (I think it was III), and was characterized by mansard roofs. (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I have been thinking of trying to model my City's City Hall (Melrose MA) ever since I saw all those extreme slope corners. I can't find a great picture on the Web. All I can find is this from the Melrose MA web site. (URL) picture is small (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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