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Re: 1x1x1 classic window in white
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Sat, 20 Nov 1999 19:40:37 GMT
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In lugnet.general, John Neal writes:
> This sounds like a wild proposal. I don't have the parts you are looking for,
> but am curious. What would you use them to build?
Minas Tirith, at microfig scale. They would decorate buildings as huge,
panoramic windows. My best estimates (based on the practical limitations of
curved 1x2 wall building) is that it will have to be at least 8 feet across,
and around 4-5 feet high. This doesn't count the mountain behind it.(1)
> And if you were only needed them for, say a year, then what? Take photos of
> your dream?
Yup. The year would actually be mostly building time. I can't see myself
leaving this monster intact for more than a month or two. That's about the
time that my wife will start demanding floor space back(2), and about the time
that I'll start wanting the pieces for other things.
> I guess where I'm going is: why don't you create it in LDraw? You'll only
> have photos of your creation after a year anyway, and I think POV-RAY is just
> as good.
A few reasons. I'm not that great at LDraw. I'm not sure LDraw is up to the
volume. But mostly because I like to build, and LDraw doesn't give me that
'model finished happy' feeling.
> What's better, you'll actually have a snowball's chance in Edmonton to
> complete the project.
You'd be surprised how long a showball can last here. ;-)
I've got a contingency plan in case I can't get the 1x1x1's. I've been
thinking thunks on this for the better part of this year now, and I'm certain
it's feasable, from my collection as it stands, and my projected spending over
the next couple years. I'm just not certain it's *practical*...<grin!>
Something that I suppose I neglected to mention in the original post - I'm
unlikely to be needing the windows anytime soon. Next winter sounds like a
workable start date.
Why yes, I am ambitious. How could you tell?
James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
1:Where my ambition yeilds to my practicality. Even at the scale I'm planning,
the mountain wouldn't fit in my house without extensive renovations. And I
don't think I'll have that much Lego. Yet. Give me a decade or so, then ask
again. ;)
2:I'm also fairly certain that I can't build this in "fits through doors"
sections, so while it is being built, and while it is on display, it will take
up most of the usable floorspace in our basement.
> James Brown wrote:
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> > <sigh>
> >
> > Well, I expect that this is going to be a dead-end, buuuut...
> >
> > I'm looking to get my hands on as many of these as I can - ideally, a couple
> > hundred. Unfortunately, this piece comes in only two sets, according to the
> > database: 554 Fuel Pumper, and 760 London Bus - 1 and 2 elements,
> > respectively. This isn't in buy-sell-trade, because I seriously doubt I
> > could find 100 760's, and even if I could, I don't have the cash to casually
> > lay out for what those are going for.
> >
> > What I would like to know is:
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> > A: Is there someone(s) out there with a lot of these windows, and
> > B: Would I be able to "lease" them?
> >
> > I would want to use them for an extended period (say 6 months to a year), • and
> > would return them thereafter, in the same condition I got them, excepting
> > 'display on shelf' wear.
> >
> > I know, pretty far-fetched, but I figure if its going to happen at all, • it'll
> > happen via Lugnet.
> >
> > LMK,
> >
> > James
> > http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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| (...) in the 1980's, I might be the only one who has a lot of these. That would be 70 of these small white windows I have from 35 London Bus sets and several hundred more from a European Dealer Windows & Doors box of white windows. However, I think (...) (25 years ago, 22-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| This sounds like a wild proposal. I don't have the parts you are looking for, but am curious. What would you use them to build? And if you were only needed them for, say a year, then what? Take photos of your dream? I guess where I'm going is: why (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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