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Re: Beach House / Design Comments
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Date: 
Sat, 19 Feb 2000 13:56:59 GMT
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That is a really nicely done house.  Makes me wish I was a minifig.  :]
--Colin

ricocheting wrote:
> 
> I finally finished my first semi-large project.  I have some comments,
> and would like a little advice.
> 
> What is the best way to expose the inside of a building?  I used several
> baseplates, and connected them with Technic Pins and hinges.  This came
> out pretty good, but it took several complete redesigns before I got it
> to work correctly.
> 
> I think the main problem with my house is that because of the porch, the
> it can't be split at the roof peak, it has to split off to one side.
> Now I'm guessing that even splitting a building lengthwise probably
> isn't a good idea.  It would probably have been much easier to split it
> perpendicular to the roof peak.
> 
> The one thing I do like is that when the house is closed, the chimney
> covers the crack where it splits open. (at least on one side)
> 
> It seems as though the people with the biggest and best
> buildings/castles/structures are the ones that kinda plan ahead.  On
> this project, I took the basic idea off a real house, but it was all
> done w/o a plan.  I was relying mostly on memory and making it up as I
> went.  What's the best way to plan ahead?  just do a few rough
> sketches?  does graph paper help?
> 
> If you want to take a look, I'd like some feedback on the house itself
> too.  I've finally finished furnishing (say that 10 times fast ;) the
> inside.
> http://www.geocities.com/Pipeline/Reef/1113/lego/beach/
> 
>   -Jonathan

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I finally finished my first semi-large project. I have some comments, and would like a little advice. What is the best way to expose the inside of a building? I used several baseplates, and connected them with Technic Pins and hinges. This came out (...) (27 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)

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