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Re: Announcing my newly completed website
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lugnet.build, lugnet.general
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Sat, 17 Oct 1998 23:30:40 GMT
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richard.dee@nospam.virgin.net wrote in message ...
> Is that the tallest pyramid you have managed to build? What were the
> difficulties experienced?
> Need to build solidly, wall collapse? Do tell, I like pyramids..........
> Matthew Verdier wrote in message ...
> > Hello, Everyone!
> >
> > I just finished updating my new GeoCities page tonight. 3 different
> > Cathedrals, 1 Priory, several castles and 4 entries into Erik Wilson's
> > Ancient Building Contest and a few others. Over 120 pictures all • together,
> > some of my old stuff, some new. All of the pictures have been rescanned
> > within the last 2 weeks and the pictures have been compressed and cleaned
> > up. My latest creation, Prince Strondheim's Castle, is now posted and • ready
> > for your viewing. The URL is below in my sig. Please let me know what • you
> > think.
The little Pyramid had no problems. I tried in the past to build bigger
ones, and had some problems once the size of an edge got larger than about 2
feet. I built it after I finished the Huge Gothic Cathedral with the few
left over 2x4 gray bricks. Originally, it was going to be to test building
a spiraling ramp. Then I was going to build a much larger one roughly to
minifig scale, with all the internal chambers in the Great Pyramid that we
currently know of. A few quick calculations led me to realize such a
pyramid would be much to large for my current collection. So it turned into
a long term goal.
Thanks for the comments
Matthew Verdier
"You can't just say you're King because some watery tart threw a sword at
you"
Dennis, 700 AD
http://www.GeoCities.com/CapeCanaveral/2738/mjvlego.html
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| (...) I resolved a building difficulty which would also work to stabalize a pyramid. I wanted the roof of my train station to be durable enough to remove in one piece. I reinforced the underside of the roof with narrow plates which spanned the (...) (26 years ago, 23-Oct-98, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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