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Re: What set has black roof peak/gable?
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Fri, 10 Nov 2000 15:38:52 GMT
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Erik Olson wrote:
> Wishing for non-existent roof bits:
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> Related to the half-pyramid brick in function: the studless slope. Same slope
> as a 2x2 slope, but without the 1x2 brick side.
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> Suppose you have a 2x2 brick stack chimney in the side wall, punching through a
> notch in the overhanging roof. Suppose you accomodate the notch by setting one
> 2x2 slope with its studs inside the chimney stack (replacing a 2x2 brick with a
> 1x2 brick in the chimney stack.) The roof's black, the chimney is red (or
> dk.gray to suggest smoke function). Now your chimney has a yucky red intrusion
> that shows from one side.
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> Workarounds: 1. bring the chimney out one step so at least one stud rises to
> the sky without being entangled in the roof notch. 2. Don't place that last
> roof brick. Leave 2 studs exposed instead. 3. Put a chimney-colored slope on
> top of that. 4. Stick in a half-pyramid, which doesn't look quite right.
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> 5. Use your light-saber to split a 2x2 slope, discarding the studs side, use
> that instead of the half-pyramid.
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> If it weren't for half-pyramid's existence, I would regard this studless wedge
> as rather un-Lego-like. I think Tente made every slope like this. Thanks to
> their tall stud length, it had a high lip, and didn't overlap with neighbors.
> Anyway, there's no decent gripping point on such a piece--un-Lego-like. But
> just try to get a half-pyramid off, or any other peak brick, when it is nestled
> in.
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> Next episode, we discuss "when the studs on my inside corner get in the way!"
> Don't miss it!
Erik, I too have wanted some of the non-stud slopes that you described. In
addition, I would like to see a (1x1) 1/4 pyramid piece (half of a 1/2 pyramid
piece), and a (1x1) piece that is only the sloping portion of the 2x2 inside corner
slope.
From 1958 to circa 1970, there was a sloped brick peak that is no longer in
production today. It is a 2x2 peak, except the roof ridge is not "I" shaped, but
"L" shaped. It was discontinued because this effect can also be done with a gable
connector, a half pyramid, and a regular peak bricks.
Gary Istok
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| Wishing for non-existent roof bits: Related to the half-pyramid brick in function: the studless slope. Same slope as a 2x2 slope, but without the 1x2 brick side. Suppose you have a 2x2 brick stack chimney in the side wall, punching through a notch (...) (24 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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