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Re: new slope pieces wanted (was: Re: What set has black roof peak/gable?)
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Sat, 11 Nov 2000 05:59:56 GMT
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What I would like to see is something where we could build roofs of varying
slope degree and have short pieces where we could build in a small attic
study part, or something like that.

The only problem I can see is it may well end up being a series of special
purpose slope bricks whose only practical use is for changing slopes from
one to the other.  I do remember some photos of old style buildings that had
various roof slopes on the same building, I think this is more prevalent
where the ground slopes steeply enough that part of a building is built at a
different floor level than the other, and you end up with stepped roofing,
and occasionally, different sloped roofs joining up to each other.

An inverted form of the same bricks might be useful for Cathedral interiors,
however, it's unlikely to happen, given that most architectural styles
requiring bricks fitting this description are rare in real life.  It might
also be a mold-maker's nightmare too.  :-)


--
Cheers ...

Geoffrey Hyde


Eric McCarthy <eric@reasoning.com> wrote in message
news:3A0B4C74.C765074@reasoning.com...
Erik Olson wrote:

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.

I agree, the studless slope would be very useful.
Most of the existing slopes could be offered in
studless half-wide form.

How about some more:

* inverse slopes in 60-degrees

* inverse slopes in 3-long, 4-long and 8-long versions,
  just like regular slopes

* 75-degree and 60-degree slopes in 3-long, 4-long,
  and 8-long versions, just like 45-degree slopes;
  30-degree slopes in 8-long as well

* convex and concave corner slopes of all
  reasonable existing slope angles
  The ones that don't exist yet are:
  * concave 75,
  * convex and concave 60,
  * concave 30
  * would this work for the new 20-degree slopes?

* convex and concave inverse corner slopes of all
  reasonable existing slope angles:
  * concave 75 (convex 75 exist, but are very rare)
  * convex and concave 60
  * convex and concave 30

Note: From steepest to shallowest,
I'm defining the 2x2x3 slopes as 75-degree,
the 2x2x2 slopes as 60-degree,
the 2x2x1 slopes as 45-degree,
the 4x3x1 slopes as 30-degree,
the new 2x4x1 slopes as 20-degree,
though the actual angles may be a little different.

/Eric M/



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  Re: new slope pieces wanted (was: Re: What set has black roof peak/gable?)
 
I notice that some of the airplane slopes (on the top front) are made of 33 degree on the front, and 45 degree on the 2 sides. Perhaps TLC should create 2 pieces from this 3 sided slope, so that it could have applications elsewhere, such as a roof (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)

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  new slope pieces wanted (was: Re: What set has black roof peak/gable?)
 
(...) I agree, the studless slope would be very useful. Most of the existing slopes could be offered in studless half-wide form. How about some more: * inverse slopes in 60-degrees * inverse slopes in 3-long, 4-long and 8-long versions, just like (...) (24 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)

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