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Re: No Lego Window System
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 14 Mar 2005 23:00:40 GMT
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David Eaton wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Frank Filz wrote:
> > Of course my house will never be buildable in minifig scale unless
> > LEGO comes out with a special part. The arched window in this
> > picture:
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> > http://www.maj.com/gallery/ffilz/NewHome/4061222-1.jpg
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> > Would be impossible to render. It might not even be easy to render
> > in a larger scale.
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> Well, it wouldn't quite fit scale-wise, but I know I've seen the
> 1x6x2 arches in conjunction with the little hinge arms plugged in
> underneath the arch:¬
> <<http://ldraw.org/library/official/images/7/3307.png>>
> <<http://ldraw.org/library/official/images/7/2433.png>>
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> That makes for a nice little archy-window, although it doesn't
> actually have glass. And of course you'd really need a 6-wide
> "perfectly round" arch as well. I bet you could come pretty close...
> Especially if you used a similar technique with some of the 1x5x4
> arches. Hmm...
Yea, that would get the arch, the trouble is how tight into the peak the
arch fits. For a larger scale, the 1x5x4 half arches might work to get
something close. At a larger scale, one could do the arch using inverse
slopes or even just staggered bricks, or possibly some kind of SNOT
construction.
Frank
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| (...) Oh sure, use logic against me. My one weakness! It's a pretty tight squeeze-- the corners might indeed stick out of the roof if left as a normal 1x6x2 arch... I guess I'd probably just fudge a little and bring the window down a bit or the roof (...) (20 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Well, it wouldn't quite fit scale-wise, but I know I've seen the 1x6x2 arches in conjunction with the little hinge arms plugged in underneath the arch: (2 URLs) That makes for a nice little archy-window, although it doesn't actually have (...) (20 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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