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Re: two historic facades
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lugnet.loc.au
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Mon, 2 Dec 2002 00:07:55 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Kerry Raymond writes:
> I have finally got around to putting up some images of two historic facades I
> have done recently:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=28979
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> And in a magnificent display of patience waited until the brickshelf folder was
> moderated before posting this message, so no need to post deep links :-)
Most thoughtful :^)
> One is of the Albion Fire Station here in Brisbane (Australia) where I live,
> which is no longer used as a fire station but is converted to offices.
Any chance of a sand red/tan combo sometime in the future ?
> The other is the former Australian Bank of Commerce in Charters Towers in the
> north of Queensland (Australia), a neo-classical building from the 1890s during
> the heyday of its gold rush, which is now converted into the World Theatre. I
> visited Charters Towers on holidays earlier this year, and was inspired by this
> building.
This is gorgeous, thought I was looking at the real thing for a mo'
Tan is a great colour to build with and Lego builders have got great milage
out of the bulk 2x2 white window packs.
> In each case, there is a contemporary picture of the building as well as my
> Lego interpretation of their original appearance. Although I have seen photos
> of both buildings from earlier times, I don't have them available to scan.
> However, for the record, there is some variation from the original in both
> cases, either due to difficulty in obtaining parts or due to the fact that I
> thought it looked better that way :-)
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> As this is my first attempt at a brickshelf folder, I was not too sure how much
> to trade off file size for download against image size/quality for your viewing
> pleasure. I feel the pictures look a little grainy but the better resolution
> images were huge. What size/resolution do most people aim for?
Loadtime was fairly snappy, throw some detail pics brickshelf way.
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| (...) Somewhat unlikely. I have no sand red bricks and pretty much every tan brick I own is currently in the bank MOC. Indeed, I had a substantial outlay in HP sets, adventurers sets and lots and lots of bricklink orders to acquire sufficient tan (...) (22 years ago, 4-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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