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Re: Sideways tiles
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lugnet.loc.uk
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Sun, 30 Sep 2001 18:56:07 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Mark Palmer writes:
> Need some help.....
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> Something I've seen on a few MOC's, notably a yellow open hopper at TVLF
> 2001,
> placing 1xn tiles sideways to bricks to give the appearance of "ribs".
> How is it
> done? I've tried using technic 1x2 bricks with a technic half peg but it
> doesn't
> match the underside of the tile.
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> I'm sure I haven't described this very well, but maybe it will prompt
> some discussion
> of techniques. Pointers to web pages would be welcome.
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> Rgds Mark
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> ps It's to make a water tower, with a square tank.
I don't know the wagon you're referring to, but if you're talking about
vertical ribs, there are a few ways of doing it. If you use the technic
half-peg in a 2x1 or a 1x1 technic brick, mount one above the other with two
plates spacing between them. That gives the peg-ends a spacing of exactly
one stud, and you can attach a 1x4 tile or plate to them vertically.
Alternatively, build the whole side wall sideways, with studs facing to one
end. Make it a multiple of 5 plates long, including tyles over the studded
end, and it'll fit into a multiple of 2 studs of space. Add in regular
layers of 1x1 headlight bricks, and now when you attach a tile (or plate,
for a rivet effect) it will be recessed slightly on the headlight bricks.
I got a rib effect on my livestock wagon by recessing the panels, instead of
adding to the width with ribs:
<http://www.joefish.cwc.net/livestock/instruct>
Though this could be difficult to do on 4 sides of a water tank.
Jason J Railton
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