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In lugnet.town, Brendan Powell Smith writes:
> I have another question about technique you used. It's one I remember
> seeing on the sides of some of the houses in the Carlsbad minland,
> particularly the San Francisco section. It gives the look of having
> horizontal panelling. Your Union Station MOC uses this technique on the
> bottom grey part of the front enterance, and on the white sides of the
> entrance among other places.
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=138569
>
> Could you (or anyone else) explain how this is done, and what pieces are
> involved? Thanks!
I'm guessing it's done by using technic 1x2 twin-hole bricks with half-pegs
in, then fitting tiles to the side. If you look at the base, there could be
one facing out to each side with a 1x2 tile on, then one at the front with a
1x4 tile across it, nicely covering the ends of the side ones. So long as
the twin-hole brick is the same colour as the wall, you won't notice.
For longer sections, you can get away with regular technic bricks, and just
push the center pins of 1x4, 1x6 or 1x8 tiles into the half-pegs. You only
need twin-hole bricks if you're short of space.
You could do it with headlight bricks for a subtler half-plate protrusion,
but then you couldn't go around corners like this. I've seen the headlight
brick version on a lot of train wagons, both for horizontal planking and
vertical (SNOT) ribbing. With plates instead of tiles, you can even get a
chunky rivetted look.
Jason J Railton
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