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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Chris Gray writes:
> "Richard Parsons" <richard_w_parsons@hotmail.com> writes:
> I think you'll find that if you build up high enough, the bow will go
> away. It is quite noticeable if you build with MB 1x2's on the flexible
> baseplates. Even the 2x4's do it. However, when you get more than a couple
> of bricks high, the bow will be gone. I'm not sure what "gives" to make
> the bow go away, but it does. With a 5 or 6 layer construction, peeling
> the grey baseplate off, and putting it back, is quite easy. So, overall,
> I think the sizes are the same, and there is some other issue that causes
> the bowing. I'd guess that the 1 x 2 bricks are too small, both for Lego
> 2 x 4's, and for MB 2 x 4's. Perhaps the MB design puts more sideways
> pressure on the connections than the Lego one does, and that shows up as
> a greater bowing with only one or two layers.
Dunno about this. On mine, I got to about ten high for half the model and
19 for the balance and the bow wasn't going anywhere fast. I even gave it a
couple of days to think about it :-)
And this was MB 2x4s on grey Lego baseplates...
Richard
Still baldly going...
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| (...) I can't give precise figures, but I'm working on a structure about 30 bricks high composed mostly of MB 2x4 bricks. I noticed the same effect Chris described, in that the first few rows bowed noticeably, but now the whole structure doesn't (...) (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| (...) I think you'll find that if you build up high enough, the bow will go away. It is quite noticeable if you build with MB 1x2's on the flexible baseplates. Even the 2x4's do it. However, when you get more than a couple of bricks high, the bow (...) (24 years ago, 23-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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