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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Richard Parsons 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 :-)
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 seem to. Weird.
Dave!
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| (...) 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 (...) (26 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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