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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jesse Alan Long writes:
> How DID you curve the roof of your factory/warehouse?
> simply add some smokestacks and some of those yellow
> and black striped LEGO plates, please?
> Jesse Long
Jesse I will take your 'demand'? of yellow and black striped tiles as a
suggestion, and consider it when I get around the finishing the details. Thank
you for the suggestion. But as far as smokestacks go, I have been to a number
of manufacturing plants in my work, and I don't think it is needed nor
explainable, as nothing in this little GoKart factory would warrent such an
unsightly thing. Although you have now give me the idea for a processing plant
with large smokestacks and soot everywhere, might be an interesting little
building.
As far as construction of the curved roof goes, it was a bit of a chore, I'll
tell you. Others may have done it before and wouldn't find it a challange, but
I found it tricky. The roof is composed of 6 large grey baseplates in a 2x3
pattern. I used 2x8, 2x10 and 4x4 plates to connect the longest seem. You can
see the pattern in this picture:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=57102
Then using 2x4 and 2x3 plates, I cover the other 4 seems. These smaller plates
will allow the roof to bend without poping the plates off. The next part is a
little tricky. When I put the roof on, I found it best to set the middle down
on the peaks of the curves, seen here:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=57106
Then allow the long ends to bend. It will occasionaly want to bend into the
building instead of to the walls, but once you get it bent in the right
direction it is pretty easy. I built the wall with a lip that it can rest on
and most of the force then goes out and not down. Finally I used 2x6 to keep
the roof from popping up, which it does once in a while. Oh and here is a
picture of me holding the roof right before I put it on Saturday.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=57601
Over the night with the plastic sheet over it, It buckeled and became less of a
curve and more of a point. By design or mistake the roof is kind of strong, you
can actually pull it (slide it) from one end or another to expose part of
interior space. And some of you saw you can place some stuff on the roof, as
seen in this picture:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=58547
The table wasn't very flat in that area, and since the factory splits into 6
sections, connected with technic pegs, it kept cracking in that area. So after
reconnecting the bricks in that area half a dozen times I decided it was best
to make the crack look like it was by design. Hence the minifig repair crew.
Well I hope I was clear in describing the roof. Enjoy and play well.
Jason
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