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Re: Parts for Meijers in GATS
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lugnet.org.us.michlug
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Sun, 19 Aug 2001 22:23:35 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us.michlug, Amy Hughes writes:
> In lugnet.org.us.michlug, Scott Sanburn writes:
> > We don't have a scale standard, nor should we have one... If Rick sets
> > his standards high, let him,
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> My thoughts on scale, and I'm obviously biased :-) ...
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> In the last show we had a shell station that took up more space than the
> cathedral. Does that make sense? Logically, no. But every bit of it was crammed
> with interesting detail. It's a great model, and IMO deserves every bit of space
> it took.
>
> Would a Meijer of similar size or larger make sense? Logically, yes. After all,
> Meijer stores are multi-acre beomoths. Would it look good in the display? I'd
> say probably not. I can't see a big-box store having enough interesting detail
> to warrant that much space. But if Rick thinks otherwise I wouldn't keep him
> from building it. I, after all, don't know what he has in mind.
>
> Does a large cathedral made sense? I'm biased, so I won't answer that except to
> say that cathedrals are large buildings and, IMO, are artistically and
> architecturally interesting. Was the GATS church interesting enough to warrant
> the space it took? It was a heck of a lot of work, so I hope so. If it wasn't,
> let me know so I won't do similar things in the future.
Umm Amy it was great, don't even THINK about saying it wasn't interesting
enough!I saw a ton of people pointing to it at the show.Besides it must have
been pretty good considering GATS put a picture of it on there web page.
> My own unofficial standard for my own use is that a large roof is uninteresting,
> unless you can still see inside and the interior space is interesting. As such,
> you won't find me building Wal-Marts (a big box, basically), though a mall with
> lots of little shops with distinct facades inside and out and some interior
> detail behind sections of clear roof is a possibility.
>
> Bottom line: building "to scale" is a silly concept when you're working with
> minifigs. Appropriate size should be judged on how interesting the model is.
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> Amy
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