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Re: What's the hardest part of an MOC?
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Mon, 7 Mar 2005 02:58:10 GMT
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For me, it is when you get about two thirds the way through, and start to have this feeling that you may not have enough brick to finish it the way you want. So then you get about three quarters the way through, and you start to realize that you are building 6x12 plates out of (3) 2x10 plates with a 2x6 plate at one end, scabbed together with a 2x4 plates on the bottom. Four fifths the way through you start taking the MOC back apart, saying “Well I could an orange piece here, nobody will see it,” and then take the corosponding grey piece and use it over here...At Finnally at the 95% stage, you are looking hungrily around at your models that are already built, saying “Well I probably could take this apart, I didn’t really love this model anyway...”

Sometimes it is a never ending battle.

Hi Mom, and send more brick!

Adam.



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(...) That's when I place my first BrickLink order... (...) Second order... (...) Third order. (...) By now, the first package has arrived, and I have plenty of parts. (...) Then the second box arrives... (...) Next thing I know, I'm swimming in (...) (20 years ago, 7-Mar-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)

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  What's the hardest part of an MOC?
 
For me, it's always the beginning. Even though I did a few sketches this time to keep me focused, I still have the most difficult time just getting a shape together. Sometimes I wish I had a small bubble of zero gravity above my desk so that I could (...) (20 years ago, 6-Mar-05, to lugnet.space)  

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