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Snowjet
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Date: 
Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:55:54 GMT
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Although this MOC was posted a over a year ago, it is still incredible to look
at!  The question is- why are the cut baseplates placed upside-down?

They sure had to modify a lot of parts to do it, but then again- no one else
that I can think of of has done a better job of building that type of amusement
park ride.

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=66570



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  Re: Snowjet
 
(...) I wonder if the baseplates are turned around for asthetics -- in the photos, the backside of the baseplates makes me think of diamond-plate (is that the right term for it?). (...) (18 years ago, 19-Sep-06, to lugnet.technic)
  Re: Snowjet
 
(...) I guess that's for aesthetical reason but maybe also because baseplates don't have underside tubes like plates to pile them. So he has used their studs in a SNOT way to attach them to the structural part of the ride. Actually the question is - (...) (18 years ago, 25-Sep-06, to lugnet.technic)

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