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Re: Factory Pictures Finally - Explanation of Curved roof
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lugnet.town
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Thu, 26 Jul 2001 12:53:34 GMT
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In lugnet.town, Scott Arthur writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jason Spears writes: • <snip>
> > 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:
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> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=57102
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> I have seen this style of roof before:
> http://www.wilkesworld.co.uk/lego/metro_terminus.htm
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> Scott A
Yep, I remember seeing that one too. Very cool building. I pretty sure it was
more of a challange than mine. With the technic and windows below the curve.
That was one of the main reasons why I even tried to make a curved roof. It is
just such a impressive building. Lawrence Wilkes did a great job.
-Jason
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> >
> > 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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