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Re: Building Fences
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Date: 
Wed, 14 Nov 2001 21:03:07 GMT
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Duane Hess wrote:

I'm working on an assembly yard (too big for a single building, I've already
tried) for a vehicle that is under construction. The area is a minimum of 3
x 4 baseplates, it may grow later. I would like to build a fence around it
to keep all of the undesireable and nosy minifigs out, preferrably something
that they couldn't see through. What are some techniques that are used to
economically build large expanses of fence?

Although your problem calls for a slightly different solution then what
I have to offer, here is an mockup for a heavy duty fence that I am
building for my current project.  The final fence will only cover a
single baseplate but will be a combination of this open grate design and
a solid wall of tan bricks.

here is the grate mockup:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=84706

As Tom said, I would go with a combination of 2x2-2x2 brackets (there
should be a lot in brown available on brickbay from the droid fighters)
and plain plates.

-chris



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(...) <snip> (...) Ooooh.. that's nice. I could see using that as a gated entrance, but I don't have any of the grate pieces. Drat. (...) I'm actually thinking about cheating in a large way. I was contemplating using 1x1 bricks stacked about 6 high (...) (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.town)

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I'm working on an assembly yard (too big for a single building, I've already tried) for a vehicle that is under construction. The area is a minimum of 3 x 4 baseplates, it may grow later. I would like to build a fence around it to keep all of the (...) (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)

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