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Pics: Interlocking Tower
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Fri, 13 Sep 2002 15:23:28 GMT
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This is a revised version of an interlocking tower I built a few years back
that I modeled after the Eau Claire tower
(http://www.2719.com/pages/towerphoto3.html) which is in the process of being
restored.

It took me a long time to acquire the necessary parts (as you might imagine
when you see it), but I really wanted to capture the wood siding effect using
all plates, and so I think it was worth the wait.  It still needs some more
detailing, but that might have to wait as I am on to other projects.

Pics are here: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=6920

I also included a pic of the prototype with which to compare.

Enjoy,
John



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  Re: Pics: Interlocking Tower
 
(...) Um, your insane. That's a pretty big building to do in all plates. Wow. Looks good. -J +---...---+ Jason Spears MichLUG - (URL) Page - (URL) (22 years ago, 13-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains)
  Re: Pics: Interlocking Tower
 
Hey, that looks really good. I've always wanted to do a building with all small plates as they're closer to the size of a real brick on minifig scale. A Lego brick is closer to an over-sized cinder block. Unfortunately I've never had enough small (...) (22 years ago, 13-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains)

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