Advanced building techniques & questions

[Zelgazra]

3 hours ago, Phil B said:

from the looks of it that top rail is loose in this build - not attached

If you were to build this room into a modular or something though, I'd imagine you'd have a wall on the left side, which would at least help lock the floating part in place... it could slip out the far side, but again, if in a house layout, you could easily build something up on the other side of that wall to block it in place fairly easily. The build as is would work if those conditions were met I think?

[Phil B]

Just now, Zelgazra said:

If you were to build this room into a modular or something though, I'd imagine you'd have a wall on the left side, which would at least help lock the floating part in place... it could slip out the far side, but again, if in a house layout, you could easily build something up on the other side of that wall to block it in place fairly easily. The build as is would work if those conditions were met I think?

Absolutely - you could double-wall it on both sides and there would be no trouble whatsoever. I was merely saying that in this particular build, that upside-down 1x8 is completely loose.

[TheOrcKing]

17 hours ago, Phil B said:

And who still has an overhead tank toilet?

Maybe they're European?

[Phil B]

1 minute ago, TheOrcKing said:

Maybe they're European?

From what I've seen in the houses of European friends, in wall tanks are all the rage - so no tank visible at all.

[TheOrcKing]

A post with no place so here it goes if you ever wanted to see what the die piece beneath the rubber coating looked like.

[donbee]

Now make a super MOC with one so the price and demand rocket. Cuz I got a dozen of them.

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[Lordoflego]

Perfect thread for my question, sorry if it's a stupid one but I only had a technic as a kid, over 25 years ago. What does Lego gearbox do? Like in the new Porsche let's say? So in 1st gear you cant push the car as fast as you could in 4th? 

[Phil B]

1 hour ago, Lordoflego said:

Perfect thread for my question, sorry if it's a stupid one but I only had a technic as a kid, over 25 years ago. What does Lego gearbox do? Like in the new Porsche let's say? So in 1st gear you cant push the car as fast as you could in 4th? 

I cannot watch the video (gives me a playback error all the time) but the gearbox on the 42048 race kart (2 gears and a neutral) merely makes the piston on the engine block move slower or faster. Now of course if you had a motor driving the gears, the speed & torque of the car would change depending on the gear selected, but those are not provided with the 42048 (neither with the Porsche 42056 btw).

[Lordoflego]

5 minutes ago, Phil B said:

I cannot watch the video (gives me a playback error all the time) but the gearbox on the 42048 race kart (2 gears and a neutral) merely makes the piston on the engine block move slower or faster. Now of course if you had a motor driving the gears, the speed & torque of the car would change depending on the gear selected, but those are not provided with the 42048 (neither with the Porsche 42056 btw).

Thanks, I expected that with the motor, but wasn't sure without.

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[TheOrcKing]

Stone wall tutorial for the model featured here.

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Edited June 26, 2016 by brickcrazyhouse

[Zelgazra]

It looks like a 2x2x2 slope, mounted internally on an angle... I don't think the inside studs of the two 1x2 cheese slopes are attached to the piece in question, I think they're floating, covering up the lip of the angled slope. Still trying to work out how it looks inside... 

[Guest brickcrazyhouse]

@Zelgazra thanks I think I got it. I used a "Slope, Curved 3 x 2 No Studs" http://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=24309#T=C . 

[Zelgazra]

Nice one.. not sure that's what the original uses as the line seems pretty straight, but a very nice alternative. In fact, a few more subs for those curved slopes could make for a more organic feel to him. Should mess around with that as you go along!  

[TheOrcKing]

[TheGallows]

Notice how the column taper inwards, good design.

 

 

[Loghamel]

Can some of you experts explain (or point me to a place that does) how to create a 4-sided roof that comes together at the top?  Say the house is 20x20 studs.  Each of the roofs would be a triangle 20 studs wide that meet at the top.  I can't seem to figure out how to pull this off.  And to clarify, I'm not wanting to use sloped bricks as shingles.

[Alpinemaps]

35 minutes ago, Loghamel said:

Can some of you experts explain (or point me to a place that does) how to create a 4-sided roof that comes together at the top?  Say the house is 20x20 studs.  Each of the roofs would be a triangle 20 studs wide that meet at the top.  I can't seem to figure out how to pull this off.  And to clarify, I'm not wanting to use sloped bricks as shingles.

Could you use a series of Wedge Plates and Plates to make it happen?  You could use Hinge Bricks and Plates to create the slope angle that you need.  You could also do something similar to 7965 for opening/closing and sloping the roof.

[TheOrcKing]

Here is a micro tree technique.

[TheOrcKing]

Have a gander at these artistic lamps using a number of new elements introduced with Nexo Knights then read over the rest on New Elementary.

[kk.castle]

Thanks for sharing.

[TheOrcKing]

How to make ball by umamen

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