tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post824276275519441344..comments2024-03-19T05:24:06.613+00:00Comments on New Elementary: LEGO® parts, sets and techniques: Forbidden Elementary: Sticker sheet cardboard boxAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05188856208086872634noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-28835439452182702702020-11-11T23:44:40.717+00:002020-11-11T23:44:40.717+00:00@Interstellar_1:
I looked through them. Honestly,...@Interstellar_1:<br />I looked through them. Honestly, there weren't any that jumped out at me. A lot of my complicated SNOT construction is designed to just float in place, penned in by other elements. On my last completely new MOC, I've got four cheese wedges filling in gaps around the rear fenders. They're held in position from all six directions, but they aren't attached to anything. On the same truck, I did use a pair of The One Rings to complete a double stud-to-stud connection. Brackets can do wonders, too, depending on the space you've got to work with.<br /><br />I design many of my MOCs from the outside in, with MLCad. Once I know the shape of the space I have to work with inside, and what needs to be connected from which direction, I just start filling in the gaps. Fortunately, I'm good with geometry and puzzles, as my SNOT tends to require a lot of one-time solutions.Purple Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-38330784860453546812020-11-09T03:14:41.184+00:002020-11-09T03:14:41.184+00:00If you are looking for compact SNOT techniques, sw...If you are looking for compact SNOT techniques, swooshable.com has a ton.Interstellar_1https://www.blogger.com/profile/12314583245287488814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-55281652758953821312020-11-07T14:07:57.516+00:002020-11-07T14:07:57.516+00:00@Håkan S.:
Depending on how robust a connection yo...@Håkan S.:<br />Depending on how robust a connection you need, there are a couple solutions I know of that can work with 1x1's. A 2L Technic axle has notches on the ends. Many 1x bricks have ridges formed inside them that these notches will lock into. There's also a really thick hose (5mm?) that's about as wide as a stud. The inner diameter is small enough that you can stuff a rigid 3mm hose inside. Doing so will expand the OD of the thick hose enough that it should grip the inside of the brick. I used this trick several years ago to make girls wearing poodle skirts (a 50's trend in the US). I used a jumper plate for their underpants, with a 3x3 radar dish for the skirt itself. The only torsos this works with are the 2nd gen design that has shallow ribs formed inside, which was used back when Paradisa was in production, but the domed shape of the radar dish made the connection highly unstable. So I came up with this trick to basically extend the stud all the way up to the shoulders. The rigid hose extends through the radar dish into the jumper plate's stud, and the thick hose fits over the portion that extends past the stud on the radar dish. The thick hose has a tight enough fit that you kinda have to work the connection to get it to fully seat. For 1x1 bricks, you'd probably need to counter-rotate them against each other while pressing them together until the bases touch.<br /><br />It'd be nice if TLC, or even some 3rd party custom part manufacturer, made something that's the diameter of a stud and twice as long as the interior depth of a brick, without a flange. Matching parts that are long enough to attach plates to bricks or plates to plates would be nice, but the plate/brick version would to be designed in a way that makes it easy to extract from a brick when you've only got the equivalent of a stud to grasp.Purple Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-19736801458154391852020-11-06T01:32:03.976+00:002020-11-06T01:32:03.976+00:00Hmm, I recall reading that a 4593 small lever coul...Hmm, I recall reading that a 4593 small lever could be placed between 2 1x2 plates, but I don't know about a 1x1 solution, could you cram a 36451c01 Infinity Stone between them or something like that?Håkan S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00767889630145885090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-35284599240428876312020-11-05T00:27:23.547+00:002020-11-05T00:27:23.547+00:00Wouldn't it suck to find out that a sticker-fr...Wouldn't it suck to find out that a sticker-free, SNOT solution is actually possible?<br /><br />When I made my flying Ford Anglia from HP, the Whomping Willow set wasn't yet available. I needed a way to get the white stripe on the medium-blue doors, so I trimmed strips of white sticker border to do the job. I've also trimmed bits of the cellophane inner bags to boost the friction if an axle wasn't staying put (this was a particular problem with decorative bits that were attached to worm gears in Throwbot torsos).Purple Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-26521513477411862852020-11-02T10:31:10.138+00:002020-11-02T10:31:10.138+00:00;D;DAdminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188856208086872634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-44188919888882065152020-11-02T10:30:23.203+00:002020-11-02T10:30:23.203+00:00:O
THAT IS SO NAUGHTY:O<br />THAT IS SO NAUGHTYAdminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188856208086872634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-65911778937110413532020-11-01T15:02:55.095+00:002020-11-01T15:02:55.095+00:00My personal naughtiest decision was to use two sti...My personal naughtiest decision was to use two stickers to attach a 1x1 plate upside-down to another brick. 100% official Lego, 100% naughty.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01144667652015747514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-62912018222297937192020-10-31T19:47:25.305+00:002020-10-31T19:47:25.305+00:00I was actually thinking I'd have had no way to...I was actually thinking I'd have had no way to tell that this was true, but then I just remembered that I own a handful of DUPLO event bricks, like the very first TRU Bricktober GWPs. I know I just pulled one of these out a set recently, but I can't remember which one, and I forgot where the box ended up.Purple Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-57081206896723949342020-10-30T19:46:45.173+00:002020-10-30T19:46:45.173+00:00FFS Tom and his wonky connections...FFS Tom and his wonky connections...benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11174955338610582509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-44583745197078338412020-10-30T15:15:48.262+00:002020-10-30T15:15:48.262+00:00I love seeing this creativity!I love seeing this creativity!ChiMiniRChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08896528133465917574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-69177597640386099682020-10-30T12:35:14.327+00:002020-10-30T12:35:14.327+00:00Very creative! I'll ponder usage before tossin...Very creative! I'll ponder usage before tossing these in the future.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15391506535336544099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-5040303309551625942020-10-30T11:24:02.663+00:002020-10-30T11:24:02.663+00:00OMG, I like your love of detail so much :)OMG, I like your love of detail so much :)Kimnoreply@blogger.com