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Soviet arch

Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 4:24 pm
by Nick
I quite enjoy bulding arches, as you probably guessed from my first public MOC.
I will probably build and MOC of this arch one day, when I have enough materials:
http://my.markov.ru/img/vdnh.jpg
It's located in Moscow, and serves as an entrance to the economic exibition grounds.
If any of the master MOCists here would like to build it, it would be great!

Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 6:06 pm
by Maedhros
Ah, that´s very beautiful actually. Very interesting. And what´s the building in the background by the way?

Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 6:21 am
by JPinoy
Thats very nice looking structure. Lots of things in Russia look good.

Hey... I noticed a Bley looking part above the actually archways. :lol:

Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 9:17 am
by ottoatm
This would be a good structure for a MOC. Depending on the scale you use, I'm guessing this could be done sooner rather than later too - most of this arch is all pillars, so you wouldn't have to worry about amassing the same number of bricks required for say, the famous one in France, or this much smaller one in NYC (http://www.planetdan.net/pics/newyork/w ... park_1.jpg)- I'd love to see it when your done!

Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 8:53 pm
by Bruce N H

Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 9:25 pm
by ottoatm
Bruce N H wrote:Hey,

Eric Harshbarger has a great LEGO rendition of the Washington Square arch in NYC.
It's good to see that image again! I actually got that NYU bulletin in the mail when it first came out - it was enough to make me consider NYU - and realize there was no way to afford it. :?

Eric has a really interesting story - I enjoyed searching/reading the rest of the site. Thanks Bruce.

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 1:57 pm
by cnelson
The building seen through the arch is Pavilion 1 of the All-Russian Exhibition Center. The view from the other side has the People's Friendship Fountain in front of the pavilion.

Carl

PS Nick, вы говорите по-русски?

Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 10:07 am
by Nick
вы говорите по-русски?
Да! А вы? Вы не Русский, случайно? Или просто владеете языком?

Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 11:49 am
by wizardnoob28
Nick wrote:
вы говорите по-русски?
Да! А вы? Вы не Русский, случайно? Или просто владеете языком?
what are you saying?! :cry:

Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 12:04 pm
by Maedhros
wizardnoob28 wrote:
Nick wrote:
вы говорите по-русски?
Да! А вы? Вы не Русский, случайно? Или просто владеете языком?
what are you saying?! :cry:
Do you speak Russian?

Yes! But you? You´re not Russian, by chance? Or simply you do manage language?

*pats Babelfish*

Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 12:35 pm
by Nick
I am Russian, but I don't yet know about cnelson, that's what I asked him.

Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 1:22 pm
by cnelson
Nick wrote:
вы говорите по-русски?
Да! А вы? Вы не Русский, случайно? Или просто владеете языком?
Нет, я американец. Я изучал по-русски этот год--я люблю выучить языки. Я хотел выучить его потому что алфавит различный... но я только немного говорю, и не очень хорошо.

(Pardon my errors!)

Carl

Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 1:52 pm
by Maedhros
Nick wrote:I am Russian, but I don't yet know about cnelson, that's what I asked him.
Internet translations aren´t too reliable I´m afraid........ :P