Any lego roof 'how to' articles or sites out there?

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Any lego roof 'how to' articles or sites out there?

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Hi, I was wondering if theres good sites that show how to do a variety of roof styles (other than basic tiling of course).

Thanks,

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Post by Jim »

Welcome to C-C.com Paul :D

This topic asked a related question:

viewtopic.php?t=6212

I have not seen a roof how-to site or article, and I think that this type of article would be a great addition to this site. Maybe folks could post their building techniques in this thread, and then we could convert them to an article.

For my part, I created this 1/4 overlap roof with 2x2 tiles:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1826241

Here is a picture that shows the underlying structure:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1829460

I know that this is not much of a how-to, and if you have questions, ask here or send me a PM.

I have said it before, but I'll take this opportunity to express my opinions concerning C-C content and direction. I have seen many posts lately that ask questions or bring up topics that have been discussed before. This is not necessarily a bad thing, as new information or techniques are presented continually. This is a symptom of an underlying inefficiency in the C-C site architecture. There is alot of great information, but it is diffucult to access. We the members of the C-C community should be consolidating this information into how-to and idea collection articles. In addition, the how-to articles must be maintained by keeping links current and adding additional ideas/tehcniques.

Back to the topic, does anyone else have roof ideas and techniques to post?

Jim
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Post by Eseme »

I have to agree. Someone posted a very nice outdoors standard with a lot of good pics of landscaping. It was posted at least a year ago, and is essentially a tutorial. Yet is it only available on these boards, and only if you search well. The tutorial section on the site itself does not appear to have been updated recently.

I know boards are easty to set up and leave alone, but they are a fairly lousy system for archiving information in an easy to search format.

I would prefer to see tutorials on the main site, linked off and index page so I can scroll and read titles to find what I need.
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Good question. When I built my new Angela's Herb Shop, the roof was the hardest part.
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Post by jens »

I have build a roof with plates and 1x2 Tiles:

Image

(be carefull, it's a large picture 830 Kb)

here is the how to (Ldraw):
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/schli ... _house.mpd

regards,
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Post by kelderic »

I am working on a new roof, designed to look like thatched straw. I will post pics when done, hopefully soon. It involves lots of tan harry potter wands, and the modifed 1 x 1 flats.

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