gosthrider Posted January 9, 2012 Posted January 9, 2012 Hi there! I've been building a lot's of Technic, but recently I started loking at "regular" lego construction. There is one thing that I don't understand and it's going to drive me nut... How does people can manage to make curve with lego??? like the road on this Pet shop: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=64117 or the front hood of this beauty: http://www.brothers-brick.com/2012/01/04/fantastic-porsche-917-model-by-malte-dorowski/ I really try to figure out, but there is something i don't get... Thanks for your answers! Quote
cimddwc Posted January 9, 2012 Posted January 9, 2012 How does people can manage to make curve with lego??? like the road on this Pet shop: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=64117 Well, I used "brick bending" for this road - the curved part consists of 1x2 bricks (and plates), and making use of the 0.2(?) mm gaps between them, you can bend the structure a little to make a curve like this. For tighter curves, you could alternate 1x3 bricks and 1x1 round bricks as can be seen on some castle towers, but this won't look that smooth, of course. Quote
Rook Posted January 9, 2012 Posted January 9, 2012 The key thing about the first one of curse is number of bricks. This where PaB's will help in getting enough 2x1's. Quote
gosthrider Posted January 9, 2012 Author Posted January 9, 2012 Well, I used "brick bending" for this road - the curved part consists of 1x2 bricks (and plates), and making use of the 0.2(?) mm gaps between them, you can bend the structure a little to make a curve like this. For tighter curves, you could alternate 1x3 bricks and 1x1 round bricks as can be seen on some castle towers, but this won't look that smooth, of course. Ooooh I see... Like this? That's just... simple. I mean simply brilliant! Well, I was hoping for something more complicate. Damn, I'm disapointed ! (ehehehehe just kidding ) Thanks for your answer! Quote
gotoAndLego Posted January 9, 2012 Posted January 9, 2012 ...or the front hood of this beauty: While I don't know for sure, I'm guessing there is a length of flex tubing and these attached to it: Then a sloped tile on it and they rest on the curved arch. Quote
JackJonespaw Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 Take a peek into the Lego Ideas Book, and check out curves. It helps you a lot. Quote
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