The Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide

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No Starch Press, 2005 - 344 sidor

What exactly is a slope? What's the difference between a tile and a plate? Why is it bad to simply stack bricks in columns to make a wall? The Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide is here to answer your questions.

Focusing on building actual models with real bricks, The Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide comes with complete instructions to build several cool models but also encourages you to use your imagination to create your own fantastic creations.

Inside, you'll learn:

* The best ways to connect bricks and creative uses for those patterns
* Tricks for calculating and using scale (it's not as hard as you think)
* The step-by-step plans to create a train station on the scale of LEGO people (a.k.a. "minifigs")
* How to build spheres, jumbo-sized LEGO bricks, micro-scaled models, and a mini space shuttle
* Tips for sorting and storing all of your LEGO pieces

The Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide also includes the Brickopedia, a visual guide to nearly 300 of the most useful and reusable elements of the LEGO system, with historical notes, common uses, part numbers, and the year each piece first appeared in a LEGO set.

The firm foundation for your LEGO hobby starts here!

 

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Innehåll

The LEGO System Endless Possibilities
1
The Stud
3
Technic
9
The LEGO System
17
Back to Basics Tips and Techniques
19
Building Walls
25
Build big but think small
35
Minifig Scale Oh What a Wonderful Minifig World It Is
37
Assembly Notes
160
Building a Technic Model
168
Putting It All Together Where Ideas Meet Bricks
173
Pick Your Subject
175
Pick a Scale Any Scale
181
Taking On the Role of Model Designer
193
Beyond Just Bricks Other Things to Do Besides Building
195
Making and Playing Games with LEGO Pieces
201

When Other Parts Will
54
Building Techniques and Alternatives
61
Miniland Scale The Whole World in Miniature
63
Basic Miniland Figure
68
Miniland Buildings
75
Jumbo Elements Building Bigger Bricks
81
Jumbo Bricks Are Just the Start
87
Microscale Building More Than Meets the Eye
99
Translating Ideas into Bricks
105
Sculptures The Shape of Things to Build
115
Sculpting Other Subjects
126
Mosaics Patterns and Pictures in Bricks
133
Technic Not as Technical as It May Seem
153
Sorting Storage and Sitting Down to Build Something
209
Not Just for Shoes Anymore
219
Unique Solutions for Every Builder
226
Making and Using Tools for LEGO Projects
227
Brick Separator
233
Brickopedia
239
BRICKOPEDIA
240
Bricks Plates and So Much More
298
Design Grids Building Better by Planning Ahead
299
Using the Grids Effectively
303
From Grids to Bricks
310
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Begränsad förhandsgranskning - 2012
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Allan Bedford
Ingen förhandsgranskning - 2012

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Om författaren (2005)

Allan Bedford is a lifelong LEGO fan and builder whose most ambitious model to date is a 5,000 piece replica of Toronto's famed CN Tower. He is active in the online LEGO community, having contributed ideas and discussions for several years.

Bedford works as a business analyst by day and spends his spare time cycling, designing board games and, of course, building with LEGO bricks.

Bibliografisk information

TitelThe Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide
No Starch Press Series
FörfattareAllan Bedford
Utgåvaillustrerad
UtgivareNo Starch Press, 2005
ISBN1593270542, 9781593270544
Längd344 sidor
  
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