Small Bridge

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Post by The Josh »

My 100th Post!!

I figured I should make this one special, so I'm posting an MOC, a small bridge:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=841581

PTMWYT

I know it's not much, but I'm saving the real stuff for brickfest :wink: . I won't be able to respond to this post, for I'm going away for the next two weeks. I be back soon!

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Post by Formendacil »

Oh!

Black Knights!

Always a treat.

(BTW, do you is MOC pronounced em-oh-see, or moek/mock? Not that it matters, but Josh's use of an MOC looked weird, because I always seem to use moek. And I've heard mock. Just a weird question.)
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Post by rogue27 »

I know you said you can't respond, but maybe somebody else knows this...

Is the bridge sturdy, or would the beams fall down if you tried pushing a minifig down onto one of the studs?

Regardless, it looks very nice.
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Post by Bruce N H »

Hey, nice idea! I've seen that technique used to line the inside of an arch, but never this way where you can also see the tops of the studs.

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Post by Duke_Dave »

Nice bridge!! I also like your little group of knights.


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Post by kajo163 »

Hey cool bridge!:D

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Post by porschecm2 »

Hey, that's pretty kool. That'd be perfect stuck in a diaroma or story somewhere.

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Post by Linus »

That's a great bridge! I never thought of making a bridge like that. Now I'm going to make a bridge like that for my village! I hope you don't mind me using your idea. :wink:
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Re: Small Bridge

Post by footsteps »

The Josh wrote:My 100th Post!!
-The Josh
Congratulations.

And that's a great little bridge. Simple, but very imaginative, using an approach I've not seen before. I like it a lot. Must copy.

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Post by wlister »

I really like the bridge design. Very nice! The dust is a little distracting, but the MOC is great. :D

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Post by Sir Terrance »

Formendacil wrote: (BTW, do you is MOC pronounced em-oh-see, or moek/mock? Not that it matters, but Josh's use of an MOC looked weird, because I always seem to use moek. And I've heard mock. Just a weird question.)
I was always wondering about that. I called it Mock, but I think he uses it as M.O.C. since it stands for something. But S.N.O.T. just doesn't work. Neither does P.O.O.P., B.U.R.P., etc.

Great bridge, I really like how you made it curve. Awesome.
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Post by Lord_Of_The_LEGO »

Now that is one cool bridge! Yet another idea for me to steal...
Formendacil wrote:(BTW, do you is MOC pronounced em-oh-see, or moek/mock? Not that it matters, but Josh's use of an MOC looked weird, because I always seem to use moek. And I've heard mock. Just a weird question.)
I always pronounce it 'mock'.
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Post by David C. »

That bridge is really neat! I too have seen it done to line the inside of an arch, and I even tried it once, without success. :oops: However, I'll have to see if I can build this one successfully. The picture is much clearer as far as how the pieces need to be arranged than the one I was trying to copy before. Thank you for posting this!
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Post by Robin Hood »

Yeah its great, but I have the same question, how is held up, or will it just fall apart if weight is put on it. :wink:
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Post by David C. »

Robin Hood wrote:Yeah its great, but I have the same question, how is held up, or will it just fall apart if weight is put on it. :wink:
My guess is that it holds up quite well. It utilizes the same principle that an actual stone arch does, with the stones pressing against each other to transfer the force down into the support or the ground. Those appear to be the one-piece black arches, so unless they detach from the green plates they should be fine under normal use. If it needed to be strengthened, the whole assembly could be attached to a baseplate. The only potential weak point I can see is if a rotational force is applied to one of the plates in the deck, causing it to slip due to the gap at the top of each consecutive set of plates.

P.S. Don't ask a question about the structural integrity of a bridge when there's a civil engineer around to (try to) explain it! :wink:
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