How do they transition from horizontal joint to vertical?

Post by **morganm** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 9:23 pm

Here's an example of a technique I'm trying to replicate. Pretty sure I have all the pieces but despite all of my effort I can't figure it out!

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=418188

Lets take the arm for closer examination. In particular it's right arm as we can clearly see the shoulder assembly and the elbow assembly:

On the cockpit chassis we see the clips holding onto the T pin. The shaft of the T pin goes horizontal into some brick in the arm.... OK, got it.

What I don't get is how to transition from where the T pin interface there is horizontal to now a similar T pin interface vertically in the elbow.

Please enlighten me, thanks!

Post by **Silent-sigfig** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 9:26 pm

headlight bricks

Post by **aoffan23** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 9:32 pm

What Silent said. You can see the half plate space at the bottom of the shoulder, it's a little rectangular black space. All put together with a 1x3 inverse slope and the plate and cheese at the front.

Post by **morganm** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 9:34 pm

That's what I figured but I just don't get it.... please elaborate.

I guess you mean one headlight brick standing vertical with the T pin shaft going into it right? But then how does the horizontal headlight brick interface with the vertical one to allow the vertical T pint shaft to go into the headlight brick?

Post by **aoffan23** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 9:37 pm

The red things are the SNOT studs on the headlight bricks. You just put one horizontally, one vertically. Not really that hard to figure out.

Post by **morganm** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 9:45 pm

What is interlocking the two headlight bricks?

Post by **Dertyyy** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 9:48 pm

they are on the same plate, just turned 90 degrees. there is no SNOT in the connection of the bricks at all.

Post by **aoffan23** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 9:50 pm

aoffan23 wrote:All put together with a 1x3 inverse slope and the plate and cheese at the front.

It's just like Dertyyy said, they're just laid out like plain bricks.

Post by **morganm** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 9:52 pm

OOhhhh kay... got it. Thanks guys!

Post by **Gungnir** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 1:33 am

What I want to know is: How the hell does everyone get away with such tiny cockpits? Mine are always at least 6 studs wide.

Post by **OneEye589** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 10:17 am

Why six studs wide? I usually only make mine 4 studs wide; middle being down for the fig to sit and the outside two raised for the arms to rest on.

Post by **Robot Monkey** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 1:36 pm

OneEye589 wrote:Why six studs wide? I usually only make mine 4 studs wide; middle being down for the fig to sit and the outside two raised for the arms to rest on.

This is what I do.