Impressive new SNOT technique by ImpreSariO
ImpreSariO recently posted this nice vignette featuring a monkey playing pranks on a bunch of golfers:
But what’s really unique about this vignette is the golf cart, which has a particularly ingenious SNOT (Studs Not on Top) building technique that connects the front wheels to the hood:
As Klocki points out, those are flex-tubes (which even hardcore purists must admit are okay to cut) inserted into the studs. Brilliant!
April 16th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
I don’t cut flex tubes….
Cm2
April 16th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
Yeah quite a few people don’t cut them. I do but still consider it vaguely illegal as it is less than one stud length (I cut to integers). Takes all types ;)
April 16th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
I used 2L lengths of flex-tube for the landing gear on my airplane:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2925716
And I’m finding new uses for my little bars all the time.
April 17th, 2008 at 3:09 am
I really don’t feel there’s anything wrong with cutting flex-tubes, I do this on most of my models. All this nonsense about purist, if Lego company can make custom strickers why can’t we do this as well? Remember back in the old days ……when I was a lad sat down t’ mines opening & closing doors …on those old technic set you had to cut pneumatics tubes as they were all one length, for me it’s just the same with flex-tube…….get the scissors out !!!!!!
April 17th, 2008 at 9:56 am
I don’t OWN flex tubes! Anyway, yeah that is a cool SNOT idea…
April 17th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Awesome! Of course, I came up with that idea over four years ago…
http://news.lugnet.com/build/schleim/?n=96
:)
April 17th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
Cool, Derek! I suspect this is a case of convergent evolution. ;-)
April 18th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
Um, not quite Derek… the example above is the rigid tube, 1 bar thickness, inside a hollow stud. You’ve got the rubbery hose around the underside of plates. Not at all related. Sorry!
April 18th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Thanks for note =]