Review: Building Techniques and Alternatives
The train station model presented in this chapter helped us look at some very basic building techniques as they apply to a minifig-scale structure. It showed that the overlap technique, which I first demonstrated in Chapter 2, is one of the most fundamental principles when it comes to successful LEGO models. You will use it time and again throughout just about every model you build. Although stacking and staggering are important also, it is the overlap method that best creates strong bonds between LEGO elements.
The main model in this chapter also demonstrated substitution on a couple of different levels. The building itself, as I pointed out early in this chapter, can be used for any number of different ...
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