1. - Erik "brickerik" Amzallag - FreeLUG - BricMania July 24th-25th 2004 - 1 Tile or Plate Located between Enough Studs The Art of building between the studs

2. - Erik "brickerik" Amzallag - FreeLUG - BricMania July 24th-25th 2004 - 2 Tile or Plate Between Studs Introduction Existing building techniques : –SNOT / Schleim « Studs not on top » –AZMEP « Aus zwei mach eins Plättchen » halfstud offset –Round 1x1 or Technic Bush between 4 studs

3. - Erik "brickerik" Amzallag - FreeLUG - BricMania July 24th-25th 2004 - 3 Tile or Plate Between Studs Introduction Tile or plate placed verticaly between studs : or, for a good acronym : Tile or Plate Located between Enough Studs => TOPLESs

4. - Erik "brickerik" Amzallag - FreeLUG - BricMania July 24th-25th 2004 - 4 Illustration Tile or Plate Between Studs P-LESs T-LESs

5. - Erik "brickerik" Amzallag - FreeLUG - BricMania July 24th-25th 2004 - 5 Illustration Appearance in official sets : 311, 609, 613... Tile or Plate Between Studs

6. - Erik "brickerik" Amzallag - FreeLUG - BricMania July 24th-25th 2004 - 6 Examples of simple use Coal staithes (Stuart Jones) Tile or Plate Between Studs

7. - Erik "brickerik" Amzallag - FreeLUG - BricMania July 24th-25th 2004 - 7 Examples of simple use Fences Tile or Plate Between Studs

8. - Erik "brickerik" Amzallag - FreeLUG - BricMania July 24th-25th 2004 - 8 Examples of simple use Ladder Tile or Plate Between Studs

9. - Erik "brickerik" Amzallag - FreeLUG - BricMania July 24th-25th 2004 - 9 First constatations Not really solid Problem : plates don’t fit perfectly because of the studs –prefer tiles –or use an offset of a half stud Tile or Plate Between Studs P-LESs : space of 0.5~1mm T-LESs : OK

10. - Erik "brickerik" Amzallag - FreeLUG - BricMania July 24th-25th 2004 - 10 First constatations Problem of curve of the plates –Important curve for P-LESs –Slight curve for T-LESs => Solution : prefer the tiles, or thicken the support Tile or Plate Between Studs

11. - Erik "brickerik" Amzallag - FreeLUG - BricMania July 24th-25th 2004 - 11 Examples seen at 1000SteineLand Peaks of the cathedral (Juergen et Ingo Bramigk) Tile or Plate Between Studs

12. - Erik "brickerik" Amzallag - FreeLUG - BricMania July 24th-25th 2004 - 12 Examples seen at 1000SteineLand Jambs of windows (Sven Moritz Hein) Tile or Plate Between Studs

13. - Erik "brickerik" Amzallag - FreeLUG - BricMania July 24th-25th 2004 - 13 Examples seen at 1000SteineLand Double T beam (Michel Brachmond) Tile or Plate Between Studs

14. - Erik "brickerik" Amzallag - FreeLUG - BricMania July 24th-25th 2004 - 14 A piece of geometry Combination with SNOT, use of the ratio 5:2 Tile or Plate Between Studs

15. - Erik "brickerik" Amzallag - FreeLUG - BricMania July 24th-25th 2004 - 15 A piece of geometry Tile or Plate Between Studs Bracket :1/2 plate 1 tile + 1 bracket take place between the 2 parts

16. - Erik "brickerik" Amzallag - FreeLUG - BricMania July 24th-25th 2004 - 16 A piece of geometry Tile or Plate Between Studs Application of TOPLESs to a wagon

17. - Erik "brickerik" Amzallag - FreeLUG - BricMania July 24th-25th 2004 - 17 A piece of geometry A particular way to fix elements Tile or Plate Between Studs Problem : How to fix the wind-screen ? Solution : TOPLESs and a bracket

18. - Erik "brickerik" Amzallag - FreeLUG - BricMania July 24th-25th 2004 - 18 Origin : a footbridge for a train station Origin of my work on this building method : –Reconstitution of a traditionnal footbrige of french train stations –Constraints : resemblance with the original, size of the construction Tile or Plate Between Studs

19. - Erik "brickerik" Amzallag - FreeLUG - BricMania July 24th-25th 2004 - 19 Origin : a footbridge for a train station Classic stairs : Tile or Plate Between Studs No space between the bars of the fence Too big : 14 stairs -> 28 studs Bars too thick

20. - Erik "brickerik" Amzallag - FreeLUG - BricMania July 24th-25th 2004 - 20 Origin : a footbridge for a train station Solution : use plates for thin bars –How to fix these plates ? Verticaly between the studs ! –Avantages : we can fix the next stair on the bar we keep a small size –Drawbacks : fragile ! Tile or Plate Between Studs

21. - Erik "brickerik" Amzallag - FreeLUG - BricMania July 24th-25th 2004 - 21 Origin : a footbridge for a train station How to consolidate ? –We have a vertical plate on the middle of a plate => half-plate offset –Useful bricks : 1x1 with headlight, bracket... Tile or Plate Between Studs

22. - Erik "brickerik" Amzallag - FreeLUG - BricMania July 24th-25th 2004 - 22 Origin : a footbridge for a train station The solution : –headlight + bracket using SNOT –repetitive motif –but not perfect (P-LESs) Tile or Plate Between Studs

23. - Erik "brickerik" Amzallag - FreeLUG - BricMania July 24th-25th 2004 - 23 Origin : a footbridge for a train station The solution : Tile or Plate Between Studs AZMEP SNOT TOPLESs

24. - Erik "brickerik" Amzallag - FreeLUG - BricMania July 24th-25th 2004 - 24 Origin : a footbridge for a train station The footbridge Tile or Plate Between Studs

25. - Erik "brickerik" Amzallag - FreeLUG - BricMania July 24th-25th 2004 - 25 Origin : a footbridge for a train station Details of the footbridge Tile or Plate Between Studs

26. - Erik "brickerik" Amzallag - FreeLUG - BricMania July 24th-25th 2004 - 26 Conclusion Old technique but under-used Fragile A good addition to SNOT A lot of applications Tile or Plate Between Studs