Evil_Geoff Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 (edited) I am in the process of trying to build a replica of the Washington Monument... Yeah, ambitious, I know. It actually is looking pretty good, but there is an issue I have run into. The pics are pretty self-explanatory, but still I will try to give details of the issue. The monument is not strictly vertical, it does narrow the taller it goes. So I used the narrow wedges aligned vertically to create layers. The problem is filling the gaps at the corners of the monument where the .25 cube layers meet, and where the 3/4 cubes meet. A pole is to narrow for .25 cube layers, and the 1/4 cube, while perfect for the 1/2 cube layers, is way to small for the 3/4 cube layers. Any ideas? Edited February 2, 2023 by Evil_Geoff Spelling correction (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deverezieaux Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 Hi @Evil_Geoff, it'd be difficult to give you options without being able to try them out first. Often when I'm building POIs I'll have to page through blocks repeatedly, plug variations in and out, and sometimes tear whole sections down and rebuild with different blocks to see what fits. It might be easier to help figure out suggestions if you could share the unfinished version with the prefabbers here. The only thing I might suggest without being able to try it myself is using sheets, plates, tips or filler blocks somehow to make the space look solid. It doesn't necessary have to be solid if it looks solid. The problem with tips or fillers may be the rotations. For example, the half wedge tip might make the 1/3 blocks look like a corner but they don't rotate to the correct 45 degree angle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil_Geoff Posted February 4, 2023 Author Share Posted February 4, 2023 I'm not going to drop the whole monument on someone else to figure out, but here is a quick and dirty illustration of the construction. Ground/first layer - Full cube blocks Second layer - Wedge Narrow High (oriented vertically). Third layer - Cube 3/4 Fourth layer - Wedge Narrow Middle Fifth layer - Cube 1/2 Sixth layer - Wedge Narrow Low Seventh Layer - Cube .25m Eighth Layer - Wedge Narrow Tip The Wedge Narrow Corner pieces work splendidly. The full cube obviously fits the full cube corner layer, and the Cube 1/4 fills the Cube 1/2 corner. But I can't find anything that works for the Cube 3/4 or the Cube .25m corners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil_Geoff Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 Bueller? Buuuuuuueeeeeler? Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil_Geoff Posted February 7, 2023 Author Share Posted February 7, 2023 OCD be damned! If I keep waiting for a perfect fit, I'll not finish this at all. At least for now, I'll use poles for the .25m x .25m corners and I'm using the 1/4 cube centered on the 3/4 cube x 3/4 cube corners because the corners align. It leaves a small gap between the 3/4 cube and the 1/4 cube but, from a distance, it isn't stupidly bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFT2020 Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 Did you try pinging Lazman? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil_Geoff Posted February 8, 2023 Author Share Posted February 8, 2023 Not directly, but he pops in the CompoPack Discord so maybe I'll holler at him there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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