Featured Tutorial: Oirad72’s Shovel Roof Design

Oirad72 kindly shared his nifty roof design that utilizes shovels to create an excellent shingle look.

Basic two stud wide plates, jumper plates, 1×1 tile with clip, 1×1 round plates, and of course shovels are used in this design.

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The 2 stud wide plates are stacked to form the base of the roof. And then 1×1 round plates and jumper plates are alternated to give half stud offsets.

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Next, a tile with clip is attached to each of the exposed studs.

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These are then used to hold the handles of the shovels.

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Due to the length of the shovel element, they extend several studs past the plate base.

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And you can then just continue this pattern for as large a space as your roof requires.

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And here is another neat roof design that makes use of classic plastic capes.

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Again two stud wide plates are used to provide the structural support, though in a different orientation this time.

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This last design is very similar to the shovel technique, but doesn’t require any half stud offsets and makes use of hairbrushes or ice cream treats for the shingles.

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You can see examples of several of these roof designs in oirad72’s Memories of Lecco creation:

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Thanks for sharing your nifty roofs, Dario!

 

One Comment:

  1. thank you.!!!!

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