LEGO Model 6119: Roof Tiles

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To have a LEGO shingles roof that has a medieval look, we need to use tiles 1 x 2 as roof shingles. The Airfix core business was their plastic kits, and the company was experiencing a certain amount of business turbulence – including the failure of the larger Airfix Group, that had taken over Lines Brothers range, shortly after Lines had themselves taken over the failed Meccano Ltd. Trying to run, promote and expand a non-brand-leader range that was in direct competition with Lego (and that required Airfix to spend a certain amount of time "looking over their shoulder" at Lego-related legal rights issues) may simply have been too much hassle.

The Betta Bilda Sets are suitable for children of all ages and all components are scaled so that buildings may be produced for inclusion in H0 and 00 Scale Railway Layout. You can watch a nice YouTube tutorial on classic roof building here. Building LEGO roofs the medieval way As you can see, there are many ways to make LEGO roofs, from simple to elaborate, pretty much being able to imitate all real-life roofing styles. The techniques mentioned above are well-established and have been successfully used by a number of LEGO fans. There are also many esoteric methods using pieces in clever ways that I haven’t covered here, and of course you can also experiment on your own.LEGO ROOF SHINGLES WITH MODIFIED SLOPES: This technique was shared by LEGO designer Mark Stafford, using some of the newish 2×2 modified slopes with cutouts. The final result is similar than what you can achieve with the 1×1 cheese-slopes. The addition of curved pieces (almost identical to Lego's) worked well with the new "castle accessories" parts, and were great for building castles and forts with rounded towers.

LEGO ROOF WITH GARAGE DOORS: This is quite an unusual technique used in the #70751 LEGO Ninjago Temple of Airjitzu. Because the garage door panels are flexible, you can create pretty much any round shape, by simple fixing the garage doors at the peak of the roof, and then draping them over the rest of the building. LEGO ROOF SUPPORT WITH LADDERS: This technique was shared by LEGO fan Adeel Zubair. It is used with standard LEGO roof pieces, which are quite sturdy on their own, but by adding one-piece staircases under the roof the structure gets additional support, plus the staircases mimic the look of rafters, as demonstrated on the picture below. If you plan to make the inside of an attic visible, this is a great solution. What do you think? Do you have any favorite LEGO roofing techniques from official LEGO sets or from other LEGO fans? Feel free to share and discuss in the comment section below! 😉A good step-by-step guide of the roof shingles idea is provided Youtuber SierconCoral. Building LEGO roofs Bamboo style / Japanese style.