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"Le berlingot"(396 or 168 rods) or snub expanded deltahedron

PostPosted: Sat Jul 02, 2022 12:31 am
by Eric
Last january I made variations around a snub deltahedron starting from one of the bulbs of my giant hourglass.

The berlingot otherwise called Humbug in English is this:

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A famous packaging brand also made it popular.


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This one counts 396 rods (including 18 for the base) and 134 spheres


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Detailed Howto here for the 396-Berlingot.


I had the secret hope it would be a first, but by looking a little, I saw in the geomag wiki that others thought about it before me ...
However, I did not see anyone produce a model as big as mine because I don't think they achieved it by my method based on a Truncated icosahedron. It's an interesting way to do it. See the detailed Howto here ;-)
It's a sort of crease tatrahedron (2nd column on the picture) or snub expanded deltahedron.

It is close but it is not that model seen several times (dihedron family):
http://rm.geomagmasters.com/blf.html#lfA1
https://geomag.fandom.com/wiki/Creased_ ... _p_f_s.JPG
https://geomag.fandom.com/wiki/Lobel_Fr ... 10-8x6.jpg
https://www.flickr.com/photos/90643880@N06/9596344913/
It has one more dimension

Re: "Le berlingot"(396 or 168 rods) or snub expanded deltahe

PostPosted: Sat Jul 02, 2022 12:37 am
by Eric
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The giant model cannot rest directly on one face, otherwise it will collapse under its own weight.
Needs a base to hold it on one of its vertices:
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Re: "Le berlingot"(396 or 168 rods) or snub expanded deltahe

PostPosted: Sat Jul 02, 2022 12:48 am
by Eric
The mid-size model - 168 rods and 58 spheres (detailed howto):

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Look at these beautiful intertwining color curves!

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