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Randy Harrison posted:
The Cincinnatian posted:

Over the weekend I finished the newest and tallest building on my layout.  It is modeled after a 38 story structure in downtown Cincinnati, the Union Central Life building aka Central Trust Bank Tower, and now the PNC tower.  It is not an exact reproduction but an inspiration of the building from photos I took of it and historical photos. When built in 1913 it was the 5th tallest building in the world and the 2nd tallest outside NYC.   

The building has a lot of character and fits in well with my modeling of the late 1940s.  Even today this tower is a prominent part of the Cincinnati skyline. 

I kitbashed different pieces of buildings to construct it. The base of the model is a very used MTH bank building that I painted and modified by cutting two front door portals into the side of the building.  The exterior light fixtures were purchased from a local dollhouse store. The six stories above the MTH base are many window walls from OGR’s Ameri-towne buildings that were glued together.  I am contemplating on another level to the building with pillars and a pyramid roof to resemble the original building yet more thought and planning is required so there may be more to come.

 

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The modeling of this building is superb! The MTH bank building seems to be a superb base for an O scale skyscraper. I just got an MTH bank building from Ebay VERY inexpensively. Your photo  in this post show 3 sides of the bank building. Can you post a photo of what you did with the side of the building that was meant to be the main entrance with the columns? Actually, photos of all four sides of the bank building after modification would be helpful. I am not planning to copy your work, only get ideas.

Thank you.

Randy,

I have not done anything with the entrance yet as cannot be seen on my layout.  My thought is to put another building up against it to hide it.  I have also thought about using some styrene to square it off to hide it.

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