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I am wanting to get an Elektra Theater from Atlas but do not have room for the whole building on the layout, as I'm building a faux cluster of buildings in a corner. Does it look like it could it be somewhat easily chopped down to a just a store front so i could place it against a wall with only a couple inches of protrusion, or do you foresee some issues I would have attempting to do so??

 

 

 

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The lobby goes back about 1.5 inches. The other issue (assuming you want lights) is the ribbon wire and electrical connection to the marquee. Those will add a couple more inches to the depth. If you can, look at a Miller Engineering sign to get a better idea of those dimensions. I'd plan on at least 5 inches if you want a lighted, background theater.

Hey Scott.

I took some pics and dimensions for you. I assume you could cut it CAREFULLY but the base is screwed fast and I did not want to take it all apart.

Hope this helps.

I also have the Woodland Scenics one too. Even though the Atlas (Walthers) one has a lot of cool lights, I may be using the WS one in my town scene. Not sure if I want to hang on to the Atlas one or not but that decision is a few months away.

Donald

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@Jim - I definitely want to keep the lobby and basically lose the extraneous building behind it.  I expected that there might be a plug / terminals to move. 

@Donald - Thanks so much for those pictures and measurements.  That helps tremendously.  I like the WS theatre building better than the Atlas, but the animated sign is really what draws me to the Atlas building.  Looks doable if i want to chop the building to about 6" or thereabouts. 

Of course now I'm wondering if there's something I could do to the Woodland Scenics building to give it some light animation

I had a non-working Palace theater that I modified a bit. I replaced the marquee with three Miller Engineering signs and altered the front and roof of the building to hide some of the connections and where the old sign had been. I imagine these same signs would work with the Ameri Towne theater. 

 

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Jim, thanks for the view of the connections to those Miller Engineering signs. That looks sweet.

Do those ribbon connectors go to a board that's driving the animation/power?  I read that those signs run on 4.5v, so that's perfect.  Did you have to mod the sign connector at all, or was the installation a matter of cutting the slot in the building and after that you were good-to-go?

 

You're welcome.

Yes, the ribbon connectors go to a board that drives the animation. In my case, there were two boards: one for the Casablanca sign and the other that powered the double-sided Capital sign. I did not have to modify the signs at all; just the building - particularly the roof. To cover that wire/connection, I used an HO roof air conditioner that was part of a Walthers pieces/parts, roof detail kit. I added the tile roof to help hide the cut on the front of the building. I got the idea from looking at the Akron's Civic theater. As for the round windows, they help break up the façade. I would have preferred square windows, but round holes were much easier to make.

I hope this helps.

Jim

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