'Pulls out official Tall Building Tuesday rulebook.'
It says here in the official rulebook that it is perfectly acceptable and often encouraged that if you have something to post here it's okay if it is early or late. The main criteria is that it is tall.
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Even though this was posted late last year, it an incredible model building.
It be nice if some of these folks who post photos of their buildings would share some information on how they were built. Architectural models such as this one have always caught my curiosity.
@Allegheny posted:Even though this was posted late last year, it an incredible model building.
It be nice if some of these folks who post photos of their buildings would share some information on how they were built. Architectural models such as this one have always caught my curiosity.
Some are posted Allegheny, it may take some time to find. I know Dorcie usually shoots video showing the TW crew working on them, but there is not much directions as to how other than mostly a real building they went from.
Alan has posted a few how he did and even asked a few how did you do that. It is not an easy thing to find on here even in this topic, but there are things out there on here. I guess it might be just as lucky as stumbling upon.
I do know that there are a number of topics dealing with building buildings, I can't recall the topic names but they are frequently updated. I follow a few because I am interested in them and want to see how they come out. See what you can find either here or there, or even choose to follow someone that is building something, you may get lucky and find a bunch.
Okay, today is officially "Tell Building Tuesday"! Wherefore art though tall buildings today? Anyone, anyone? Let's see if we get something besides crickets. Perhaps there should be a tall building challenge? Would that spice things up?
Come on guys and gals(as Alan @OGR CEO-PUBLISHER has said before), let's see some great tall buildings (other than Alan's) as we know their out there. High rises, low rises, department stores, construction zones, anything goes, just plop it here. Whaddya say folks? I'm heading back to work from my break, hope to see some tall buildings when I come back for lunch. 
Happy Tuesday! I have 2-3 more buildings to add to the downtown cluster at this point, but its just about set... sidewalks and streets are getting close to the top of the "to do" list! Once those are built, I can connect the wires and turn on all the lights inside these:
I was beginning to wonder when this topic would come alive again. Very nice scenes and tall buildings.
@Dave NYC Hudson PRR K4 posted:I was beginning to wonder when this topic would come alive again. Very nice scenes and tall buildings.
anybody?? 
@frizzinbee posted:Happy Tuesday! I have 2-3 more buildings to add to the downtown cluster at this point, but its just about set... sidewalks and streets are getting close to the top of the "to do" list! Once those are built, I can connect the wires and turn on all the lights inside these:
Wow Dustin! You've definitely been keeping busy. Merry Christmas. How's the family?
Skip started this great thread but seems to be posting less here. I see him on more of the FB groups. Skip....how about firing this thread up again my friend??
A tall structure can be more than just a building. How about tall bridge supports?
I don't know if it's the present extra living at home thing , but these creations are making me feel lazy. 😶
Really beautiful work people . 🤓
@OGR CEO-PUBLISHER posted:Skip started this great thread but seems to be posting less here. I see him on more of the FB groups. Skip....how about firing this thread up again my friend??
A tall structure can be more than just a building. How about tall bridge supports?
Yeah, Skip has been posting a lot on FB, I see him there sometimes. Heck, I haven't had my eyes popping around here in some time either, been very busy for a good long time. Now, free time, not wanted, just is. I'll have to see if I can motivate people too.
@AGHRMatt posted:Wow Dustin! You've definitely been keeping busy. Merry Christmas. How's the family?
Hey Matt! Yeah, the train table is my outlet for nervous energy and the need to build something... especially in the winter, since we have winters here in VA. Family is doing well - you'd be amazed how big the kids are now, but they still like playing trains and are starting to build their own stuff. We miss the club and miss running the trains with you. Merry Christmas, and hope you and yours are well also!
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Also, since I'm posting, I have a tall bridge to share too. This guy sits at the front right corner of the layout, opposite end from "downtown". I was going for an art-deco kind of look & am pretty pleased with how it came out:
Dustin, nice work on the bridge, very slender. The style would also work downtown, an elevated bypass (Beltway) for cars and trucks to reduce traffic on congested streets.
Nice updates guys!!
@frizzinbee posted:Hey Matt! Yeah, the train table is my outlet for nervous energy and the need to build something... especially in the winter, since we have winters here in VA. Family is doing well - you'd be amazed how big the kids are now, but they still like playing trains and are starting to build their own stuff. We miss the club and miss running the trains with you. Merry Christmas, and hope you and yours are well also!
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Also, since I'm posting, I have a tall bridge to share too. This guy sits at the front right corner of the layout, opposite end from "downtown". I was going for an art-deco kind of look & am pretty pleased with how it came out:
As a fellow bridge troll, I like your bridge and the forest sign. By the way, I was watching an old episode of "Numbers" and in one of the scenes, they panned by the Angels Gate Light House at the Port of Los Angeles. You did a great job with the model on the layout and I showed my neighbor a picture of the model as she rewound and replayed the scene.
@AGHRMatt posted:As a fellow bridge troll, I like your bridge and the forest sign. By the way, I was watching an old episode of "Numbers" and in one of the scenes, they panned by the Angels Gate Light House at the Port of Los Angeles. You did a great job with the model on the layout and I showed my neighbor a picture of the model as she rewound and replayed the scene.
Thanks, Matt! I like how the forest sign came out too... and I was able to do it in powerpoint (aka the poor man's photoshop)! Glad to hear the light house is doing well. I pulled up a few pictures of it since it is fairly large and, thus, also a tall building:
Here it is nearly complete...
...on its way to the club for install...
...and in place along the upper level:
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I also recently finished detailing out this 6 story skinny building I picked up at the most recent non-cancelled York:
...and here's a shot of my tallest building & zeppelin preparing to dock from earlier this year:
-Dustin
Craig looks like you've got a Leaning Tower of New York there.
Dustin, more excellent tall building work. Love the zeppelin. Seeing pictures of your light house brought back memories of a thread chronicling that creation.
Tall buildings festivus style!!!
Your city buildings are SUPERB!!!!! Did you scratch-build them? The ornamental architectural details are spectacular!
@Randy Harrison posted:Your city buildings are SUPERB!!!!! Did you scratch-build them? The ornamental architectural details are spectacular!
They are all scratchbuilt from photos of actual Schenectady buildings.
@Randy Harrison posted:
Pending the building we used Rice pasta beans create the pattern based on a closeup photo of the detail and then create the mold with mix of dental plaster and gentle touch up carving and applied to the wall. Hope Iam clear.
Don, that's a great way to make molds. Better watch out or Alan will be after you for a how to article.
Something in the works.
only tall building that I have right now...
@coach joe posted:Bringing back a great topic. While not as nice or as tall as Skip's Empire State Building in the original post here's a cardstock ESB that I thought would work on the back end of a layout to add depth of field.
Yours Looks to be great. Ours is a 3-D jigsaw puzzle and we like it.
Your ESB seems to be about twice the size of mine. I had a couple of those foam 3D jigsaw puzzles, a yellow train station that I used under the tree with a cardstock village. and a waterfront scene I had never used. As mot of the train stuff is still packed a year after we moved I'm not certain if either puzzle, or the cardstock village made the move. I found the ESB in a box marked model kits so there is hope the others are in a similarly marked box.
I gave a talk on"The Art and Technique of Lighting Buildings and Streets" to our local divisions of the NMRA this past Sunday. Here are two slides from my talk, both photos of my "tall" buildings
@Brad Trout posted:
NICE!! Tell us more about these!
@John Sethian posted:I gave a talk on"The Art and Technique of Lighting Buildings and Streets" to our local divisions of the NMRA this past Sunday. Here are two slides from my talk, both photos of my "tall" buildings
John...this scene of buildings are absolutely beautiful!!
How about this one! Don't forget to click on the image since it will give you much more detail.
Alan the service station and Ford Dealer are a couple of flatlanders in the midst of the mountainous monoliths of downtown. Another great scene from your layout.
@OGR CEO-PUBLISHER posted:NICE!! Tell us more about these!
Thank you, Alan!
I made these by following an idea from Jim Policastto right here on the forum:
https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...1#153463017191908401
The short of it is that the left 2 buildings are made from 1" foam handy panels from Lowe's and the right building is mainly plexiglas sprayed with frosted rattle can and with dropped ceiling runners for the corners and balsa strips for the verticals.
@OGR CEO-PUBLISHER posted:How about this one! Don't forget to click on the image since it will give you much more detail.
Gorgeous! I always love a good El.
@John Sethian posted:I gave a talk on"The Art and Technique of Lighting Buildings and Streets" to our local divisions of the NMRA this past Sunday. Here are two slides from my talk, both photos of my "tall" buildings
@John Sethian absolutely beautiful!
The tall bridge frames the city high-rises ... click image for full detail.
Alan:
Your layout is a true work of art and dedication to our hobby. Your bridge is outstanding! Is it scratch-built? I not, where did you get it?
Great to see this pop up again in my notifications. Great to see it ressurected again. Skip's been spending too much time popping up on FB lately, at least from what I've seen. Mostly engine pics from him but with the beautiful scenery around the trains. Maybe he'll pop by and post his pictures of Yankee Stadium since baseball season is coming? Can someone tell Skip to pop by please?
@Dave NYC Hudson PRR K4 posted:Great to see this pop up again in my notifications. Great to see it ressurected again. Skip's been spending too much time popping up on FB lately, at least from what I've seen. Mostly engine pics from him but with the beautiful scenery around the trains. Maybe he'll pop by and post his pictures of Yankee Stadium since baseball season is coming? Can someone tell Skip to pop by please?
Don't know what is going on with Skip.... He has always been an asset here and in the magazine but lately seems to be posting less and less and more on FB. Even though this forum is growing by leaps and bounds (more about that in a separate post I will be making), it is my opinion that too many train groups split the pie into smaller and smaller pieces. It results in one having to run around the internet trying to keep up with this group and that group, etc. Not my thing. Long before I became involved with OGR, this forum was my "home".
Dave...how about you contacting Skip...tell him we miss his posts and would enjoy having him post the same things here he is posting elsewhere.
@Randy Harrison posted:Alan:
Your layout is a true work of art and dedication to our hobby. Your bridge is outstanding! Is it scratch-built? I not, where did you get it?
Thanks Randy! The bridge is in fact scratch-built by a man that had a large layout in the St. Louis area. He had from what I was told around a dozen bridges of various types and sizes (this one was of medium size). Apparently he had a wood working shop and built all of his bridges by cutting up lumber and making each piece of the bridge from plans he had drawn. In other words, he built them "the old fashioned way".
I saw this bridge at my first York I attended. It was being used as a display by one of the vendors. I took a little heat over acquiring it by some of our forum members who thought that I bought it before the start of the meet. In fact, after we set up our booth, I returned to my hotel room and called the vendor to ask if it was for sale and he told me everything at his table was for sale! We discussed that he could not sell it until the meet opened so no price had been established. The next day as soon as the meet opened, I rushed over to the vendor's table, agreed on a price, and bought the bridge. Jim Barrett helped me bring it over to our booth. I had a PT Cruiser at the time and the bridge would not fit in the car because it was too long! It originally had a foot long approach on both ends. We borrowed a skill saw from Bachmann and cut off both approaches and then with quite a bit of effort, got the thing in my car. As it turned out, no other modifications were needed as it fit the space I had for it perfectly!
@OGR CEO-PUBLISHER posted:Don't know what is going on with Skip.... He has always been an asset here and in the magazine but lately seems to be posting less and less and more on FB. Even though this forum is growing by leaps and bounds (more about that in a separate post I will be making), it is my opinion that too many train groups split the pie into smaller and smaller pieces. It results in one having to run around the internet trying to keep up with this group and that group, etc. Not my thing. Long before I became involved with OGR, this forum was my "home".
Dave...how about you contacting Skip...tell him we miss his posts and would enjoy having him post the same things here he is posting elsewhere.
Well, I can give it a shot. I'll pop on FB in an hour or so, see if I can find his post about Yankee Stadium again. The group that it's in tends to have massive turn around in posts and can be hard to track down things. I'm sure I can find it. Maybe I'll ask if his pictures would qualify for Tall Building Tuesday? I know tomorrow most like doing Front End Friday, so if I don't catch him today, definitely tomorrow. See what comes Alan. 🙂
BTW, I always love that bridge over the yard/staging area. Makes me think of some of the old photos I've seen about.
Got the message Alan and Dave, and I certainly love the OGR forum and will be posting more regularly.
My layout is actually O Gauge in a relatively small space. My original design that I started back in 1999 was to be 8'x20' and basically thats what the layout is. What I added was a 3'x4' wing on each side which now technically makes the overall perimeter 11'x20'. I mention this because I'm not really looking to add more tall buildings but I have been working on adding detail and improving the scenes.
Here is a photo of my Times Building, portrayed the way it was originally built in 1904 as home of the New York Times newspaper. It remained pretty much the same up through the 1950s. The building was sold to an advertising executive and sign designer in 1961. The beauty of the building was gradually lost. Today, the building no longer has tenants above street level and has become the one massive collection of electronic advertising that we see today.
Here is my Times Building portraying the 1940-1960 time frame.
Here are 2 photos of the real building, what it was and what it is.
Happy Tall Building Tuesday everyone!!!
Thank you all for the inspiration. It gives us mere mortals something to aspire to!!!
@NYC Fan posted:Got the message Alan and Dave, and I certainly love the OGR forum and will be posting more regularly.
My layout is actually O Gauge in a relatively small space. My original design that I started back in 1999 was to be 8'x20' and basically thats what the layout is. What I added was a 3'x4' wing on each side which now technically makes the overall perimeter 11'x20'. I mention this because I'm not really looking to add more tall buildings but I have been working on adding detail and improving the scenes.
Here is a photo of my Times Building, portrayed the way it was originally built in 1904 as home of the New York Times newspaper. It remained pretty much the same up through the 1950s. The building was sold to an advertising executive and sign designer in 1961. The beauty of the building was gradually lost. Today, the building no longer has tenants above street level and has become the one massive collection of electronic advertising that we see today.
Here is my Times Building portraying the 1940-1960 time frame.
Here are 2 photos of the real building, what it was and what it is.
Happy Tall Building Tuesday everyone!!!
They don't make them like they used to, unless someone takes the time to revive them that is. Wonderful building Skip, good to see you here again. Sorry it's been a bit since I seem to have lost the topic here again. Good thing it takes me a while to go through my inbox, or is it? I'll never figure out if it's good or bad, but I'll err on the side of good.🙂
These are scratch built except for windows (whatever Lionel had that was cheap). REA sign is Miller Engineering.
John
Just finished this one and placed it on the layout: By the way, you can see that I don't have the street material down to cover the track ties. Layouts are never done! 
@OGR CEO-PUBLISHER posted:Just finished this one and placed it on the layout:
Hey Alan, not to sound like a bananahead, but that building bares an interesting resemblance to what I would call milk crates. I think one of the stores is selling something like that as "totes" or the like for storage. Is that what it is, or some other very interesting build? It looks great though whatever it is. I'd like to hear more.
@Dave NYC Hudson PRR K4 posted:Hey Alan, not to sound like a bananahead, but that building bares an interesting resemblance to what I would call milk crates. I think one of the stores is selling something like that as "totes" or the like for storage. Is that what it is, or some other very interesting build? It looks great though whatever it is. I'd like to hear more.
Hi Dave,
You are absolutely correct! This is the "Crates International" headquarters building so the board of directors decided that their new building should represent architecturally the product they produce. Hey, that is my story and I am sticking to it ... LOL!
Alan, you're the master of turning not buildings into incredible skyscrapers, your imagination seems boundless. What is the footprint of the new building and what did you use for window glass?
@OGR CEO-PUBLISHER posted:Hi Dave,
You are absolutely correct! This is the "Crates International" headquarters building so the board of directors decided that their new building should represent architecturally the product they produce. Hey, that is my story and I am sticking to it ... LOL!
Well Alan, it works, and works very well. It does look exactly like a modern skyscraper would, very fancy, weird windows and such, and has all new desks in the offices, lol. Glad my eyes still work, lol.
@coach joe posted:Alan, you're the master of turning not buildings into incredible skyscrapers, your imagination seems boundless. What is the footprint of the new building and what did you use for window glass?
Thanks Joe! Anyone can set their mind to looking at objects and imagining how to use them as structures or parts of structures for their layouts. This one started when my sister-in-law gave me the mini storage cubes. Unlike most that I have seen with round or oblong openings on the sides, this one had square openings and they stacked on top of one another perfectly. Of course my mind started to think vertically! She bought these several years ago and could not remember where she got them. I wanted more to make a larger, taller, and more complex structure but could not find identical ones. The footprint is about 8 by 9 inches and the "glass" is gold reflective craft board I found at Hobby Lobby. I may change it to auto window tint as I have some of that on hand too. It all depends on whether I will illuminate it.
Built in 1929 The New York Central Building, the intended backdrop for Grand Central Terminal, rises above the magnificent statuary on top of the terminal. The NYC Building stands 32 stories high with a pyramid roof capped by an ornate cupola. Unfortunately this view of this beautiful building was blocked when the railroad did away with the baggage and express portion of the terminal and allowed The Pan Am Building to be erected between them in 1960.
All my tall buildings are in the distance behind the round house. Some are real tall sky scrapers.
Charlie
@NYC Fan posted:Built in 1929 The New York Central Building, the intended backdrop for Grand Central Terminal, rises above the magnificent statuary on top of the terminal. The NYC Building stands 32 stories high with a pyramid roof capped by an ornate cupola. Unfortunately this view of this beautiful building was blocked when the railroad did away with the baggage and express portion of the terminal and allowed The Pan Am Building to be erected between them in 1960.
Beautiful shot, Skip. I can’t count the number of times I drove “through” that building when I lived in the city and I never knew that it was the NYC Building. Thanks for the history.
P.S. Google Maps refers to the Pan Am/Met Life Building as the “Looming tower bisecting Park Avenue” 
@OGR CEO-PUBLISHER posted:How about this one! Don't forget to click on the image since it will give you much more detail.
Now THAT is impressive. Full building immersion plus El.
John
It's Saturday morning but I thought I'd add a couple pictures of my growing metropolis to the thread. This is my Union Station, it has two AF passenger stations with soon to be 6-8 stories of Bilt E-Z on top of it. There is room behind the station for a couple more skyscrapers, maybe the second level will expand to the left for even more.
@bluelinec4 posted:
Those are GREAT models of the Trade Towers!!!! Are they part of a club layout? What was used to construct them?
Thanks for sharing these.
@Randy Harrison posted:Those are GREAT models of the Trade Towers!!!! Are they part of a club layout? What was used to construct them?
Thanks for sharing these.
That is at the NJ HiRailers club layout in Paterson NJ. We cut the exterior walls from Matt Board The interior is a wood frame with plexiglass over it The Matt board was glued to the plexiglass It is three sections We were thinking of adding another section for the height but then we would lose the TV tower
@bluelinec4 posted:That is at the NJ HiRailers club layout in Paterson NJ. We cut the exterior walls from Matt Board The interior is a wood frame with plexiglass over it The Matt board was glued to the plexiglass It is three sections We were thinking of adding another section for the height but then we would lose the TV tower
Thanks for the quick reply. If I understand you correctly, all of the small windows on each floor were hand-cut in Matt Board?
@Randy Harrison posted:Thanks for the quick reply. If I understand you correctly, all of the small windows on each floor were hand-cut in Matt Board?
No The matt board was cut with a laser cutter Drew everything in a CAD program Here are some pics of early attempts
I sent alot of the early attempts to Alan for future use on his layout
This is the member that drew them LOL
Thanks for the information and the "early attempts" photos. The tower models are GREAT!
@bluelinec4 posted:That is at the NJ HiRailers club layout in Paterson NJ. We cut the exterior walls from Matt Board The interior is a wood frame with plexiglass over it The Matt board was glued to the plexiglass It is three sections We were thinking of adding another section for the height but then we would lose the TV tower
They are just right Ben...the tower is important and the overall proportions are perfect!
Tinplate tall buildings:
Scott Smith
@scott.smith posted:Tinplate tall buildings:
Scott Smith
I love em Scott!! WOW!!
@scott.smith posted:Tinplate tall buildings:
Scott Smith
Scott, these sort of remind me of stain glass art, or those old style trash can my grandparents had that are made out of tin or such. Of course the trash can sort of don't have the style of the buildings you have posted, but what I mean is the artistry on them. I think the black trash can has some sort of golden paint with some design like symbols or a flower, the light tan one I can't remember, always think it has a scene of a field or something, but I believe that was a painting that was in their hallway. Definitely breathtaking Scott.
@scott.smith posted:Tinplate tall buildings:
Scott Smith
Scott....these would make a nice article in the magazine! $$$$ for you! If not, then tell us how you made them here. There are some great possibilities with what you have done.
You know Alan, when I first saw Scott's cylindrical tower it reminded me of linoleum tile flooring, except that it is clear. Whatever Scott used, amen to ingenuity in making it into a building. 👍🙂
Scott welcome to TBT! I was wondering when you were going to trot your Tinplate skyscrapers over here.
Scott got me fired up again! Too many pages to go through so if I posted this before, please forgive!
Arnold that's fabulous. The shape reminds me of the Pan Am (Met Life) Building.
@OGR CEO-PUBLISHER posted:Scott got me fired up again! Too many pages to go through so if I posted this before, please forgive!
Alan:
That is a GREAT building! what did you use to form the grid for the windows?
@Randy Harrison posted:
Hi Randy!
I did not build this building however I did modify it by putting reflective film over the window material. The grid is made from a ceiling light cover/diffuser. This material is available at the larger DIY stores.
@bluelinec4 posted:No The matt board was cut with a laser cutter Drew everything in a CAD program Here are some pics of early attempts
I sent alot of the early attempts to Alan for future use on his layout
When I received the box from Ben and opened it, I was overwhelmed! Lots of good stuff. Right now I am trying to figure out the best use of some of the pieces. Real Estate is non-existent in the city so some urban renewal/demolition will be in order!
A storm is looming over the city ...
Here is a picture of my first urban layout city area from around 1994:
South Fork Railroad Headquarters
@OGR CEO-PUBLISHER posted:A storm is looming over the city ...
Looks like the Ghost Busters cloud Alan.
@Ron H posted:Looks like the Ghost Busters cloud Alan.
LOL!!! Actually, Bill Bramlage photo shopped the clouds in this photo.
@Randy Harrison posted:@W&W This scene is VERY well done. I love urban railway stations! I have a question about the close-up photo in your post prior to this one. Where did you get the concrete railing?
Thank you.
Randy,
East Coast Enterprises made the concrete railing, also several buildings including MET LIFE. SOUTH FORK RAILROAD and others.
Craig
Here is a picture of a group of tall buildings from my first urban layout back in 1990 or so.
Nice Alan.
Yesterday I was looking through all 10 pages of this posting and was amazed at all the great cityscapes that have been created by our members. Very inspiring. I turned down the lights and got up on a ladder to take a couple of aerial photos.
@NYC Fan posted:Yesterday I was looking through all 10 pages of this posting and was amazed at all the great cityscapes that have been created by our members. Very inspiring. I turned down the lights and got up on a ladder to take a couple of aerial photos.
Those are really great Skip. Do you recall that the Empire State Building was originally going to have blimp docking way up top? One tragic day in New Jersey changed the minds of many so that was no longer a viable option. Could you imagine it though, if that was something that had actually happened to be? Blimp docking, top floor. It would be interesting to try and model that, but the antenna on top of the Empire State Building would have to pop off and be as when King Kong had come to town.
@Dave NYC Hudson PRR K4 posted:Those are really great Skip. Do you recall that the Empire State Building was originally going to have blimp docking way up top? One tragic day in New Jersey changed the minds of many so that was no longer a viable option. Could you imagine it though, if that was something that had actually happened to be? Blimp docking, top floor. It would be interesting to try and model that, but the antenna on top of the Empire State Building would have to pop off and be as when King Kong had come to town.
The navy thought about it but felt it was impractical even before the Hindenburg disaster. It was never really seriously considered for commercial passenger service. Wind was a major issue making it too difficult to be practical.
Navy test docking in 1930 prior to the building's opening.
The steep narrow stairway leading up to the 103rd floor.
This recent photo shows the 103nd Floor observation deck. Special groups have been allowed to tour the 103rd deck but it is generally closed to the public. This would have been the floor used for blimp docking. It has a very narrow outside deck with a scary low wall.
103rd Floor deck. Inside is not much room for anything but the narrow stairway down and a yellow ladder for workmen to reach the antenna.
Skip, you really know how to make me smile. I do remember the photo but forgot it was a Navy blimp test. I think I saw all this on maybe Modern Marvels or possibly a thing on the building itself. They had covered just about everything that not very many know. Glad to get a further education, thanks Skip.
Gosh, I was so busy yesterday that I am a little late to the party! Here are couple of shots:
@OGR CEO-PUBLISHER posted:Gosh, I was so busy yesterday that I am a little late to the party! Here are couple of shots:
Alan - these are really beautiful and would be fantasic on my period of layout. Are they 100% scratch build or did you (or someone else kitbash)? Would really appreciate all backgound and information you would share about these two.
@DETROIT posted:Alan - these are really beautiful and would be fantasic on my period of layout. Are they 100% scratch build or did you (or someone else kitbash)? Would really appreciate all backgound and information you would share about these two.
Thanks. The building on the left is made up of four building fronts I purchased at York from one of our advertisers/sponsors East Coast Enterprises. I bought the raw fronts, painted them, and then put the fronts together into a building. The building on the left is made up of several old American Skyline building kits that I purchased on Ebay. These are primarily HO building sets however if you assemble floor windows next to one another, it essentially makes the resulting building O scale.
@OGR CEO-PUBLISHER posted:Gosh, I was so busy yesterday that I am a little late to the party! Here are couple of shots:
Alan, with these two up views, you may need to do like the NJ HiRailers and pop Spiderman or Superman somewhere on these to protect the city from evil doers. After all, "faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive!" Hmm, what can be said about Spiderman? Maybe this, "Today is not a good day to take the subway."
OK...I will start this off today:
@OGR CEO-PUBLISHER posted:OK...I will start this off today:
That is one big building Alan. What is it, kit of something, or winging it?
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