Tall Buildings Tuesday

Alan,  even with the modifications you made the ESB is still very identifiable in the close-ups.  However in the fifth photo it does blend into your skyline as just another skyscraper in a city filled with them.  Did you sit the model atop an MTH bank or does it sit on another level just behind the bank?  The Lionel lift bridge in the fifth picture also puts into perspective how tall your buildings actually are?

Patrick, we've established that tall is a relative term for this thread and your apartment buildings qualify.

Our scratch built furniture manufacturing building is relatively tall.

Sam's Furniture manufacturing building needs a few details.  Roof and dock at car unloading door, people door and a change of billboards.  I don't like the black and white one on the side.  Taller structure on the roof is a SPAM can with tubes to simulate chimneys. Exhaust vent on side of building is the top from a prescription drug bottle. Firestone building was scratch built using card stock, the grocery store was built using model size boards and plastic pieces from various kits and the clothing store is from a Pioneer Valley card stock kit.

Pecos River boxcar spotted for perspective and to show the need for a dock and roof.  Dock may run the length of the building, not sure if the roof should run the length or cover only the center half of the dock.

Dock and dock's roof in place, shot under new lights.      John in Lansing, ILL

John your layout looks good mate. Best regards. Nev.

coach joe posted:

Alan,  even with the modifications you made the ESB is still very identifiable in the close-ups.  However in the fifth photo it does blend into your skyline as just another skyscraper in a city filled with them.  Did you sit the model atop an MTH bank or does it sit on another level just behind the bank?  The Lionel lift bridge in the fifth picture also puts into perspective how tall your buildings actually are?

Patrick, we've established that tall is a relative term for this thread and your apartment buildings qualify.

Joe....the model is sitting on top of the bank toward the rear of the roof.  I will be putting a sign near the front of the bank roof to help disguise what I have done and to make the new skyscraper appear to be rising from behind the bank building.  From the floor of the trainroom to the top of the tallest building, the distance is about 11 feet.

OK....it is time again to look upward....if you know what I mean...  Here is a picture of a downtown skyscraper which was built by the York vendor F G Train Industries....

Hey....surely there are more of you that have tall structures on your layout.  They don't have to be skyscrapers!  You may have a tall building like grain elevators, coaling facilities, factories...perhaps even tall smoke stacks.  Lets see them!

Okay… here's something tall. A scratch-built flare tower on my refinery. The LEDs are flashers. The cooling tower is also scratch-built from actual prototype. The rest is the Plastruct Petro-Chemical kit with all the parts repositioned to fit the site. I enhanced the load out rack too. The flare required additional units to support it.

Okay, here’s a shot of my city scape. Of course it is a work in process.

Trainman2001 posted:

Okay… here's something tall. A scratch-built flare tower on my refinery. The LEDs are flashers. The cooling tower is also scratch-built from actual prototype. The rest is the Plastruct Petro-Chemical kit with all the parts repositioned to fit the site. I enhanced the load out rack too. The flare required additional units to support it.

 

Beautiful!!!

JDFonz posted:

Okay, here’s a shot of my city scape. Of course it is a work in process.

Very impressive!!

Thank you, coming from who I consider a master builder!

JDFONZ, there sure is lots of TALL in that picture.

Well I’m working on it, I have a 2 ft. x 7 ft. Area to work with and I’m doing a lot of selective compression. Will be putting a backdrop in as well so you won’t see the garage door. Just having fun with it. I’m calling the whole area a very deep backdrop. Still have a ways to go.

Dave NYC Hudson PRR K4 posted:

OGR CEO-PUBLISHER posted:

OK....JD inspired me to acquire one of the Uberarc sets that has enough pieces to construct the Empire State Building.  I made a few modifications so as to not duplicate the ESB exactly because my city is not modeling any particular metropolis....so....we will pretend that the firm of Shreve, Lamb, and Harmon who designed the EMB also did this similar structure for the First National Bank in my city...  It now joins the skyline and here are a few pictures:

Now that is cool. I guess the banks old building was small. With all the trains, commerce and such, no wonder they were able to get Speedy Construction Contractors to come through with all the right permits and get the building up in no time at all. @OGR CEO-PUBLISHER, I think you, me, and everyone else should stop in for a few withdraws, lol.

Dave...this only problem I have is when I go to the bank, they always seem to be the one that is doing the withdrawals...from my account!...LOL!

Here is one of a Walthers HO building separated into pieces and then used as a backdrop structure as part of the west wall backdrop on the layout....

OGR CEO-PUBLISHER posted:

Here is one of a Walthers HO building separated into pieces and then used as a backdrop structure as part of the west wall backdrop on the layout....

That does come in there quite nicely. Are the others flats(the ones to the far left look like it), the one right next to it looks like a regular building.

Dave NYC Hudson PRR K4 posted:

OGR CEO-PUBLISHER posted:

Here is one of a Walthers HO building separated into pieces and then used as a backdrop structure as part of the west wall backdrop on the layout....

That does come in there quite nicely. Are the others flats(the ones to the far left look like it), the one right next to it looks like a regular building.

Thanks Dave...  To answer your question, the whole idea was to "try" to have at least some depth here with some building appearing to be somewhat closer than others.  I will admit, I didn't completely succeed partly because I have about 1/2" of space to work with along that wall.  As time goes on I will add another layer over the top of these flats that will have floor spacing similar to the one immediately to the right of the Walthers building....  Hopefully that will make the others look a little further in the distance.

OGR CEO-PUBLISHER posted:

Hey....surely there are more of you that have tall structures on your layout.  They don't have to be skyscrapers!  You may have a tall building like grain elevators, coaling facilities, factories...perhaps even tall smoke stacks.  Lets see them!

The tallest structure on my layout is the unfinished blast furnace. Roo.

Looks like we missed yesterday. I had spoken to Traindame on some other place(FB) about this topic and she said she would have to look it up. I do hope she pops some more of the pictures she had recently with newer ones as they are creating a nice cityscape.

Today is Tuesday, anyone alive out there?

Sometimes the local passenger station is pretty tall.....

@Traindame, Dorcie, you got some tall buildings out there for us to see?

Dave NYC Hudson PRR K4 posted:

@Traindame, Dorcie, you got some tall buildings out there for us to see?

Thanks for the reminder! Let me find some...

Hello to my first "Tall Buildings Tuesday post!" I know you'll recognize these... enjoy!

Happy Tracks!

TrainDame aka Dorcie Farkash
TW TrainWorx
Dallas, TX | Concord, NC | USA
(214) 634-2965

www.twtrainworxstore.com 

Looks like someone is getting one heck of a NYC for their layout.

Traindame posted:

Hello to my first "Tall Buildings Tuesday post!" I know you'll recognize these... enjoy!

Happy Tracks!

TrainDame aka Dorcie Farkash
TW TrainWorx
Dallas, TX | Concord, NC | USA
(214) 634-2965

www.twtrainworxstore.com 

Hey Dorcie....just box this one up and send it to Arkansas...I know of a layout that needs it...LOL!! 

Last year the Ronald McDonald House of Dallas (one of TW TrainWorx Traintastic Customers) added a new sponsor to their annual Trains at NorthPark Layout and the Traingineers got to model his "Ryan" building in North Texas and added it to the TANP Display! Check it out... a twofer for this first Tall Buildings Tuesday post 

Happy Tracks!

TrainDame aka Dorcie Farkash
TW TrainWorx
Dallas, TX | Concord, NC | USA
(214) 634-2965
www.blog.traindame.com
www.twtrainworxstore.com 

Now that is some tall buildings!

Hey...where is everybody!!  It is TALL BUILDING TUESDAY...!  Ok...is is one to start us off:

Here is big blue:

Not fun playing this game with Alan . . . .he always wins!!  LOL

The building on the left was the first scratch built skyscraper I built...now called the Eiffel Building (for obvious reasons..)

Alan, in the first picture you posted yesterday, the white and cream colored hi-rise on the left appears to be of Plasticville origin.  Is that several apartment buildings stacked atop each other or is it kitbashed from the parts?

coach joe posted:

Alan, in the first picture you posted yesterday, the white and cream colored hi-rise on the left appears to be of Plasticville origin.  Is that several apartment buildings stacked atop each other or is it kitbashed from the parts?

Joe...that highrise is in fact the Plasticville building.  Years ago, King Distributing made available add-on floors for the Plasticville Apartment.  I bought several and just stacked them.  Before doing so, I painted each floor the colors you see...sort of an off white.

AlanRail posted:

Not fun playing this game with Alan . . . .he always wins!!  LOL

I would say everyone wins. While some still don't pop their tall buildings out, Alan is maintaining this topic. Hopefully in the coming weeks, those that have been very busy that have their tall buildings hiding because of their extreme busyness, will be able to post some so we all can enjoy theirs as well. I'd post if I had any buildings that were tall. Hope we see more sooner than way later.

Tall Building Tuesday is before us again!!...come on guys...how about finding some structures on your layout that are "tall" and posting them here.  Doesn't have to be a skyscraper...it may be a grain elevator, smoke stack,...heck anything that is multiple stories high!  I'll start out with a front view of OGR Headquarters where several of us are contemplating jumping off the railing and into the river below...especially when considering recent events!

Well Alan, your plea sounds like a plea of despair!  In hopes you guys at OGR don't jump off the top of OGR World Headquarters, I'm offering this photo of Patsburg's Westend neighborhood whose only tall building are in backdrop form.  Sorry, but it's the best I can do.  Perhaps it will sufice until someone come along and posts a real tall building from their layout.   Don't jump just yet! 

Here's a pseudo tall building, Severn Apartments from CMR modeled after the prototype in Mt. Vernon Square, Baltimore. Fun but challenging build.

Scott 

Alan, my buildings/structures are not very tall, but here is my contribution for Tall Buildings Tuesday:

Tree house I bought many years ago at a gift store:

LOL, Arnold

B&O Fan posted:

Here's a pseudo tall building, Severn Apartments from CMR modeled after the prototype in Mt. Vernon Square, Baltimore. Fun but challenging build.

Scott 

I am familiar with Custom Model Railroad's buildings. The Severn building looks great! I lived around the corner on Mount Vernon Place from the Severn Apartments for one year.

I'll just steal what I think is the tallest building I've ever seen on a layout, and there's two of them!  These wouldn't even come close to fitting on mine!

Did somebody say "small tall building Tuesday"? There are actually two other structures on the Christmas Tree layout that are as tall as or taller than these two, but the tree obstructs the steeple on the church, and the TV repair shop I didn't have time last night to shoot. Here are the other two. I believe the first one is Federal House, and the other is Clement C Moore's Twas the Night Before Christmas house from Department 56. I hope I spelled Clement's name right.

How is that Alan? I said I'd get a round to it, took too long, eh?

Not the tallest building by far, but about as tall as I have... haven’t installed this yet (just found the perfect spot for it though) - I’ve got to add a Miller Engineering Scranton Electric City sign to the roof. The building is from Todds Architectural Models (the Cameron Apartments).

Apples55 posted:

Not the tallest building by far, but about as tall as I have... haven’t installed this yet (just found the perfect spot for it though) - I’ve got to add a Miller Engineering Scranton Electric City sign to the roof. The building is from Todds Architectural Models (the Cameron Apartments).

That is a very nice building indeed. I was just up in Scranton Labor Day weekend. Nice place and that building will look excellent with that Miller Engineering sign.

Again, the structures on my layout are not very tall, but this Victorian style house is one of the taller ones:

That's a Lego bird on the chimney. LOL, Arnold

Very nice Paul.  

Here's my custom HD building that I built from 3-Railking buildings. I applied mortar to bricks and details in lobby. It took me a long time but it is the only feasible and cost-effective way for me to make tall buildings. Mendards came out with the Hotel building that is reasonable but nothing ever since that fits my era. Last picture below shows them and others in my rendition of a Pennsylvania city.

I don’t have any pictures right now but I did buy an Uberarc kit and will be adding a building or two to the railroad.

After seeing Alan's post on his Uber ARC building I bought the 1600 piece set. I am trying to build a 3-4' building. The foundation is 14" x 8" and I am not going to have enough to complete the building. I think I'll have to find another 1600 piece set. 

Alan, just for grins, do you recall about how many pieces you used?

Wow, almost a whole month with no new posts.  I'll have to dig out my two tall buildings and post pics even though there's no layout to put them on.

Here you go... still in process.....

Pickwick Hotel, 26" tall, next to Corrigan Station. Can be ordered by November 15 for pickup at Amherst/Big E in January 2020. We will now also custom create a sign for your building, no more than 14 characters. The sign is in the corner of the building and reads vertically. Corrigan Station can be built 8" or 12" deep. The picture shows the prototype. LED lighting in individual floors.

JD very nice!  Still in the process?  Keep us posted.  I recognize the expanded Plasticville apartment buildings,love the penthouse balcony, Ameritown building, what I believe are some MTh buildings and the York Hotel.  Is the red building with cream accents an MTH?  What about the red building behind the York Hotel?  I find that one very interesting.

Doug the Pickwick is very nice.

The red bldg. with cream accents is a Korber bldg. front. The others way in the back are actually old Walthers HO kits for compression purposes. The whole scene is only 2 ft. Deep.

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.

My tallest buildings are on my backdrop:

Arnold

Cincinnatian, all you need to do is add a different style for the top floors and penthouse and you'll have a good rendition of the "Chicago Style" of architecture. Looks good, but sounds expensive.

More powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound:

LOL, Arnold

NYC Fan posted:

Skip, will there be balloons coming in a few weeks outside of Macy's?

Traingineer's are modeling an Uptown Charlotte skyscraper - 300 South Tryon to be exact

Check it out:

Happy Tracks!

TrainDame aka Dorcie
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(214) 634-2965
www.blog.traindame.com 
www.twtrainworxstore.com 

Guitarmike posted:

After seeing Alan's post on his Uber ARC building I bought the 1600 piece set. I am trying to build a 3-4' building. The foundation is 14" x 8" and I am not going to have enough to complete the building. I think I'll have to find another 1600 piece set. 

Alan, just for grins, do you recall about how many pieces you used?

Looking great so far!  I used well over 3,000 pieces....it takes a lot of pieces to build tall Uberarc structures!

JDFonz posted:

Here you go... still in process.....

Very nice!!  My kind of density with the placement of skyscrapers!  Great job in your placement for most interest and variety!

Thanks Alan!

Ok, I'll play   Most of my tall buildings are still a work in progress, but here's a look at the progress I have so far...

I recently finished a Union Station kitbash, knocking together this monster from 4 separate buildings.   It comes complete with zeppelin mooring mast at the top:

Tonight I started adding window shades to the interior of an 8-story Ameritowne-bashed building.  This building is a product of 1 1/3 Midtown Hotel kits.   Kids craft/scrapbooking scissors are great for making scalloped window shades in bulk:

The front building is a 7 story Ameritowne bash, awaiting interior lighting/details and final touches.  It represents a building I bought used to rehab (lower portion) and about 2/3 of a Midtwon Hotel kit (top portion), plus a few other parts.  The building behind it (with the blue accents) is a completed bash of 8 Plasticville hospitals.  The one behind that (gold accents) started with a front I bought at York & expanded into a full building - it's also awaiting interior lighting and details:

This one is a River Leaf flatiron kit... including a couple optional add-ons to make it suitably "tall".  It's almost ready for lighting and details and may be my new favorite building:

Here's a couple shots of how the downtown is coming together as these buildings approach completion:

frizzinbee posted:

Nice job!!

Traingineer Garrett is almost done modeling this O Scale - 300 South Tryon Building in Uptown Charlotte, NC!  Last addition will be the windows: 

Happy Tracks!

TrainDame aka Dorcie
TW TrainWorx
Dallas, TX | Concord, NC
(214) 634-2965
www.blog.traindame.com
www.twtrainworxstore.com 

Times Square and the Times Tower.

Ah it's getting to be Skip's time of year.  Welcome back to the thread you started.

Frizz great job with the Union Stations building.  I've been waiting to see it finished.  I told you you had plenty to post on this thread.

Dorcie, one word, Stupendous.

Real Building... Traingineer Skills

Happy Tracks!

TrainDame aka Dorcie
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www.blog.traindame.com

P.S. The 300 Express Holiday Layout will be opening to the public 11/28/19 and set up in the lobby of this very skyscraper: 300 South Tryon Street in Uptown Charlotte, NC !

Traindame posted:

Real Building... Traingineer Skills

Happy Tracks!

TrainDame aka Dorcie
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P.S. The 300 Express Holiday Layout will be opening to the public 11/28/19 and set up in the lobby of this very skyscraper: 300 South Tryon Street in Uptown Charlotte, NC !

Now the real question Dorcie, how is that big layout going to fit into that tiny building?

Impressive work all around!

300 South Tryon Skyscraper complete and installed on the 300 Express Holiday Layout designed and fabricated exclusively for our Traintastic customer, Rogers & Gala Creative Partners, Inc!

Now there is a train crew. Looks great. Choo-choo!!!!!!!!

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.

 

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.

frizzinbee posted:

Ok, I'll play   Most of my tall buildings are still a work in progress, but here's a look at the progress I have so far...

 

I recently finished a Union Station kitbash, knocking together this monster from 4 separate buildings.   It comes complete with zeppelin mooring mast at the top:

Tonight I started adding window shades to the interior of an 8-story Ameritowne-bashed building.  This building is a product of 1 1/3 Midtown Hotel kits.   Kids craft/scrapbooking scissors are great for making scalloped window shades in bulk:

The front building is a 7 story Ameritowne bash, awaiting interior lighting/details and final touches.  It represents a building I bought used to rehab (lower portion) and about 2/3 of a Midtwon Hotel kit (top portion), plus a few other parts.  The building behind it (with the blue accents) is a completed bash of 8 Plasticville hospitals.  The one behind that (gold accents) started with a front I bought at York & expanded into a full building - it's also awaiting interior lighting and details:

This one is a River Leaf flatiron kit... including a couple optional add-ons to make it suitably "tall".  It's almost ready for lighting and details and may be my new favorite building:

Here's a couple shots of how the downtown is coming together as these buildings approach completion:

Wonderful....!  I don't feel alone now with all of these pictures of big city modeling!! 

Math/Scale double check

Min 14' per floor

Ten Stories approx 140'

O Scale 10 stories 1/48 would be about 35" tall?

DETROIT posted:

Math/Scale double check

Min 14' per floor

Ten Stories approx 140'

O Scale 10 stories 1/48 would be about 35" tall?

That math checks out for me.   For reference, the Menards York Hotel (perhaps the most quintessential "O scale" tall building these days) is ~24" tall and sports 8 stories... making it slightly underscale on the 7 upper floors but reasonably close.

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.

 

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.

Cincinnatian:

Thanks for you reply. Your main entrance is really great. I will have to be a bit creative and decide what to with the side with the columns. What did you use to cut the bank building's walls to add your entrance doors?

Thanks again.

Randy Harrison posted:

Cincinnatian:

Thanks for you reply. Your main entrance is really great. I will have to be a bit creative and decide what to with the side with the columns. What did you use to cut the bank building's walls to add your entrance doors?

Thanks again.

Randy,

I used my dremel with a cutting wheel.  It was very easy. I then glued a piece of plastic glass behind the opening. I then spray painted a piece of cardboard with bright gold spray paint and then glued those to the plastic. The cardboard came out like gold leaf paper.

Thank you,

Before the reveal. About 54" tall. Will be available as a flat at Springfield in January.

Nominally HO Scale floor-to-floor, but can be scaled up or down to fit a need. 

Start of the reveal. About 2,100 panes to peal....

The final reveal. 9" wide by 54" tall. Laser scored grey tinted acrylic with styrene strip overlay.

Happy New Years Eve and Tall Building Tuesday!!!

Waiting for the ball drop, Times Square, New York City.

NYC Fan posted:

Happy New Years Eve and Tall Building Tuesday!!!

Waiting for the ball drop, Times Square, New York City.

 

Classic!!! Happy New Year, Skip 🎉🎉🎉

Skip, that rocks. I wish I would have popped my eyes in here the other day. I guess I was still sleepy.

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.

 

There are many great posts here. I enjoy them all. This post had me thinking about it ever since I saw it. Most every other one I saw had turned the MTH bank into a train station. This mod looks great! I think MTH should have given an award when they were asking for submissions on scratch builds using their buildings.

Very nice!

It been too long since someone posted in this great thread!  So...while we are all stuck at home...how about some photos of your tall structures!!  I will start this off again with one of the newest skyscrapers on the layout...didn't quite get the top of the structure in this picture but the next one shows it better.  Click on each picture for a more detail view.

Nice Alan. I would have commented that it was Tuesday, but I lost this topic in my emails which of late have been averaging in the near 100 area some days. Good to see a nice tall building.

Alan thanks for resurrecting this wonderful thread. 

Joe....just wish other folks would post some pictures.  I am aware of several others that have multi-story structures on their layouts that are members of the forum....come on guys!!

Ok...I'll play. Courtesy of those Top Shelf NJ HiRailers. My photo from the last Trainstock.....sorry I also cannot pass along the smell of the chicken marsella (sp?)....but I had seconds!

Jimmy...I saw those in person....WOW!!!

The twin World Trade Towers still stand proudly on our layout though only in a backdrop across the East River.

redjimmy1955 posted:

Ok...I'll play. Courtesy of those Top Shelf NJ HiRailers. My photo from the last Trainstock.....sorry I also cannot pass along the smell of the chicken marsella (sp?)....but I had seconds!

Yeah, I was at the 50th Anniversary when Alan, myself and a host of other saw them for the first time. I think I took about 5 or 6 photos of these from various spots. It is a great tribute to see in person, and I say tribute because what else could you call it? The work they did to get these up was fantastic, I believe it was said that they hadn't gotten to doing the lighting for the 50th in October.

Needless to say as Alan said, "come on guys(and gals if popping in here)" as there are others out there that should pop up. I know I gave a slight elbow to Dorcie, aka Traindame and she was happy to oblige without any further coaxing from me. If I had tall buildings, you would see them regularly, but since I don't(yet), we'll have to wait.

South Fork Railroad

Very nice Met Life, formerly Pan Am, building.  The NJHR club also has one built by Alex M.

So its not Tuesday... but since I have recent pics with tall buildings in them, here's a couple shots of the kids playing trains by our not-yet-complete "downtown" area:

That's a fabulous picture. It could be a painting!

@frizzinbee posted:

So its not Tuesday... but since I have recent pics with tall buildings in them, here's a couple shots of the kids playing trains by our not-yet-complete "downtown" area:

Love what you have done with the Plasticville Hospitals...makes a great art deco skyscraper.  Now I have to find a bunch and do something too!!

'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.

@Traindame posted:

Real Building... Traingineer Skills

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TrainDame aka Dorcie
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P.S. The 300 Express Holiday Layout will be opening to the public 11/28/19 and set up in the lobby of this very skyscraper: 300 South Tryon Street in Uptown Charlotte, NC !

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!!!

@dk122trains:

Your city buildings are SUPERB!!!!! Did you scratch-build them? The ornamental architectural details are spectacular!

@Randy Harrison posted:

@dk122trains:

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.

@dk122trains:

Where did you get the architectural ornamentation for them?

Thank you.

@Randy Harrison posted:

@dk122trains:

Where did you get the architectural ornamentation for them?

Thank you.

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...

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.

@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.