A "Mirror Image"...See For Yourself..!!!

Wow, that is really spectacular.  I'm impressed at how straight and even your tape cutting efforts were.      If you don't mind my asking, what did you use to adhere the sheet rock corners to the mirrors?  

Interesting. BTW, I would hate to be in that red and grey stripe building with non connecting fire escapes!  Also are exposed fire escapes only limited to certain heights.....then they become liabilities?

That's a lot of electrical tape!!! Very creative, and a good job pulling this off.

Excellent, love that skyline!!!

that's impressive .

The picture with the sun light reflection look even more real. 

-AG-

That turned out great.   How innovative!

Alan,

I have seen buildings that reflect their surroundings.  You have made a nice model of such a building at low cost!  It's very good!

Thanks Mike!  Getting the tape straight was the easiest part.  I used a felt tip marker to mark the locations of the ends of where the tape needed to be adhered.  I attached the tape to one location and gently stretched it across the face of the mirror to the other marked location.  Straight as an arrow every time!  The sheet rock corners were attached using hot glue.

 

Alan

Curve....What can I say?  The layout is a work in progress and so not every building or fire escape is completed yet....

 

Thanks Tom!

 

Thank you Don!!

 

Thanks Andre!

 

TrainsRMe...thanks!

 

Thank you Mark!...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alan,

 

That is some beautiful structure, your entire skyline is fabulous

 

Alex

Thanks Alex....but when you see GLA-11 and Bill's skyline, you will throw rocks at mine!!

 

Alan

Alan

 

Looks good, Great use of nonstandard materials and or what's laying around the garage..

 

Understanding that wives save odd things from the wedding day to include wedding cake. So the question is, Dose she know you borrowed the wedding cake supports?

Thanks my Friend!!  Actually, I found a whole package of the supports at Walmart for the close out price of a buck!  So I have a bunch more I have no idea what to do with...perhaps I can get the lovely wife to make a cake???..

 

Alan

Don't sell your self short!

This is a one of a kind, in my opinion, of a spectacular city skyline.

Looks great keep up the good work. I know I have seen that roof in a movie somewhere but I cannot put my finger on it...

 

 

Thanks Don!!

 

J Daddy....LOL!!!  Very clever my Friend!

 

Alan

If they look like this perhaps a new court house?

 

 

Those are great for a lot of uses and have considered using them in a future project.  The ones I bought are used to hold the layers of cake together.  The white spire at very top of the skyscraper is an example of one...

 

Thanks,

Alan

Very cool Alan, the entire scene is amazing. 

Hi Alan

     A lot of cool model tips in this well written description of the process, but the photos bring it all together. Never would have guessed, metal sheet rock corners. I have some in my garage, not going to the trash man after reading this.

Gary

• Cheers from The Detroit and Mackinac Railway

Alan, you are a bad man.  Your layout pictures make me want to tear my layout down and start over.  That is one beautiful layout.  Thank you for the great pictures.

Alan,

 

Very, very cool. Fits right in with all the other buildings. Great job!

Alan - you are killing me with your projects!!  If I had a fraction of your imagination, who knows, I might have actually been "somebody" (as opposed to what my ne'er do well friends think I am)

 

The best part are the low cost items used to create such  a beautiful building that enhances the look of everything around it.

 

i am curious if you had any apprehension about the electrical tape staying put over the long term.

 

Thanks for the photos, that is very cool.

 

Ed

Very nice Alan !! You done good

 

Clem k

You will know things are getting out of hand when the FAA bans flying within a 10 mile radius of your layout, Alan.  If you ask me, I think you're just afraid of modelling foliage.

 

Wonderfully spectacular!

 

Bruce

Alan,

Your city just keeps getting better!   I wish I had the space for a big modern city.   With a attic layout,  I'm going to be limited to low rise buildings because of the roof line.

 

That church(es) is the just like one my mother used to place on our Christmas village.  I used to love turning the room lights off and that bulb inside the church would light up the whole church in a nice warm yellow glow.  I seem to remember that it had a wind up music box on the back as well.  Thanks for this nice memory.   I'll have to ask my dad if if still has the church.

 

Clever, this Human.

 It does look lighted from a distance.

   It took a few seconds to figure out which building it was too. I had to look for black after thinking about the tape... So it blends right in.

 The reflections aren't out of place up close either.

I'd think about using the technique again here, and there. It is quite an addition

 

David...thanks!

 

Thank you Gary....those sheet rock corners have many uses!

 

Marty...thank you so much!!...BUT...it is more like the other way around!  Your layout is tops!

 

Thanks John!  The layout is located above my garage...

 

Thank you Harry!

 

Ed...thanks!!  I am sure you have done well and have a great imagination!  No worries about the electrical tape as I have done this before.  As a matter of fact, the "black" building you see on the far right in the overall shots of the city uses the same technique.  I built that building way back in 1992 or so!! 

 

Thank you Clem!

 

Thanks Bruce...I think you are correct about the foliage.  Every time I start to build a tree, I set it down and start a new project!!..LOL!!

 

Mike...thank you!  You would be surprised by how tall you can go in an attic space...take a few measurements and see if you can build a 10 or so story building!  The church you refer too is actually two of the same put back to back.  I will probably paint it later to model a downtown church/cathedral.  AND...yes, they both have music boxes!

 

Thanks Matt...probably more to do with "cheap"..LOL!!

 

Adriatic...thank you.  I have used the same technique in the past.  On the far right next to the black building you see in the overall view of the city is a gold glass building.  I used clear glass and then applied gold window tinting. 

 

Alan

 

 

The last photo says it all. It's like looking at the Chicago downtown skyline. WOW. Very nice work. Nick

That's cheating! You should have got a hundred little mirrors for each side and then......

Very nice! If you take a beating on that roof line just go flat! But it's your's!

I'm still laughing at that post though.

Very nice Alan!

Simply amazing! Can we get a night shot?

Thank you Nick!...I actually have a flip down "canal/river" that covers the isle because I wanted a scene similar to what one sees on the Chicago river....

 

Joe...thanks!  Maybe I should rename the building.."Darth's Tower"...!!

 

Thanks Jeffery!

 

Nawlins..thank you!  Right now a night shot would be pretty dark since I do not have all of the lights in the buildings installed yet.  That is something I will be doing between now and the end of the year...

 

Alan

I am speechless.....just incredible!

 

Peter

Marvelous work.

 

Would you please identify the little double steeple church hiding down among the skyscrapers?

Alan I'm running out of adjectives on describing the workmanship you have done on your layout. The earlier comments on the fire escapes is correct. Each state has their own Fire Code and I would imagine that 5 stories would be the limit on outside fire escapes.

That being said, these are our toys and we let our own imaginations run away with what we create. Someday I'll find away to truck on down to see this stunning layout you have created.