New background building

Rich,

 

I like your thinking and your 3-D building "flat".   You may have some opportunities in trackside industrial flats as well.

 

George

Rich;
I totally agree, most of what faced the track should be the back side of buildings. The Public viewing side is not going to be facing the track unless there is a road parallel to the tracks.
And then only the buildings on the road side of the tracks will be front facing.
It just makes sense, Track loading docks (if any) on the rear, customer facing on the front where the parking and road is.
PS, I'll be in contact later about some of those, but I need more small town buildings versus 3(+) story stuff.

Rich, that's a big wall of brick and glass. How about breaking it up a bit with a fire escape. Like your idea a lot. I'm toying with the same problem. Don

Great idea---as a kid I rode trains from N.C. to northeastern Ohio often in the late 1930s and during the 1940s, cross country in the Military in the 1950s and in business monthly to NYC during the 1960s. Almost without exception in the urban and suburban areas the tracks ran behind the buildings and homes.

Anyway it makes my round the room tracks located only 6" from the wall work well with that concept. Admitedly not the best for viewing consists as on a layout where front edge tracks are the norm.

 

If you arre looking to create 'flats' with some dimension I recommend you look at my web site www.westportmodelworks.com.  I have modulare building drawing in all scales. You choose only the modules you want to create the building function you want. They are fully colored and with some cutting and pasting can be made dimensional. One of my buildings is an apartment house.

 

Les Lewis

One of my Westport Models, but I did not add too much detail. Just roof, roof details, steps, railing, vines, & lights. I guess I could have added lots of windows like Rich.

 

Rich on the building flat for a GE building done by Jack Smith, I add window fans. ac units, exhaust vents, also the lettering for GE, now with apartments maybe add add ac unit on top maybe wall mounted advertising,fire escape with clothes line, a tenants garden on a fire escape,barbecue on a fire escape, lettering for the name of the apartment on upper level, the key is tell stories about the folks in the building and because its trackside age the life out of it.

 

Nice work, Rich.

 

Looking at that building gave me a small idea:

There have been several discussions on the forum about the use of mirrors to add depth to scenes that abut a wall. One thing I have never tried or seen done is the use of mirrors inside of a semi-flat, in order to make it look like there is more depth when looking through the windows.  It strikes me that your building (or one like it) would be the perfect place to try this.

Just a thought.

Real nice Rich, I want one!

Thanks for the nice comments guys.  Some good suggestions.  I was able to add the fire escapes, the downspouts from the gutters, some steps, and another few washes to darken things up a bit.  

 

I am sure I can personalize it a bit more, thinking this is maybe a good base.

 

Let me know what you think!

 

Very nice, Rich.

this is really looking great, rich. what material did you use for the walls? a billboardAnna maybe a water tank might be good as dependingion your era, the water was often stored in suchranks because pumps couldn't get the water above four floors or so efficiently to the apartments. 

 

jerry

Hi Rich. Looks like you found someone w a laser to make your window frames we spoke about. Anyhow, in your photos I am trying get a closer look at the elevated track system shown behind that building. Looks like it might be from Bridgeboss (me), but not sure. let me know.

 

thanks.

jim r from bridgeboss.com

Hi guys, Thanks for the kind words. The building is a plastic piece, the windows are injection molded, as are the fire escapes. Yes Jim, the elevated section is indeed yours! I think it it great!

Good Day Rich, 

 

I like the 3-D building. What do you think about higher buildings to cover the back wall. I would prefer buildings that are built up and already to go on the layout.  I do not have the time or talent to build my own. Glue, Paint and I do not work well together!

 

Will this new structure be part of the Korber Lineup?

I am a couple of "small" strokes past the capability to adequately assemble and decorate buildings or Fronts. Fortunately I hired Joe Fauty of Model Structures who has done a great job with my Kober buildings and fabricated Fronts. But for many in our aging O-gauge population, it seems to me that assembled kits such as the example kit Rich demonstrates would be a very popular item.

Thanks guys. Swafford, we will have. Modular line that will do something like that. This is a prototype of a kit we will launch soon. Dewey, we plan to offer our products as kits, but have a relationship with several builders, Joe faulty is one of them, but several more are listed on our site. These folks would be glad to make any of our structures for you.

Hi Rich, 

 

Another idea....................how about a 21st apartment building or condo?