Progress on the layout!!..."The Silver Tower"..

Outstanding.  You must be running out of room in that layout! 😀

BEAUTIFUL ! 

 

Where did you get the Building from ?

 

Thanks, John

Fabulous!

 

Peter

Alan, It is beautiful.  I also like how well you have arranged your buildings creating a realistic city scene.  From the camera angle it truly looks like a mega city. 

Really nice. 

Thanks Spence...you are correct, real estate is at a premium.  As the population of the city increases, the only place to go is up!!

 

Alan

John...thanks!  I built the building..or lets say I added what was necessary to the display column to make it look like a building..

 

Alan

Alan - Beautiful job.  I have missed your posts and was hoping that your absence wasn't permanent.  Since we have all missed some recent frequent posters it makes you wonder sometimes.

 

Great job!

 

Art

Thanks Wood....I try to get interesting angles when I take pictures but I have found that I really need to use a tripod more often!

 

Alan

Outstanding work. No, I don't think Alan will ever run out of room. The city will just take property from adjoining landowners. It is the ED thing.  

Alan,

   Definitely way cool and lots of work, congrats on a fine building project completion!

PCRR/Dave

Thanks PTC!

 

Dave...thank you so much!

 

Alan

Alan,

The lighting in the 4th photo down is spectacular. Looks like a late afternoon sunny day with storm clouds moving in. Just very nicely done!

Fred

Thank you Fred....I used a flood light to get that effect.  The clouds are painted on the wall and the building reflects those clouds along with the buildings that are nearby.

 

Alan

Hi Art...thanks for the encouragement.  I took a break because the forum had consumed so much of my time in the evening hours that I wasn't getting anything done on the layout and for that matter anything else!..LOL!!  As far as the recent posters that are absent right now, I wish them the best.  One thing for sure, this forum is still the best place to be for O-gauge trains because it has guys like you that make it so great!!

 

Alan

That's really nice Alan,  you could always raise the ceiling in the trainroom!

Beautiful and goes perfectly with its surroundings.

Thanks Sam!...The ceiling is already just under 11 feet..!!  Perhaps I could cut holes in areas where the buildings have to go higher..LOL!!

 

Alan

Thank you so much Keith!!

 

Alan

Toys R Us is blowing out the girder and panel sets, ex Kenner now Jakks Pacific, for cheap. I got a add on set for $3. A good deal for a standalone under construction or add to a big build. 

BTW

NICE work! 

Alan,

The new building looks good and fits right into your growing city!  With modern buildings like that and 11-foot ceilings, you could even expand into the aisles overhead with landing pads like the Jetsons had on television. 

Thanks for the info Dave.  Those girder and panel sets make great additions to one's city or town on an O-gauge layout.  I have used quite a few and modified the panels to meet the situation.

 

Alan

Mark...thank you....funny that you should mention the Jetsons and landing pads, etc.  Kenner made skyscraper building sets that came with Jetson-like vehicles that traveled on mono-track.  There were landing pads and satellite antennas, etc. in these sets.  The sets were called "Skyrail"....pretty neat.

 

Alan

Alan, you are one heck of a builder.  I have always been impressed by your talents.  I am very glad your layout is on my bucket list.

Alan

 

I love both of the buildings that you have shown here.  But with 16 and now 24 stories you have me thinking that the Stutz is not enough.  You are going to need an Ahrens Fox.

 

Because Of The Smith Tower..

 

http://www.lastresortfd.org/1927-ahrens-fox.htm

 

Outstanding !

Wow, that's a city!

Marty...thank you my friend!  I hope that you and Dotty do get to come down this way someday...perhaps one of your trips to Florida...even though I know Arkansas is quite a bit out of the way!

 

Alan

Ted....you are the Fire Chief so whatever you say is gold!!  You need to get over here and make a plea to the city council..!!

 

By the way, thanks again for your donation of the Stutz truck...the citizens feel much safer!

 

Alan

Thank you Ron!!

 

Paul...thanks, the city with the trains is a lot of fun!

 

Alan

Excellent work!  It's fantastic to see what can be done from salvaged materials and ingenuity. 

 

As for the Girder and Panel kits. The brand to look for right now is "Power Trains" or "Power Construction City" which is the name they have most recently been sold under, though you can still order them from the manufacturer under the original name.  Around here they mostly sold out last summer, but some are still show up from time to time available quite cheaply.  I bought 5 of the "add-on" sets for $3 and a bridge set that showed up at Goodwill.

 

The only problem is the polypropylene plastic which doesn't generally take paint well, though Krylon Fusion sticks pretty well.

Wow Alan that a just OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!!!! 

 

Alex

Jeepers creepers! Your citizenry is lucky to live there. When Spence commented about running out of room I thought he was referring to the room itself. Super job!

Thank you Karl (Eilif)....There are precious few tall city structures unless one is willing to have them custom made or do it yourself!  As far as the girder and panel sets, a lot of folks are missing out if they don't check them out....they make a fine addition to a layout.

 

Alan

Alex...thanks!  Tell Dina that we love her!!...hey, we sort of like you too!..LOL!

 

Alan

Thank you Jack!!...the room is FULL so the only thing I can do is go up!!

 

Alan

The Stutz is really cool!  It could be the showpiece in Alan's fire department next to the Jetson's flying Fire vehicle.  Did the Jetsons ever have a flying fire vehicle?

 

You're welcome!  You're use of the system is some of the most impressive I've seen.  In the past I've mostly used them for smaller sci-fi wargaming projects.

 

For those not familiar with the line, I just checked the TRU website and it looks like they still have some on sale.  The Super Skyscraper looks like it would be an amazing deal at $17 and has many uses beyond skyscrapers.

http://www.toysrus.com/product...mp;parentPage=search

Unfortunately it's an "in progress" model so it doesn't have enough panels to cover the whole building.

Luckily you can get a packs of panels direct from the manufacturer http://www.bridgestreettoys.co...ts&search=action

or at the TRU price, you could just buy more of the skyscraper sets!

Eilif,

This skyscraper set looks very much like plastic building sets my brother and I had when we were kids in the '60s.  The girders were all gray to simulate steel, and snapped together in a similar way.  There were plastic panels to snap onto the sides.  We didn't have much of a selection of panels.  I built a number ad buildings, then tore them down before moving on to other things.  Every so often the set comes to mind.  I assume my mother threw them out long ago.  I don't know if I will ever get one for the layout, but thank you very much for showing the links.