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Some time ago, one of us posted some photos of a skyscraper under construction using some components from a building kit from Kenner. I have a young man that wants to tackle one of these for our layout. Any chance one of you has photos of something like this I can show him?

 

Thanks

 

Steve.........

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I use Kenner building sets for my town hall under construction.  I don't have enough pieces of one color so the front half is black and the back half is blue./

 

Its supposed to have a center tower that will be a clock tower.

 

 

This is the back side and I have left girders unplaced so that it looks like the construction is on going.

 

Greg

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Originally Posted by leavingtracks:

Here you go Steve.....more details should be added and these were taken several years ado on the layout...

 

Alan

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Hi Alan • I recognize the building on the right.

Kenner Building Set, from the 50's & 60's

I had this kit, when I was a kid. Shown in photo below.....  

You can find these on the Big Bay - I still have my set in the attic.

Kenner Building Set

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That is correct Gary!!  Right now under my layout I have about 20 or 25 sets of set number 8.  I thought I was going to use them and bought a bunch off of Ebay back in the late 1990's.  I have some mint sets and also have around 100 more various Girder and Panel sets.  I need to get rid of them since I will not need as many as I thought....probably need to get them back up on the "bay"..!

 

Alan

Actually, the set number 8 is less expensive than most of the various sets that Bridge Street Toys sells and has a lot more variety of pieces which allows one to build not only a building, but bridges, etc.  I checked completed auction prices and they range from $41.00 down to $25.00. 

 

There is another company producing these under the name of Power City Construction.  They also seem to be less expensive than the other versions available.  I believe there was an earlier thread here on the forum that talked about them.....

 

Alan

 

 

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