Tall Buildings Tuesday

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

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 !

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!