There's a prototype for everything dept.

Wow.  That is a cool building. I didn't know it was so famous until I looked it up.  It would be a great thing to model!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_Cairo

From the same web site:

and, a scene on the AGHR club layout:

I looked at a detailed pic of the Bank of Cairo and it's a doozy. It has a little of everything; fancy brick work, stucco, curved top windows, dentil details, fancy caps, strange front door opening. Could be a pretty advanced project for the stout of heart.

With SketchUp, you can import that picture into the program and create a detailed 3D drawing with correct dimensioning as long as you can guess one dimension. I've saved the image and may try and draw it.

And here I have thought some O scale kit structures were unrealistically tiny and

narrow, and have enlarged them.  I was expecting this to be in Cairo, Illinois.

That would be a nice building to model. I never saw an arch like that on a corner entrance.

Alan Graziano

You are right, Alan.  I've never seen a building quite like it.  I really want to find a place to model something like this on my layout, although I don't know where.  Just an outstandiingly different building, particularly that corner entrance. 

Well, this is a nice model to recreate.

AG.

Gentlemen,

I am the webmaster for the WVNC Rails web site that contains the feature about the Bank of Cairo.

I do have the blueprints/schematics for this structure but I cannot post them here or on the web site because they are copyrighted. However, I can scan and send them to you individually or if you wish, send them to one of you and that person can share with all that are interested.

Please contact me here if interested with an email address:

http://wvncrails.weebly.com/visitor-feedback.html

Will be able to send them sometime this week.

Hope this helps,

Dan Robie

There also the Skinny Building in Pittsburgh. Five feet, two inches deep; 80 feet long and 3 stories high.

My apologies....

I need to clarify what I do have....these are scale drawings of the structure and not actual blueprints. They are in N and HO but could easily be converted for O Scale dimensions.

Please contact from the link in the previous post if still interested.

I'm sort of surprised that there is not a kit out there for it, as famous and unique as it is.  Has anyone every seen a kit for it?

Dan, I read with interest a lot of the material on your WV-NC website. Good stuff! I also gave you my eMail address for copies of the Skinny Building drawings.

Trainman2001,

Thank you for the kind words...they are most appreciated.

Several members contacted me about the drawings and I'll send those out to all that requested them within a day or two.

Would love to see pictures of the models when they are done.

Dan

I hope all that requested the drawings received them. If I missed anyone, please let me know.

Dan