Going to new heights

I wasnt really planning on adding roof details however I saw a Walthers N scale roof details kit and purchased it.

It's a nice little one day project with lots of rewards at the end. You wind up with 3 different sized air conditioners and several smokestacks vents blowers etc.



Below are my pic of the roof details that I built. (Coming soon)...

Procrastination is making me wait.

Im getting a bit tired of working on the building, but I do want to start work on landscaping for the building. I think I want to do a triangle shaped base to compliment the triangle shaped tower.

Ive added more windows to the front & rear of the lower and upper towers. I have some spots to fill in & not sure how Im going to do that. Pics will be posted shorty,there will be a Panoramic elevator on the support/elevator shaft. I need to whip one of those up some day.

I still yet to do a lobby for the building which sucks big time, what kind of building has no lobby.

A leg to stand on or Going up!!!

Well I posted my latest work on my building and it was suggested that the building looked kind of funnie with the upper tower just hanging there without any support.

I decided to use some round pvc tubing as a support. I think it looks pretty cool and it could double as an external elevator for the upper tower.

Below are some pics of the support/elevator.

The Marriot Golden Pagoda, well almost

Ive been on the fence about displaying my latest project since Ive made some additions to it. I got the mirrored mosaic tiles and added them, I kind of thought that they were too small but I may get larger tiles for the front of the building. I still need to order more mirrored mosaic tiles (the company that makes them went out of business, that sucks big time).The tower portion of the building now stands straight (I stopped messing with it lol) so Im happy about that . I purchased a red blinking strobe for the top of the tower to keep away those pesky airplanes and helicopters. Below are some pics of what Ive completed so far. Let me know what you think of it, Im really looking for feedback on this project.

Weve got a problem in the tower

Well if youve read my post on my building you know Ive been toying with the idea of adding a tower. Ive gone ahead and fabricated a triangular tower that will be attached to the side of the building. What Ive noticed is that due to the weight of the tower It leans away from the building. To fix this Ive cut slots into the bottom of the triangle addition with the majority of the weight resting on the roof of the building. So far so good, it looks much better now.

Ive also been playing around with different configurations of the triangle and the rectangle shapes. My goal is to create a different looking building than what you normally find. Below are some photos of the problem Ive been dealing with and sketches of the configurations Ive been playing with.




Below are pics of the tower before the slot modifications.