Just asking in some one could please post a few images as in many at good res of the model room. With Focus on new Clusters and Developments across the City and Central CBD.
Thanks as some of us cant get there when we like and is great way to show the layout of the city and building as quick Referance

ill see if i get sometime tommorrow! ive recently sprayed Rialto & Civic tower compelted colours. also added kent st carpark twin towers.
cheers

That would be nice :)

http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/fromnortheast.jpg

http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/fromnortheast.jpg

http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/fromsoutheast.jpg

http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/fromsouthwest.jpg

wow sydney is so big! and dense!

What were all those models in the cabinets behind?

What were all those models in the cabinets behind?
they're models of world's tallest buildings and australias tallest structures and stuff like that

What were all those models in the cabinets behind?
thats my little "private display" lol. its a display i built over 10 years and it has worlds tallest towers, skyscrapers, also industrial stuff, ancient structures. Also a detail display on Australia's tallest bldgs and each city in Oz. Also Worlds tallest bldg from 1885-current.
All the bldgs are 1;1000 and i try to keep up todate.
ill post some of it if you want.

Ok, I'm guessing that red means U/C. What does white and grey mean?

correct- RED or Terra Cotta means UC
Grey -pproved for construction but not commenced.
White-pending approval or stage 1 DA (which means its early stage of development process).
browny colour- heritage listed!
beige-existing
cheers

Why is Sydney Tower white?

correct- RED or Terra Cotta means UC
Grey -pproved for construction but not commenced.
White-pending approval or stage 1 DA (which means its early stage of development process).
browny colour- heritage listed!
beige-existing
cheers

The Sydney Tower looks white to me?

The Sydney Tower looks white to me?

Because westfield's (the new owners) plan to build towers right next to it..hence change of colour as the entire complex has changed and needs approval for ze amendments.

thread here (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=21872)

Sydney tower has two separate DA's in atm. The Westfield proposal calls for 2 towers atop podium. The podium is being entirely refurbed and altered. Skywalk PTY LTD hasve also got a "bridgeclimb" type struture atop the turret which should be built soon. its a circular steel platform which encircles the gold turret.
I suppose i could paint the actual tower beige?. lol, im to lazy.maybe when i get time in july.
cheers

There won't be major construction going on besides Latitude and BP Tower.

Here is a diagram of the latest projects based on model room panorama I did last month which lists just about all the latest proposals and towers under construction (EAST was blocked). I apologise for it being a dark.

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/fabamuso/Sydney+model2a.jpg

Man KENS owns that side of town. Really does a good job balancing to an extent. It sticks out like dogs balls!!!!

Great to see those thanks all

if anyone is wondering why some models are missing from councils model is because we are lending our models to "Modelcraft" to copy and update the Customs House model which is over 80 models out of date! It hasnt been updated since conception in 1999.they should only have a group of models for 3 days at a time to copy then they come back for another 5-6 scrapers. they are copying models from south to the north, so they are currently up around world square area.

Ah! so that's what it is. I was thinking that some were just off the table for a routine paint job, but I thought that Latitude was a bit premature to have it go beige.

That saves them literally hundreds of hours research.

sure does! the bill for 80 models is $50,000! they wont be detailed either just block. only a couple will be detailed. i wont paint latitude beige until August when plantroom goes up and crane is goooooone!!!!!!!!!!

I thought one of SSC members nicked it!

Glad to hear the models are in safe hands.

Any updates on Centrepoint redevelopment project?

Intresting Cul

sure does! the bill for 80 models is $50,000! they wont be detailed either just block. only a couple will be detailed. i wont paint latitude beige until August when plantroom goes up and crane is goooooone!!!!!!!!!!
I didn't realise those models were so expensive! Im surprised there's not tighter security at the model room in the Town Hall!

The CBD model is insured for *voice of Dr Evil*- 1 Million dollars!!
models dont come cheap, especially good detailed ones.
we have a camera on the model 24hrs aday ,not that means anything.lol

not that that camera is turned on or anything ;)

have you got any new pics of the model now?

wow. The southern end of the CBD's really gonna start challenging the north end once all those towers go up.

and are there any models of the west cbd's?

is there any models of the new developement where the Ptricks site is cureently?

The "Rocks Tower" is under the SHFA control (Sydney harbour foreshore Authority) and should come in soon as a DA. We will get a block model first and when its finally starts construction then we wil get a detailed model. I was told it wil be approx 40storeys tall or 130m. hopefully it will come in soon.

Just curious....I've often wondered why the Cockle Bay part of Darling Harbour has never been built and added to the model. I realise that it wasn't (and still isn't) under the control of the City but so are many other areas. This is the one bit of the model that seems incomplete.

Another Newbie Question from a guy who should stop dreaming from a large building with black glass with silver trim with a big yellow section next to it from North Sydney (Clue to my building) and drag himself into the CBD sometime... But the model room, is it public or private? If it's open to the public i should go to town hall house sometime...

Now SCC has taken over other councils, will they have you slaving away for years to extend the map? ;p

hey culwulla for some reason i can only see the pics that you post on one of your picture host sites, the other one ( photobucket ) i cannot see anything, is there ANY poss you can use the former site for pics ???????????????

Another Newbie Question from a guy who should stop dreaming from a large building with black glass with silver trim with a big yellow section next to it from North Sydney (Clue to my building) and drag himself into the CBD sometime... But the model room, is it public or private? If it's open to the public i should go to town hall house sometime...

It's open to all. It's located next to the One Stop Shop on level one.

The cockle bay area is part of the city model.the whole Pyrmont peninsula is part of model.I am currently extending it further east to include all of Surrey Hills,darlinghurst & potts point ect. We will do Green Sq as a separate display in near future. But we ack space and the main CBD is all we can make. There is a table on south part of model room which has all the south sydney DA's and models.

Thanks Culwulla
I realise that the Cockle Bay area is part of the City Model. I've been popping in there for years when I get the opportunity. One of the great sites of the city!! I've just always been curious why the actual Cockle Bay complex which is part of the Darling Park development on the east side has never been modelled. You can't have forgotten it!!

The cockle bay area is part of the city model.the whole Pyrmont peninsula is part of model.I am currently extending it further east to include all of Surrey Hills,darlinghurst & potts point ect. We will do Green Sq as a separate display in near future. But we ack space and the main CBD is all we can make. There is a table on south part of model room which has all the south sydney DA's and models.

is there model for ,melbourne brisbane and perth?

Ive seen one of Melbourne when i visited 10 years ago but it was being stored away. It same scale as Sydney but needed a lot of work. Brisbane has a nice model whch gets updated regulary.Perth hasnt got one.Syfers has a small one which was made for Q1. Its only centre of surfers.parramatta is going to get one soon i think?

wow i was going to ask about Parra