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STR
November 11th, 2004, 04:33 AM
All models were designed and assembled by your truely. I've never got around to attaching spires and antennas to some of the buildings, but..oh well.

http://img10.exs.cx/img10/118/mymodstop.jpg

Going across from left to right and top to bottom:
Taipei 101, Petronas Towers, World Trade Center Osaka, Tuntex Sky Tower, Aon Center, Bank of China, World Trade Center New York, Sears Tower, John Hancock Center, Emirates Towers, Tranamerica Pyramid, Central Plaza, Citigroup Center Manhattan, Empire State Building, Water Tower Place, UN Plaza, CNA Building, Seagram Building.

Note the penny at the base of the Aon Center.

http://img121.exs.cx/img121/8103/mymodlevel.jpg

http://img43.exs.cx/img43/6828/mymodsbig.jpg

Thanks for watching, comments are encouraged.

Gotenks
November 11th, 2004, 10:28 AM
OMG ! this is awesome ! excellent work !

atkinson1
November 11th, 2004, 01:34 PM
Oh my goodness those are insane. You're a genius.

CULWULLA
November 11th, 2004, 02:06 PM
very good work. Im actually a professional model maker for Sydney city council. Ive made many hundreds of models over the years. Im in charge of the 1;500 scale model of the CBD for past 17 years.I started making models of cities out of cardboard when i was young,. but now use timber and plastics.cardboard models tend to have a short life. i love making larger scale models with windows and i add a small light inside and to show it lite up at night.my fav styles are gothic and art deco scrapers. Years ago i made a 60storey scale model (3ft high) and placed it over a garden light and it looked great at night due to the windows cut out all way up.
ill post some pix of models.

DamienK
November 11th, 2004, 03:11 PM
Culwulla, you have a challenger. lol. What building was your 60 storey scale model of? I am guessing MLC, since that's about 60 stories.

CULWULLA
November 12th, 2004, 12:55 AM
yes it was MLC. lol

CULWULLA
November 12th, 2004, 01:28 AM
heres some pix .
a 1;200 scale model of my daughters school

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/126mirandaschool-med.jpg

of 1;1000 scale models in my display cabinet at work.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid55/p7eea280bd4b2d2ef2d0803d6c5bff8a7/fc7cc128.jpg

QM2
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid54/pacf9f14ce1ec54dca81b94814e0f8df6/fc83266e.jpg

ive also a large church model display in Sydney's st Marys.
over 100 models, which took 4 years to create

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid41/p34bfff403a6a3fe757d22959479a26dc/fcf4481b.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid41/p435bfce0009c514a27336ef0227ca623/fcf4481d.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid41/p710c9270f6d1296bf507cd8fd3c58e1b/fcf444e7.jpg

Ellatur
November 12th, 2004, 03:01 AM
Oh My Goodness

STR
November 12th, 2004, 03:47 AM
Thanks y'all. I will be releasing all of my models in the "My Skyline" forum. I started with the Sears Tower, and am now working on the World Trade Center. As you can see below, these will be at a larger scale. Did I mention all of the models above were to scale? Well...they are. 2.5 feet per pixel. My new models are at 50cm per pixel, or about 50% larger scale.

STR
November 14th, 2004, 08:50 PM
My WTC is now complete. Anyone interesting in tackling this challenge themselves can click on the WTC link in my signiture.

http://img24.exs.cx/img24/3306/wtc1-3.jpg

rafaelfnunes
November 20th, 2004, 01:37 PM
Amazing!!!!!! Can you post AON, ONU and Bank of China?

TowersNYC
November 21st, 2004, 07:24 PM
My WTC is now complete. Anyone interesting in tackling this challenge themselves can click on the WTC link in my signiture.

http://img24.exs.cx/img24/3306/wtc1-3.jpg


Excellent

STR
November 22nd, 2004, 05:36 PM
Amazing!!!!!! Can you post AON, ONU and Bank of China?

I will post each tower as I finish them at the new scale. I will post the Bank of China sometime this week. Then the Jin Mao building next, then the CNA building in Chicago, then the Aon Center. I also have MetLife (PanAm) and Empire State on the short list. I will post other small, simple buildings, like CNA -- to contrast the taller, more complex models -- between the major models.

SUNNI
November 25th, 2004, 01:19 PM
wow..

STR
December 12th, 2004, 06:37 AM
Here's all my 142ft/in models so far. Note the US quarter by the Great Pyramid.

http://img52.exs.cx/img52/1097/mod12tx.jpg

http://img38.exs.cx/img38/672/37-mod2.jpg

matchboxND
December 25th, 2004, 06:08 AM
Hello!

I just discovered this great forum. Since a child I was always fascinated by skyscrapers and enjoy the card models that you generously offere here

The reason I'm posting here is to ask you if the other buildings are available for modeling. So far in the past week I have completed the World Trade Center, Sears Tower, Trump Tower, Bank of China, Aon Center & CNA.

I would love to build the others pictured here, and the others you mention (Met Life, Petronis, etc).

Thanks again; they are great!

matchbox

STR
January 4th, 2005, 03:53 AM
All my models can be found in my signiture. The models in the pic at the top of this thread are half the size of the one's I've posted, and much harder to fold. All those models will eventually be available, bigger and better, at this site. Just check the link in my signiture every week or so, and you'll usually find something new. Also, don't forget to check out the request thread. You can make your own request, or just check out the pics. That thread has become a gallery of the some of the best hirise architecture on the planet.