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Tim -
Right now, I don't have any better pictures of the tower than what you can
see on our website
(www.scltc.org/pages/galleries/layouts/gatsjanuary2002/air.htm).
When I designed the tower, my goal was to make the vertical section as tall
and as visually interesting as possible. I decided early on to use an
octagonal shape, and sketched out various concepts for the top, but not many
for the vertical section. Finally, I settled on an idea, which would involve
a square vertical section, using trans-light blue panels (for an elevator
shaft maybe) with large, thin black rings to break up an otherwise plain
look. When building the tower, I managed to match my sketch almost
perfectly, down to every last detail drawn!
The top involves inverting four of the large 5 x 10 x 3 sloping octagonal
windshields in light blue. I felt they had the proper look for a control
tower, and had to come up with a way of hodling them in place, which was not
that hard. The roof and the section just below the windshields used slope
bricks, placed an various angles to make sure that the shape stayed
rectangular while expanding.
I figured the tower would not look good just standing by itself, and so
attached a building to it to make it look less top heavy. Anyway, I think it
seems more realistic to have a lobby area =). The miscellaneous details
added to the tower, such as the radar and microwave antennas, just make it a
little less bland.
The color scheme and design looks too much like that of a military base to
me, though, but I thought of an excuse. "The tower is a relic of the air
force base which once occupied the location...".
I hope this information helps, and I will try to get more detailed pictures
added to the website under www.scltc.org/pages/galleries/models.htm.
- Thomas
"Tim Tosino" <timtosino@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:GpzxGt.ICA@lugnet.com...
> Hi Thomas,
> I'm working on a minifig scale airport (grey + white with exterior • glass)
> now that'll occupy a large grey base plate and more. The scheduled
> completion is when the sucessor to the 3033 comes out in April with the
> XTreme Team and Spiderman. Then I don't know how big it'll get :) . I • think
> I have to stick to the classic lego themed planes, I'm just a stickler for
> functionality I guess, so far I have a regular Lego styled Lear Jet 45,
> B-727, MD-80, and the Beechcraft 45 along with a small Cessna. Too bad I
> didn't figure out the use for the droid escape sets before, they were
> selling at Superstore for only $4.00 CDN. For the airport I built last
> month, I wasn't too happy with the control tower. Do you have any details • of
> that? I have an idea to copy the tower at YVR using parts from the new
> XTreme Team sets. Sorry for replying late, been too absorbed in the
> Spiderman Pics :)
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