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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Thomas Michon writes:
> 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
Thomas, funny that Military Airbase thing is what *I* was thinking when
building my previous models. Canada built a bunch of Airfields for the BCATP
durring WWII. Two years ago I spent 6 weeks on one of these decommisioned
bases, and after flying between 3 of these airfields that have been
converted to airports in a Cessna I noticed that they all have the same
design. It's pretty much like yours, Most of them have obviously upgraded
since WWII but the design stayed the same, a square vertical tower set upon
building that's not attached to the terminal. For my terminal (Which is
going to have the internal details because I wanted the entire outside
glass!) I'm just planning a vertical section like you described (Inside the
Terminal) , with 2 levels of Bay Windows and 2 4 x 1x 6 windows. I'm not
sure weather I'll just put the control inside there or If I can find enough
blue large windshields (The part # escapes me now) to have traditional
control tower setup.
-Tim
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| Tim - Sounds cool. I like the idea of two rows of the giant blue windshields. That probably means though that you should make the vertical section at least 14-6 in diameter and a lot taller, or else something will look out of proportion. After I (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc)
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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.../air.htm). When I designed the tower, my goal was to make the vertical section as tall and as visually interesting as (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc)
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