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Re: Romanesque Church
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Fri, 25 Oct 2002 19:15:42 GMT
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Peter & All,
> Some of you may have seen pictures from MichLUG's July 2002 GATS appearance
> of my church model. The original, St. Mary's of Redford Catholic Church in
> Detroit MI, was designed in the 1920s by the architect Ralph Adams Cram in a
> French Romanesque style.
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> I have finally taken some photos of the model by itself, which are now
> public at:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=27433
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> Photos of the real church are included for comparison.
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> The model is 20" by 30" roughly and follows the real church itself but omits
> the convent and rectory on opposite sides. The model is also selectively
> compressed--the real church is 8 bays long, the model 6. I have no idea how
> many bricks are involved but hope to find out when I take it apart.
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> Because of the Romanesque details, I thought this would be of interest to
> Castle fans as well as Town. The model will appear again this weekend at
> another train show appearance by MichLUG.
This is a breathtaking creation, Peter. I was fortunate to sit next to it
for most of the GATS Grand Rapids show, and it is stunning. You really
captured the feel and look the the original, and it is just fabulous. I am
looking forward to seeing it this weekend in person. : )
Scott Sanburn
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| (...) I'll second that! Scott's already seen it because first setup is tonite but I'll be seeing it tomorrow (URL) (in case there's any Detroit area lurkers out there, come on out!!!) (22 years ago, 27-Oct-02, to lugnet.build.arch)
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