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Re: ACME Industries Factory
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lugnet.town, lugnet.trains
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Date:
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Sat, 10 Mar 2007 12:40:08 GMT
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In lugnet.town, James Garrett wrote:
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This MOC represents a typical early 20th century factory designed by architect
Albert Kahn. Many such structures were built in Detroit and other cities.
The light gray Lego represents reinforced concrete and the dark red is the
brick infill below the large multi-pane windows.
Brickshelf:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=239022
MOCpages:
http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/28436
This building (or an expanded version thereof) will most likely appear at the
NMRA NTS along with my Detroit skyscrapers as part of the MichLTC portion of
the ILTCO train layout.
Any comments or constructive criticism will be appreciated.
-Jim
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Hey, that’s cool. My first impression was that it reminded me of the cover of
the Pink Floyd album Animals.
I like the color variation of the red against the grey. Works really well.
-Elroy
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| (...) Thanks. By the way, you are thinking of the Battersea power station (1939-) in London which was on the album cover. That would be a cool MOC to do since it is an example of industrial art deco. My building represents a design from 1910-1920. (...) (18 years ago, 14-Mar-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| This MOC represents a typical early 20th century factory designed by architect [Albert Kahn]. Many such structures were built in Detroit and other cities. (URL) The light gray Lego represents reinforced concrete and the dark red is the brick infill (...) (18 years ago, 10-Mar-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains) !
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