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Re: ACME Industries Factory
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Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:39:33 GMT
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Given the dearth of comments so far I thought I'd add my voice to the
appreciative few. I love the windows - I too have acquired many
hundreds of those, but I've only used them in 4x4 configurations as
many-paned house windows rather than pseudo glass blocks. If anything
they make the white LEGO windows at the ends look a bit... childish?
One thought is that the dark red brick looks a bit too polished to my
eye, although I've been unable to find any prototypes on the web to
compare it with. Red would be too bright, so my thought was that dark
orange might give a more worn look. Of course they're hard to get in
quantity - I've tried and failed.
The near corners look slightly odd in that one of the three rooftop
protrusions is dissimilar to the others. However if this is
prototypical, a lower camera angle would sort it.
Personally if I'd built it I would have been tempted to create a
run-down variant, perfect for a bit of urbex. But then a lot of my
recent models have had a bit of decay in them!
Nonetheless a lovely model. I may divert my supply of 1x2 trans-clear
bricks to make an English version in tribute, if I get chance...
Al
Jim Garrett wrote:
> This MOC represents a typical early 20th century factory designed by architect
> [Albert Kahn]. Many such structures were built in Detroit and other cities.
> <<http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/DecoJim/Factory01/factory32.jpg>>
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> The light gray Lego represents reinforced concrete and the dark red is the brick
> infill below the large multi-pane windows.
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> Brickshelf:
> <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=239022>
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> MOCpages:
> <http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/28436>
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> 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.
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> Any comments or constructive criticism will be appreciated.
> -Jim
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| Thank you for the input. I have addressed each of your comments below: (...) I agree. I can either replace the white windows with 2x2 trans-black panels (but my Penobscot Building had been using all of those up) or I can use more 1x2 clear bricks; (...) (18 years ago, 14-Mar-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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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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