August 18, 2009

Procrastination is making me wait.

Im getting a bit tired of working on the building, but I do want to start work on landscaping for the building. I think I want to do a triangle shaped base to compliment the triangle shaped tower.

Ive added more windows to the front & rear of the lower and upper towers. I have some spots to fill in & not sure how Im going to do that. Pics will be posted shorty,there will be a Panoramic elevator on the support/elevator shaft. I need to whip one of those up some day.

I still yet to do a lobby for the building which sucks big time, what kind of building has no lobby.

August 07, 2009

A leg to stand on or Going up!!!

Well I posted my latest work on my building and it was suggested that the building looked kind of funnie with the upper tower just hanging there without any support.

I decided to use some round pvc tubing as a support. I think it looks pretty cool and it could double as an external elevator for the upper tower.

Below are some pics of the support/elevator.





August 05, 2009

The Marriot Golden Pagoda, well almost

Ive been on the fence about displaying my latest project since Ive made some additions to it. I got the mirrored mosaic tiles and added them, I kind of thought that they were too small but I may get larger tiles for the front of the building. I still need to order more mirrored mosaic tiles (the company that makes them went out of business, that sucks big time).The tower portion of the building now stands straight (I stopped messing with it lol) so Im happy about that . I purchased a red blinking strobe for the top of the tower to keep away those pesky airplanes and helicopters. Below are some pics of what Ive completed so far. Let me know what you think of it, Im really looking for feedback on this project.








July 30, 2009

Weve got a problem in the tower

Well if youve read my post on my building you know Ive been toying with the idea of adding a tower. Ive gone ahead and fabricated a triangular tower that will be attached to the side of the building. What Ive noticed is that due to the weight of the tower It leans away from the building. To fix this Ive cut slots into the bottom of the triangle addition with the majority of the weight resting on the roof of the building. So far so good, it looks much better now.

Ive also been playing around with different configurations of the triangle and the rectangle shapes. My goal is to create a different looking building than what you normally find. Below are some photos of the problem Ive been dealing with and sketches of the configurations Ive been playing with.




Below are pics of the tower before the slot modifications.



July 28, 2009

Today I built a skyscraper

Well kind of, I was in the mood to build something & it was a skyscraper for my ever growing n scale Japanese empire. I got inspiration seeing a post on JNS basically the building was covered with mirror mosaics tiles. So I sourced some gold rose color mirror tiles as well as smoke colored mirror tiles. Im not sure what type of pattern I'll do but hopefully it'll be interesting. Now I need to work on details like the entrance to the building, roof details and if I want an addition on the building or not. I added a couple of the internal bracing I used in my building.