Attempt At Moderne Design

[Benny Holiday]

This shot looks like a pic taken of a full-scale site, not a model! Awesome! :eusa_clap

Is your town set in a part of Sydney? I noticed the cracks and disrepair in the street, which looks just like Sydney roads (even though we're the most overtaxed state when it comes to car registration and petroleum taxes!). lol

 

[CharlieH.]

Thanks for the kind word, folks. I really appreciate it.

Is your town set in a part of Sydney? I noticed the cracks and disrepair in the street, which looks just like Sydney roads (even though we're the most overtaxed state when it comes to car registration and petroleum taxes!). lol

The apparent disrepair on the road is the result of being a little too lenient with visitors...

 

[The Wingnut]

Level crossing by a men's clothing store (still unfinished)

...hey, Joe, whaddya know...? (very few people will understand this)

 

[GOK]

...hey, Joe, whaddya know...? (very few people will understand this)

"Well Hello Joe, whaddya know
I just got back from a Vaudeville show
D-oo you sing and dance?
I-'ll take a chance..."

Not even close is it? [huh] lol

Charlie, such absolutely amazing work. I am so impressed. How long have you been working on this? It's brilliant!

 

[The Wingnut]

...yes and no. Has something to do with the sign on the side of that building.

 

[GOK]

I assume nothing to do with the artist?

 

[CharlieH.]

After roughly 2 years in the making...

...hey, Joe, whaddya know...? (very few people will understand this)

"....We need a hit, so here I go!"


(Bingo!)

 

[Mike in Seattle]

I like it because it looks the way many Moderne buildings actually look before being landmarked and gussied up - a little weatherbeaten, but natural.

Exactly what I was thinking - it looks more authentic that way...or at least what I think it looked like based on seeing a few buildings like this in the 60's and 70's when I was a kid...at which time they were already 30-40+ years old and getting run down. But I think the B&W photo's amazingly lifelike looking.

Excellent work!

 

[carebear]

I don't think it's Moderne but our railroad depot was built in '42.

These are the pics I could find quickly. It is on the historic registry and you certainly have Railroad enthusiest resources I don't. It's where the local model railroad club does their displays.

http://travel.webshots.com/album/385245941WKIEFS

 

[marquise]

This is amazing, utterly realistic, and gorgeous. I love how all the structures are gently worn, dirty; real. As a historian studying vernacular American architecture & municipal deco, I'm impressed!

 

[Matt Deckard]

Very nice. my friend Jake makes models such as those..

Nice avatar Marquise.

 

[CharlieH.]

Again, thanks! By the way, does anyone have a nice high resolution (and preferably colour) picture of a billboard from late 1941?

(Ditto on Marquise's avatar)

 

[Twitch]

Good work Charlie. I used to do them for my HO gauge railroad layout back when I had good close up vision and the patience.

 

[David Conwill]

Boy oh boy how much do I wish there were still pictures with this thread. I love model railroading (and streamline moderne, and urban planning, and historic pres...) and while I don't have a layout currently, between myself and my father I have far, far more HO-scale equipment in my parents' basement than I will ever be able to use. I'm going to have a mid-'40s layout one day. It will be the closest I can ever get to building the community I want to live in - unless someone gives me the capital to become a 1:1 scale developer!

I also intend to have a 1950s-style Lionel consist someday specifically to run around the Christmas tree, but that's another story.

-Dave