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PostPosted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:16 am    Post subject: Thinking Big with Small-Scale Models Reply with quote
Some architectural models for your inspiration


Bunker Hill (Los Angeles) area 1940
1. http://cwis.usc.edu/dept/LAS/history/historylab/LAPUHK/Locations/Bunker_Hill/BH_NHM_1940/Bunker_Hill_Model.htm Don't miss the two black-and-white photos showing the model's construction.
2. http://www.onbunkerhill.org/SonsoftheRevolution (Scroll down toward the bottom for some nice detail shots like the one below)


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PostPosted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Model of 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, built in the 1880s in 1:192 scale. Includes some nice period trains (non-operating).
1. http://www.pleasetouchmuseum.org/img/contribute/CentennialModel.jpg
2. http://flickr.com/photos/sokref1/2497309401/in/set-72157605095344075/
3. http://www.pleasetouchmuseum.org/news/press_kit/news_memhall/1876history/ Info on the model down toward bottom of page
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
1939-1940 World's Fair General Motors Pavillion, "Futurama" exhibit. 1"=200' scale.
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74cO9X4NMb4 Period film Part 1
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU7dT2HId-c Period film Part 2
3. http://www.pmphoto.to/worlds_fair/wf_tour/Zone-6/futurama-1.htm See text marked "Read about Adolph Witschard..." for link to PDF document of a behind-the-scenes article discussing how the miniature roadways worked. Thousands of tiny vehicles and trains were driven via a complex network of chain.
4. http://books.google.com/books?id=SmX7ClYVUlwC&pg=PT107&lpg=PT114&ots=LeiNtnwRGz&dq=gm+futurama+model+scale&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html Chapter discussing background on the model. Google Book document. May have a page or two not available for reading...just skip to the following page.


Shanghai urban planning model 1"=200' scale? Said to be the largest model of a city.
1. http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/05/gargantuan-scale-model-of-shanghai-in-2020/
2. http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewcurrie/230581655/
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