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    Building scale model airports

    I am looking to build a scaled down model of LGA in my basement and I am probably going to have to do the vast amount of the work from scratch. Is anyone here into that or do they have experince. I want to do it scale to Gemini Jets. I am also looking to maybe do one of SRQ which will be much e asier than LGA.
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    Company in California has an airport mockup!

    http://www.airhollywood.com

    http://www.airhollywoodprops.com/

    maybe you can get some ideas......
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    Great website for paper airport buildings

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    Re: Great website for paper airport buildings

    Quote Originally Posted by emshighway
    http://airports.londoncontrol.com/index.htm
    That's pretty cool!
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    hope you have a planned budget aint gonna be cheap
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    Have you ever seen the panorama of NYC at the Queens Museum. Probably the biggest scale model around. It may give you some ideas.

    http://www.queensmuseum.org/panorama/
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    I'm just building a Herpa airport using the ground mat for 1:500 and all of the stuff they sell.
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    Quote Originally Posted by emshighway
    Have you ever seen the panorama of NYC at the Queens Museum. Probably the biggest scale model around. It may give you some ideas.

    http://www.queensmuseum.org/panorama/
    That place is great! I was with a small group that got to take a tour with the museum director a year or so ago. It's amazing the amount of detail that went into building it.

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    I love that place, haven't been there since I was little. I'm now inspired to go back.
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    When you make the model of LGA make sure there are a few holes in the roof so it leaks like the real thing. :mrgreen:
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    Quote Originally Posted by emshighway
    When you make the model of LGA make sure there are a few holes in the roof so it leaks like the real thing. :mrgreen:
    LMAO Hey which terminal do you work in at LGA?
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    Quote Originally Posted by hiss srq
    Quote Originally Posted by emshighway
    When you make the model of LGA make sure there are a few holes in the roof so it leaks like the real thing. :mrgreen:
    LMAO Hey which terminal do you work in at LGA?
    LOL, ALL along with ISP, HPN, JRB and 6N5...
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