I've been sorting through my photos and these are three of my favourite building facades. The one above - Park Square - is located on Elgin Street in Ottawa.
I shot the photo from the passenger seat, through the rolled-up window, while Debra drove. That's why the raw image - one of the last I took with my film camera - has an odd colour, but as you can see, the print is not too far off HO scale. A little reduction and maybe the image itself could be glued to a sheet of plastic and used as the beginning of a building.
This post office I think is located in Merrickville, Ontario. I took the photo sometime in the late '90s and didn't take note of where it's located.
This is one of the entrances on the Austin, Texas, power and light company building. I like that lightning-bolt through the 'City of Austin'. Another great thing is the sign on the side of the building - it lights up at night and looks great. Unfortunately, I don't have picture when it's lit.
Three unique and very cool facades! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jerry. I'm hoping I can verify where I took that post office photo - I particularly like that massive arch that frames the door.
DeleteI love these, especially the Art Deco one in Ottowa. It would be very handy to be able to use a straight-on photo as a template, that's a good wheeze!
ReplyDeleteThanks Iain. A friend of mine has been showing me how to use Gimp to twist the perspective out of photos to get a 'flat' image. Using those processed photos might be a good way to images to start a build.
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