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Well,

 

I looked up 'Ultra Modern Buildings' in my favourite book, and I assure you the building ideas below were 'ultra modern' in 1939.....:)

 

 

 

From J Ahern Miniature Building Construction.

 

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Copyright CV Russell and E Fells. Reproduced with their kind permissions.

 

Still, there might be an idea or two to develop,

 

Good luck

 

Doug

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Have you applied something to tint the glass?

 

Most modern buildings have tinted glass of some form or other,  I suppose that window tinting film for cars is the easiest way to replicate it unless you find a source of pre-tinted clear plastic.

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Tamiya do Clear Green and Clear Blue acrylic paints which colour the clear plastic windows in kits quite well. I've just tinted the windows in a Kibri station kit. I used both because I wanted a blue/green tint. I thinned the paint a lot and sprayed it and the result looks pretty good.

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I've never constructed all glass modern buildings before but I'm sure I would be looking at real tinted glass cut to size in a glaziers.

 

Once the glass shell has been glued together  - superglue? - the outside framing and panel work could then be planted on.

 

I can remember however building signal boxes in a similar method - all clear plastic box and everything, boarding, window frames etc, planted on top.

 

Just a thought.

 

Cheers.

Allan

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