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03/09/2024 4:33 pm
I thought about appending this to my post from a few days ago, but Ron has sent me so many new photos I thought it was worth a new post. First, some exterior shots and a few more peaks inside. I wonder what year Caddy that chrome script on the front came from? There are even street gutters along the curb.
The service department is on the lowest level. This is largely complete, but all models are secured, typically with the screws they were attached to their display cases with. Everything else is glued in, and this level slides under the whole building.He is awaiting a damaged model that he will use in the bodywork department (it went to his Florida home instead of the TN one, where this project is). I see the Solido 1950 Buick ragtop (Ron owns a 1:1, BTW), a FM Buick Skylark, some Stamp mid-50s Cadillacs, and a '58 that is receiving dealer prep.
Finally some shots of what the basement will look like with completed lighting. Note that there are stairs to the main floor but he did not forget a service elevator.
He tells me he estimates 500 hours has been put into this, so far. He was (or still is) manager of a very large Nashville architecture firm, and it shows.
03/09/2024 5:42 pm
Must be Sunday - the parking lot is empty! 🤔 But man, what a nice piece of work!
03/09/2024 5:51 pm
Spectacular piece of modelling.
03/09/2024 6:16 pm
Awesome model.
Ed Davis
Inverness, Illinois, USA
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03/09/2024 6:31 pm
I wonder what year Caddy that chrome script on the front came from?
Yeah, mee too. It's similar, but not an exact match, to ones used from 1962 to the mid 1970's. 🤔 🤔 🤔 Great scale building & diorama "shop area" though!
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04/09/2024 5:50 am
Incredible! Exceptionally so - so much time and labor had to be spent on that masterpiece. And thanks, Harv, for showcasing it all for us sir!! 
04/09/2024 6:55 am
Wonderful miniaturation. Thanks for sharing Harv.
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04/09/2024 7:27 am
I told my friend that he needs 1950s era fire extinguishers, at least for the service area. He's looking into it. Back then soda-acid types would have still been prevalent.
04/09/2024 9:28 am
Just incredible!
John Merritt
South Lyon, Michigan - USA
04/09/2024 11:44 am
Wow, that looks sensational ! What an exceptional model building and diorama, perfect for displaying or photographing replica automobiles. There is definitely lots to see here and it makes for a remarkable layout.
05/09/2024 12:23 am
This is inspired by the Gensler Architecture And Design Cadillac House Project in New York City back in 2015. This was designed to be an art gallery with a Cadillac showroom. Cadillac Headquarters moved to NY for some time and moved back to Detroit.
05/09/2024 2:00 am
+1 to all the above, so pleasing to see works of this quality
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