November 8, 2011

BOY’S DREAM (May, 1959)

Filed under: General — @ 7:48 am
Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: May, 1959
Buy on Ebay
Tags: erector

BOY’S DREAM. This nine-foot model of the Empire State Building, displayed in the lobby of the original by A, C. Gilbert Co., is made of Erector set parts. It took a total of 690 girders, 1,500 nuts and bolts, 83 man-hours.

4 Comments »

1. Unless theres a naked woman hiding behind that building then that is blantant false advertising!

   Comment by Hirudinea — November 8, 2011 @ 3:48 pm

2. This reminds me of the Lego Plummer Building (part of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester MN) :

   http://picasaweb.google.com/lh.....W2TKv_FtXQ

   Comment by Don F — November 9, 2011 @ 8:09 pm

3. This reminds me of the Lego Plummer Building (part of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester MN) :

   http://picasaweb.google.com/lh.....W2TKv_FtXQ

   More details:

   http://www.gmltc.org/index.php.....;Itemid=14

   Comment by Don F — November 9, 2011 @ 8:11 pm

4. It could use tiny King Kong on a top battling airplanes, though.

   Comment by Jari — November 10, 2011 @ 11:22 am

RSS feed for comments on this post.

Leave a comment