Aviodrome of Schiphol

[JohnM]

The Papermau link that Thumbdog gave leads to exactly what I have on file. It was quite a while ago now, but Papermau was probably my way in back then. Following the link now, the download links are still active to me. Look below picture 7 ... there are three individual links that each bring up a .pdf page, which is then downloadable through your pdf reader. For me, they open in Chrome pdf reader, but it also offers to open acrobat should I wish to modify anything.

The link to the museum from Rubenandres's 2011 post is no longer active though.

[Foute Man]

Originally Posted by JohnM

The link to the museum from Rubenandres's 2011 post is no longer active though.

click here to visit Luchtvaartmuseum Aviodrome

[wireandpaper]

Here is my finished version.

And what is the sphere on top of the control tower?


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[wireandpaper]

Here is the entrance to the passengers.
And see what happen if you are in a rush!
I kind of corrected the control tower, but the best way would be to glue the roofs to a thicker piece of paper like Ruben Andres did.
I rescaled my model to 1/400 to be consistent with the rest of my collection.

[Paper Kosmonaut]

I also have built this model, in 1/400 and as I did some research into the history of the building itself, I found out it also changed a lot in appearance before it was destroyed in 1940. The hall with the terrace at the left side of the tower was expanded with another floor and it also protruded further forward in the later days. It also had a glass-clad spiral starcase at the far left side. My plan was to trya and make the building like that but in the end I just built the original version, which just stood like that for a short time because airline flights really took off after 1928.
The first photo is Schiphol in 1928, the second one is in 1931. The other two are from 1938, with the expansion of the restaurant and arrival hall. The terrace also was expanded.

I guess the ball (which was bicoloured) was for signalling. It could be raised in top of the mast and perhaps was meant as a visual warning sign. Like warning flags on a beach.
And to add about the building process of the model, I too reinforced a lot of the roofwork with card.

[DougH]

There are similar examples in ports. In the days before satellites time was very important for navigation. The ball was dropped at 12:00 so ships could check their chronometers. Could it be for that.

[twotter]

Originally Posted by wireandpaper

Mr. Foute Mand sent me an extraordinary present. A model of the Aviodrome of Schiphol. The Aviodrome was build in 1928. Unfortunately, it was destroyed during the war. But fortunately, it has been reconstructed to life-size and the building is open to the public. Now it is part of the Dutch aviation museum.

Schiphol 1928 - noorderlicht architekten

go to picture 7 to download the model.
This could be in the architectural models, but it had a plane, making it a diorama.

What scale would the model be in the original link ? Would like to resize it to 1:400.

[wireandpaper]

Many thanks Paper Kosmonaut. It is very interesting to see the development of the airport, but these occurred in a very short period!

And also thank Doug for the clarification on the sphere, it was driving me crazy not to know.

And Twotter, I build mine also at 1/400. Apparently the original is at 1/300 judging by the wings of the DC-2 and the contributions of our fellows. So, you will need to print it at 75%.

Other use of the old airport is to showcase your collections even with the specific location and time of the model.
Anachronistic, yes. But it looks very cool. This was a big incentive for me to finish the model sooner rather than later.
Next time I will take my time.

[Erik Zwaan]

Great job! The development of Schiphol has been quite dramatic ever since it started in 1916. If you're interested, take a look at this video:

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol 1916 - 2016 - YouTube

Regards,
Erik

[Seascape]

Thanks, Erik. Interesting video.

Fred