GCSH 07

A slab-sided high-rise tower, stacked floor on floor. This is a scale architectural model of a tall residential or office block. The main mass is a squared tower of many identical storeys, each floor marked by a projecting horizontal band — balcony slabs or floor plates — that steps out from a darker recessed core, giving a strong ladder-like banding up all four faces. A pair of vertical service spines (stair or lift shafts) breaks the elevation, and a small rooftop plant box crowns the top. The whole tower sits on a thin square display plinth with a stepped edge, ready to set on a table or baseboard. It's built for architectural presentation models, cityscape dioramas, and model-railway or wargaming backdrops where you need believable urban height without hand-detailing every window. Print notes • Print the tower upright, base down — the horizontal floor bands act as their own step detail and need no support. • The plinth can be printed together with the tower or separately for easier painting of the two elements. • FDM at a moderate layer height suits the blocky forms; drybrush a concrete grey over a dark base to pop the floor lines. • Rescale to N, HO or OO to match a layout, and hollow the core to save material on larger prints.